The seas off the Oregon coast were measured as high as 20 feet Friday, federal forecasters said.
Unknowing rescuers plucked a man accused of placing a dead fish at an Oregon house featured in “The Goonies” from rough waters Friday, moments after the yacht he’d been on capsized, authorities said.
Authorities started pursuing Labonte after receiving a report Wednesday that he posted a video on Facebook that showed him placing the dead fish on the porch of the residence, police said. The home is nicknamed after “The Goonies,” Steven Spielberg’s 1985 boyhood adventure film in which the house appears.
Astoria police said Labonte was wanted on allegations of theft, endangering another person, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and criminal mischief. Astoria Police Chief Stacy Kelly said some of the allegations were from preexisting cases in British Columbia, according toVideo of the rescue taken from onboard a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter showed a person, later identified as Labonte, alone on a 35-foot vessel, which had put out a mayday call and was taking on water, thesaid.
By the time Labonte was identified as the suspect, he had been released from Columbia Memorial Hospital following his rescue, police said.
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