Page 18 The INDEPENDENT, December 18, 2003
Vernonia Police Department
Abbreviations: DUII, Driving Un-
der the Influence of Intoxicants;
BUII, Boating Under the Influence
of Intoxicants; DWS, Driving While
License is Suspended; MIP, Minor
In Possession of Intoxicants; PCS,
Possession of Controlled Sub-
stance; ODL, Oregon Driver Li-
cense; FTA, Failure to Appear in
Court; NTSI, National Traffic Safe-
ty Institute; DA, District Attorney;
VIP, Victim Impact Panel; FF&A,
Fines, Fees and Assessments.
Dec. 1 – Warren Ronald Wright,
Jr., 39, Vernonia, arrested for As-
sault 4 and Disorderly Conduct af-
ter punching the father of the per-
son he thought had broken his car
windows; taken to CCSO jail.
Dec. 2 – Investigating Criminal
Mischief at Hawkins Park, damage
to lawn from someone driving on it
and spinning tires. Public assis-
tance is requested to help solve
this crime.
Dec. 3 – Criminal Mischief com-
plaint from Madison St. residence,
someone removed wiper assem-
blies from Chevy Pickup. No sus-
Did You Know . . .
pects at this time.
Dec. 4 – Child Neglect reported
at 2nd Ave. residence. Talked to
parents, sent copy of report to DA
and Child Protective Services.
Dec. 11 – Criminal Mischief
complaint from Alder St. resident;
Christmas lights torn down from
kitchen window.
– Jeanette Hood, 61, Vernonia,
cited for Failure to Yield after offi-
cer witnessed MVA on Bridge St.
Dec. 12 – Responded to false
audible alarm on Bridge St.
Dec. 13 – Bar fight at Cedar
Side Inn involving two males.
Medics took one male to hospital
with fractured skull. Report re-
ferred to DA and OLCC.
Sheriff’s Office
Nov. 28 – Vernonia resident re-
ported that someone tore down a
barn on property he was watching
and stole the steel roofing.
Nov. 30 – Resident on Nehalem
Hwy N. reported two generators
stolen.
By Police Chief Mike Cahill
Vernonia Police Department
Officer Cathy Baity has at-
tended the Career Officer De-
velopment course at the Ore-
gon Police Academy. The
C.O.D. course is for officers
who have been out of Oregon
police work for more than two
years or who come from out of
state. Those of you who know
Cathy can probably imagine
what her classmates have
been kidding her about. Even
though she was Dakota born,
her years in the southern U.S.
had an audible impact upon
her speech. The other officers
are quite happy about her re-
turn as they have been cover-
ing her duties while she attend-
ed classes.
Headlights are a good thing,
usually! As many of us know
from experience, the improper-
ly aimed headlight can be
frightful, especially when we
are traveling a wet, dark high-
way in the Nehalem Valley
area. Please be a courteous
and legal driver and make sure
the headlights are aimed as re-
quired. Officers can issue cita-
tions for defective equipment.
The Truck Light Parade
went off without a hitch. Al-
though the turnout was smaller
than anticipated, the quality of
the entrants and the prepara-
tion were obvious. Parade vol-
unteers, police, and fire per-
sonnel were able to create a
safe environment for entrants
and observers. Hope to see
you next year.
It seems like getting your
4X4 muddy is quite the thing to
do around the valley. Please, if
you are going to do this, stay
off private or public property
you don’t have permission to
be on. Recently police found a
4X4 stuck near public works on
Lincoln Avenue. Beside getting
your name in the newspaper
you may end up seeing a judge
about it.
Volunteers are working their
tails off. Since July, the depart-
ment has been developing a
volunteer program for clerical
support to the police officers.
Over 780 hours of volunteer
time has been worked. This is
equivalent to nearly half a year
of full time work. Without our
volunteers, the report that goes
to the newspapers, our state
crime reporting, and many oth-
er administrative tasks could
not get done. The current vol-
unteers are Lisa Edgar, Pat
Stipe, Floyd Ragner, Catalina
Aguilar, and Candy Cahill.
Thanks so much for your dedi-
cation to our community safety.
Lock your doors. Many of us
are complacent about locking
our doors. Locking them during
the day is a good idea, as well
as at night time. Daylight bur-
glaries are more commonplace
in Oregon than many people
think.
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