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October 22, 2021
Public safety calls
Warrants
• Warrant served, 3:07 a.m. Oct.
15, 600 block East Harbor Ave-
nue. Karac D. Anderson, 31, of
Astoria was arrested on warrants
issued by Clatsop County Sher-
iff’s Office and Umatilla County.
• Warrant served, 11:19 p.m. Oct.
15, Southwest Second Street and
Alder Avenue. Krysta N. Schlut-
er, 24, no known address, was
arrested on a detainer warrant
issued by the Clatsop County
Jail.
• Warrant served, 11 p.m. Oct. 17,
400 block West Marine Drive,
Astoria. Jimmy L. Nickell, 46, of
Longview, Wash., was arrested
on a failure-to-appear warrant
issued by Warrenton Municipal
Court.
Thefts and burglaries
• Attempted theft, 8:10 a.m. Sept.
30, Tractor Supply. Workers
reported a barbecue valued at
$450 was damaged.
• Employee theft, 6:33 p.m. Oct.
8, Fred Meyer. Evan Kim-
brough, 19, of Warrenton was
cited for third-degree theft after
he allegedly was spotted on
surveillance cameras taking $65
in food items.
• Stolen bicycle, 5:30 p.m. Oct.
11, 1300 block South Main Ave-
nue. Marcus L. Journot, 31, no
known address, was arrested on
suspicion of theft after he was
spotted by a police officer riding
the bike.
• Shoplifting, 5:25 p.m. Oct. 12,
Walmart. Rosa M. Gomez-Go-
dinez, 32, and Marco A. Trapala
Gomez, 37, both of Salem, were
cited for second-degree theft
after they allegedly attempted to
leave the store without paying
for $577 in clothes, backpacks
and bags, and auto accessories.
Gomez-Godinez also was cited
for possession of methamphet-
amine and a failure-to-appear
warrant from Hillsboro.
• Shoplifting, 12:15 p.m. Oct.
14, Walmart. Jennifer Van-
Gundy, 39, of Astoria was cited
for third-degree theft after she
allegedly attempted to return
clothing items that had been
stolen earlier in the month.
• Vehicle burglary, 5:28 p.m. Oct.
17, 1700 block Ensign Lane. A
man reported metal car ramps
and a toolbox were stolen from
his vehicle.
• Shoplifting, 6:35 p.m. Oct. 17,
Walmart. Derrick R. Maxhim-
er, 33, of Astoria was cited for
second-degree theft after he
allegedly attempted to leave the
store without paying for $328
in groceries, camping gear and
auto accessories.
Suspicious circumstances
and disturbances
• Trespassing, 7:10 p.m. Oct. 14,
Walmart. Misty Monson, 48,
no known address, was cited
for criminal trespassing after
she returned to the store from
which she’d previously been
trespassed.
• Death threats, 8:04 p.m. Oct.
16, Verizon Store. A man came
into the store to get a PIN num-
ber for a non-Verizon phone and
when employees told him they
couldn’t provide one, he threat-
ened to return and kill everyone
in the store.
• Rifle misfire, 12:45 p.m. Oct. 17,
1400 block Honeysuckle Loop. A
man reported an accidental mis-
fire of his rifle, with no injuries.
• Motorcycle theft, 2:13 p.m. Oct.
18, 0-100 block Northeast First
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Traffic
• Two-vehicle collision, no inju-
ries, 7:32 p.m. Oct. 6, Southeast
Marlin Avenue at Second Street.
One driver was cited for follow-
ing too closely.
• Hit-and-run, 8:18 p.m. Oct. 9,
Honeysuckle Loop at Willow
Drive. Mason Leanne Watkins,
27, of Warrenton was arrested
on suspicion of driving under
the influence of intoxicants
and hit-and-run with property
damage after she struck a parked
utility trailer.
• Speeding, 9:05 p.m. Oct. 11,
Pacific Drive at Gray Street.
Driver cited for going 64 in a 35
mph zone.
• Traffic stop, 8:35 p.m. Oct. 13,
near Fred Meyer. Driver cited
for driving while suspended and
failing to install and ignition
interlock device.
• Speeding, 7:27 a.m. Oct. 15,
Ridge Road at Ninth Street.
Driver cited for going 66 in a 45
mph zone and for failure to carry
proof of insurance.
• Three-vehicle collision, no
injuries, 10:45 a.m. Oct. 15, 1600
block Ensign Lane. One driver
cited for driving while suspend-
ed and having no insurance.
• Hit-and-run into fence, 6:12
p.m. Oct. 15, Warrenton Soccer
Field.
• Speeding, 8:08 a.m. Oct. 18,
Ridge Road near soccer fields.
Driver cited for going 66 in a 45
mph zone.
• Two-vehicle collision with pos-
sible injuries, 3:15 p.m. Oct. 18,
Ensign Lane at 19th Street. One
driver cited for failing to obey a
traffic-control device.
• Traffic stop, 2:45 a.m. Oct.
18, Southwest Ninth Street at
Southwest Juniper Avenue.
Driver cited for driving while
suspended.
Fires and service calls
• Alarm sounding, 3:15 a.m. Oct.
14, Ocean Crest Chevrolet. No
problem found.
• Alarm sounding, 11:13 p.m. Oct.
18, L&D Race Tech. No problem
found.
Otters: Much to consider in reintroduction
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Street. A man reported he’d al-
lowed someone to test drive his
motorcycle and the subject never
returned.
ty residents rely on for their
livelihoods. And the state’s
most profitable fishery, the
Dungeness crab, could take
a hit.
Most Dungeness, however,
live deeper than the shal-
low-diving sea otters tend to
venture, Zwartjes said.
Otters also like sea urchins,
which have no major preda-
tor without the otter and are
munching their way through
Oregon’s underwater kelp
forests.
“I think we’d be delighted to
see these animals return to a
habitat they got hunted out
of,” Port of Astoria Commis-
sioner Robert Stevens said.
“On the other hand, we are
a fishing community and our
constituents would want us
to take a hard look at this.”
Zwartjes spoke to port com-
missioners about the proj-
ect Tuesday afternoon and
acknowledged the pros and
cons.
While they won’t eat salm-
on, as the sea lions do, otters
could move into estuaries,
she said. They could make
an impact on oysters and the
crab.
“We are recommending a
very vigorous assessment
before any action moves for-
ward,” Zwartjes said.
Port Commissioner Dirk
Rohne was especially worried
about the crab.
“Sea lions on the Lower Co-
lumbia River have become
somewhat of a menace. …
They’re kind of out of con-
trol,” Rohne said. “We could
be inviting disaster, poten-
tially.”
Sea otters on the West Coast
were hunted nearly to extinc-
tion as part of the fur trade in
the 18th and 19th centuries.
Small populations survived
off the coasts of central Cali-
fornia and western Alaska.
The mammals were suc-
cessfully reintroduced to
Washington, Canada and
southeast Alaska about 50
years ago, but there was little
success in Oregon.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife is
tasked with determining the
biological, legal and socio-
economic impacts in a report
due by Dec. 31. Scientists and
politicians will have a chance
to review the report before
any decisions are made on ot-
ter reintroduction to Oregon.