March 18, 2016 Seaside Signal seasidesignal.com 5A ‘This woman is the devil’ Woman gets 30 years for stealing $214,000 from Diamond Heating By Kyle Spurr EO Media Group A former employee at Dia- mond Heating in Seaside was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for stealing more than IURPWKHORFDOEXVLQHVV 'HDQD /\QQ )UHDXII ZDV IRXQGJXLOW\ODVWZHHNRI¿UVWGH- JUHH WKHIW VL[ FRXQWV RI DJJUD- YDWHG ¿UVWGHJUHH WKHIW DQG VHY- en counts of aggravated identity theft after a trial in Clatsop Coun- W\&LUFXLW&RXUW Judge Philip Nelson said the amount she embezzled is close to the most he has ever seen as the ORQJHVWVHUYLQJSXEOLFRI¿FLDOLQ &ODWVRS&RXQW\ ³,¶YH VHHQ VRPH PLQRU RQHV candy bar money from Little /HDJXHWHDPV´1HOVRQVDLG³,Q \RXUFDVHLILW¶VQRWWKHPRVW,¶YH VHHQLQ\HDUVLW¶VFORVHWRLW´ Seaside Police arrested )UHDXII LQ 2FWREHU DIWHU D VL[PRQWK LQYHVWLJDWLRQ 7KH charges date back to January 7KHFRPSDQ\FDXJKWRQWR WKHWKHIWLQ$SULO Dan Nelson, owner of Dia- mond Heat- ing, said Freauff start- ed scamming his compa- ny from day RQH When she was hired as Deana Lynn D ¿QDQFLDO Freauff manager, VKHZDVRQSUREDWLRQIURPD conviction for embezzling more than $300,000 from two title companies in the Portland-metro DUHD +HU SUREDWLRQ RI¿FHU VKRXOG have stopped her from being hired, but she fraudulently wrote D OHWWHU WR WKH RI¿FHU WKDW DS- peared to be written by Dan Nel- son claiming he wanted to hire her even though she stole the PRQH\IURPWKHWLWOHFRPSDQLHV Nelson never wrote the letter, DQGZLVKHGWKHSUREDWLRQRI¿FHU would have followed up with him WR FRQ¿UP +H VDLG KH ZDV XQ- DZDUHRIKHUFULPLQDOSDVW Freauff’s crimes were discov- ered by an accountant who was XSGDWLQJWKHFRPSDQ\¶V¿QDQFLDO UHFRUGV7KHDFFRXQWDQWDVNHGIRU passwords Freauff had to get into WKHUHFRUGV)UHDXIIQHYHUVKDUHG WKHSDVVZRUGVDQGTXLWGD\VODWHU For more than three years, Freauff used the company’s ATM Freauff’s defense lawyer James von Boeckmann described his client as having a good up- EULQJLQJ 6KH MRLQHG WKH 3HDFH Corps, and returned to take her ¿UVW ¿QDQFLDO MRE DW 86 %DQN What became her Achilles’ heel, von Boeckmann said, was an HPHUJLQJJDPEOLQJDGGLFWLRQ “Gambling was the trigger WKDWOHGWRKHU¿UVWHYHUFULPLQDO EHKDYLRU´KHVDLG Freauff spoke at the sentenc- ing hearing about how she spent KHU WLPH LQ MDLO UHÀHFWLQJ RQ KHU life and seeking treatment for her JDPEOLQJDGGLFWLRQ ³, UHJUHW P\ FKRLFHV DQG WKH effect those choices have had on RWKHUV´ VKH VDLG ³+DYLQJ VSHQW WKH ODVW PRQWKV LQ MDLO ,¶P D GLIIHUHQWSHUVRQ´ She is ordered to pay back LQUHVWLWXWLRQ Although not physical harm, Peterson said, aggravated theft cases cause harm to those in- YROYHGWKDWLVMXVWDVODVWLQJ'LD- mond Heating is still negotiating ZLWKWKH,56RYHUEDFNWD[HV Nelson, whose company has EHHQ LQ EXVLQHVV IRU \HDUV said Freauff’s punishment is a protection for the rest of the com- PXQLW\ “The devil comes to steal, kill DQG GHVWUR\ 7KLV ZRPDQ LV WKH GHYLOUHLQFDUQDWHG´KHVDLG ‘She is a predator. 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And this is the kind of case that does deserve the maximum.’ Prosecutor Beau Peterson card to take out thousands of dol- lars for clothing, food, her cable bill, her father’s car payments DQGIXUQLWXUH 6KH VSHQW QHDUO\ of the stolen money gambling at Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde and Palace Casino in La &HQWHU:DVKLQJWRQ Prosecutor Beau Peterson said the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde voluntarily as- sisted in the case by providing Freauff’s gambling records from 6SLULW0RXQWDLQ7ULEHVDUHXQGHU no obligation to assist in crimi- nal cases, Peterson said, but the Grand Ronde’s help was instru- PHQWDO Before the judge sentenced Freauff to 30 years, Peterson DVNHG IRU WKH PD[LPXP RI \HDUV “Not everybody deserves a PD[LPXP VHQWHQFH EXW VRPH SHRSOHGR´3HWHUVRQVDLG³6KHLV DSUHGDWRU6KHLVDFDUHHUFULPL- QDO$QG WKLV LV WKH NLQG RI FDVH WKDWGRHVGHVHUYHWKHPD[LPXP´ Velellas blow back on North Coast beaches Juvenile hydrozoans wash up on the shores of Seaside, Cannon Beach DTXDULXPZK\WKHEHDFKLV³VWDLQHGSXUSOH´ The creatures, which are slick when stepped on, can sting to capture prey, but hu- PDQVNLQLVWRRWKLFNWRIHHOWKHVWLQJV9HOHO- By Lyra Fontaine las give off an odor because they are decom- EO Media Group SRVLQJ “Once they hit the beach, there’s nothing CANNON BEACH — Millions of blu- ZHFDQGRWRVDYHWKHP´%RRWKHVDLG ish-purple jellies called Velella velellas have However, she said there’s no danger that been washing ashore again on North Coast WKH 9HOHOODV DUH G\LQJ RII ³,W¶V MXVW D VPDOO EHDFKHVEORZQLQE\¿HUFHZHVWHUQZLQGV SRUWLRQRIWKHP´VKHVDLG This year’s population has been slightly Also called “by-the-wind sailors,” half of different in that it consists mostly of juvenile the Velella colony catches the wind one way, Velellas, while last year they were larger, said and the other half catches the wind the other Melissa Keyser, the Haystack Rock Aware- ZD\%RRWKHVDLG QHVVSURJUDPFRRUGLQDWRU Keyser said Velellas wash up most years “We’re seeing little tiny ones, some of LQODUJHJURXSVEXWQRWHYHU\\HDU³,WLVQRW them as small as a grain of sand,” Tiffany fully understood why they blow in some years %RRWKHRIWKH6HDVLGH$TXDULXPVDLG³:KHQ DQGQRWLQRWKHUV´ we get them a little later, they’ve grown up Each Velella is a colony of hydroid polyps PRUHVRWKH\¶UHWRLQFKHV´ FORVHO\UHODWHGWRMHOO\¿VKDQGDQHPRQHV7KH 7KH 6HDVLGH$TXDULXP ¿UVW VSRWWHG WKHP translucent, triangular “sail” on their backs LQHDUO\0DUFK%HDFKYLVLWRUVKDYHDVNHGWKH KHOSWKH9HOHOODVÀRDWSDUDOOHOWRWKHVKRUHOLQH TIFFANY BOOTHE/SEASIDE AQUARIUM Velella velellas are washing up again along the North Coast. LQPLOGZLQGV+RZHYHUZKHQZLQGVDUHWRR VWURQJIRUWKHVDLOV9HOHOODVHQGXSRQVKRUH Tucker the turtle makes dramatic comeback Olive ridley sea turtle stranded at Cannon Beach almost ready to return to the sea By Lynda V. Mapes Seattle Times SEATTLE — Tucker the 7XUWOHKDVKDGDWRXJKWLPH Tucker was far from his warm home waters off the 3DFL¿F &RDVW RI 0H[LFR Perhaps he was swept off FRXUVHE\'HFHPEHUVWRUPV Or maybe domoic acid from WKH WR[LF DOJDH EORRP WKDW bedeviled West Coast wa- ters even into the fall last year fouled his navigational VHQVHV :KDWHYHU WKH FDXVH he was carried on ocean currents farther and farther north — and growing colder DQG FROGHU +H VORZO\ EH- came inert, unable to swim, KLVERG\QHDUO\VKXWGRZQ “Basically he turned into a piece of driftwood,” said Tim Kuniholm, spokesman IRUWKH6HDWWOH$TXDULXP Finally ocean waves car- ried him all the way to Can- QRQ %HDFK 7RR FROG DQG spent to move, Tucker was stranded, starving and help- OHVV RQ WKH EHDFK %XW WKHQ KLVIRUWXQHVFKDQJHG Lucky for Tucker, a beachcomber found the ol- ive ridley sea turtle washed ashore and unmoving, and reported the turtle to lo- cal authorities, who in turn called the Seattle Aquarium, the state’s only recognized WXUWOHUHKDELOLWDWLRQ IDFLOLW\ The aquarium made space for Tucker, taking him in 'HF :KHQVKH¿UVWVDZ7XFN- er, Lesanna Lahner, the