Jan. 6 — Jimmy W. Oleachea, 45, of Astoria, and Carissa J. Thoeun, 34, of Astoria, were each cited for third-degree malicious mischief and third-degree theft, after a vacation rental employee reported guests had damaged and stolen property from the home in Long Beach with the theft and damages totaling $478.

Reporting parties said their storage unit in Ilwaco had been ransacked and their belongings had been stolen. The unit renter had been renting the unit for approximately a year while he is remodeling his home in Seaview, paying $30 a month and is never late. He said it looks like someone entered his unit by kicking in the wall by entering another unit. He confronted the owner about why he did not call him when he learned his unit was broken into, and the owner told him he will “fix it” and then stated it appeared the wall “caved in.” Now his belongings are strewn about and most of his things have been pulled through the hole in the wall and into the other unit. The owner told him to go into that unit and get what was his.

Jan. 7 — A person came to the LBPD office to report a theft at a Pioneer Road address at a new home under construction. A 20-foot aluminum plank valued at $400 was stolen. They have had thefts before at this site, so they moved the plank into the home while they were gone for the weekend. The garage does not yet have an exterior door, so that is how the home was entered.

Pioneer Heated Storage called to report someone cut their chain-link fence and entered the property and stole gas out of two vehicles. They also did the same thing the previous night. They entered through the same location by cutting the fence. There were 41 gallons stolen from one U-Haul truck and 31 gallons stolen from another.

Jan. 8 — Key Bank reported that a subject cashed a fraudulent check from Chase Bank for $33,500. The investigating officer spoke with a person from Key Bank’s fraud-protection division and he advised the officer that the subject has a history of depositing large check amounts with multiple banks (Fibre and US Bank) but those checks weren’t flagged. The officer asked him to email copies of all the checks that she has deposited at Key Bank. He sent the information he has to the money laundering division as well. An investigation remains in progress.

Jan. 11 — Scoopers called 911 to report that a young, thin lady with long hair concealed a box of wine and departed the store without rendering payment. The employee last observed the suspect walking toward Dennis Company wearing a colorful beanie, black Discover Recovery sweatshirt, and shorts. Officers located the suspect, Keziah H. Denny, 22, of Salem, who appeared to have a small box of wine in her front sweatshirt pocket. The suspect had a strong odor of alcoholic beverages on her exhaled breath. After probable cause was established, she was placed under arrest for theft in the third degree.