aquarium’s full-time veter- inarian, wasn’t sure he was HYHQDOLYH6KHDGPLQLVWHUHG the standard proof of life test for a chronically cold turtle: touching him around the eyes, to see if he would EOLQN1RWKLQJ%XWWKHQVKH pinched his tail — and he WXFNHGLW 7XFNHU ZDV QDPHG $QG WKHUHVFXHZDVRQ Tucker’s internal tem- perature was in the mid-40s when he arrived, about half ZKDWLWVKRXOGEH “He was cold stunned,” Lahner said of the turtle, ZKR LV DERXW WR \HDUV ROG DQG ZHLJKV SRXQGV “His organs were just in a KROGLQJ SDWWHUQ :KHQ WKH\ are that cold, they are pretty PXFK VKXW GRZQ +H ZDV D particularly challenging case because he was not breathing RQKLVRZQ´+HDOVRKDGVH- YHUHSQHXPRQLD With no ventilator suit- able for an animal that breathes only twice a minute, Lahner and aquarium staff took turns pressing a bulb on a tube in his mouth to puff air into the turtle’s lungs around WKH FORFN IRU D ZHHN 7KHQ 7XFNHU ¿QDOO\ WRRN KLV ¿UVW EUHDWKRQKLVRZQ Lahner and her team also slowly warmed the turtle, raising his body temperature DERXWGHJUHHVDGD\E\DO- lowing him to acclimate in DURRPZLWKH[SRVXUHWRWKH RXWVLGHDLUDQGDKHDWHU KATHERINE LACAZE/FOR SEASIDE SIGNAL Chris Anderson, Kate Feddersen and Angie Whitcomb volunteer March 5 for the monthly Treasure the Beach cleanup, organized by the Beach Drive Buccaneers, Seaside Down- town Development Association and Seaside Visitors Bureau and supported by SOLVE. Beach cleanup Beach from Page 1A RQ62/9(¶VZHEVLWH3HRSOHFDQUHJLVWHURQOLQHRU with beach captains at the work sites the day of the HYHQW%R\OHVDLG Group takes lead 62/9(¶V VHPLDQQXDO HYHQWV JUHDWO\ EHQH¿W Seaside’s beach, but an abundance of trash still ZDV DFFXPXODWLQJ LQ EHWZHHQ WKH HYHQWV$ERXW \HDUVDJRDIWHU)RXUWKRI-XO\ZHHNHQGZKLFK traditionally sees Seaside’s beach getting trashed, the Beach Drive Buccaneers formed as an infor- mal group to address the problem and make a dif- IHUHQFH Members of SDDA also “were concerned about the trash on the beach,” and the organization joined forces with the Beach Drive Buccaneers for the monthly beach cleanups about three years ago, 'LGHXPVDLG The original initiative of the Beach Drive Buc- FDQHHUVFDQ¶WEHRYHUVWDWHG6ZHQVRQVDLG ³)RU\HDUVWKH\DOUHDG\KDGDJRRGSODQ´ she said, adding SDDA and other locals just KLWFKHG WKHLU ZDJRQV WR WKH RQJRLQJ SURJUDP “These wonderful citizens of Seaside are what PDGHWKLVKDSSHQ´ ,Q DGGLWLRQ WR WDNLQJ VSHFL¿F DFWLRQ WR FOHDQ the beach, the monthly program also helps build awareness about the problem and the importance of participation and being conscientious to clean XSDIWHURQHVHOI During the March cleanup, Angie Whitcomb of Corvallis was volunteering for the cleanup with KHU\RXQJVRQ ³,W¶VLPSRUWDQWIRUXVWRWHDFKRXUNLGVWKHHIIHFW we can have on things, whether positive or nega- WLYH´VKHVDLG³:HZDQWHGWRKHOSDQG,ZDQWHG KLPWRJHWLQYROYHGLQVRPHFRPPXQLW\VHUYLFH´ Whitcomb and her family members had con- vened in Seaside from out of town for the week- HQG7KH\VDZWKH62/9(EDJVEHLQJKDQGHGRXW DQGGHFLGHGWRSLWFKLQ Asked what aspect of the community service project is most motivating, Whitcomb responded, ³(YHU\WKLQJ´ ³:HKDYHWRNHHSWKHDQLPDOVVDIH$QGNHHS- ing the beach clean and safe for us is just as im- SRUWDQW´VKHVDLG BUSINESS DIRECTORY F LOORING Randall Lee’s 0% FINANCING AVAILABLE ALAN BERNER/THE SEATTLE TIMES Tucker, an olive ridley sea turtle, is being rehabilitated at the Seattle Aquarium, eating restaurant-grade anchovies, squid and shrimp. 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