Key takeaways:
- The Coast Guard responded to a mayday broadcast from a man piloting a yacht in the Columbia River and rescued him.
- The man was identified as 35-year-old Jericho Labonte, who had left a dead fish on the porch of the house used in the 1985 movie “The Goonies.”
- Labonte was taken to a local hospital for evaluation and later arrested by police and is currently being held in the Clatsop County Jail on charges of second-degree burglary, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct.
The Coast Guard responded to a mayday broadcast on Friday morning from a man piloting a yacht in the Columbia River. After a daring rescue, the man was pulled to safety by a rescue swimmer. However, the man has since been arrested by authorities in connection with a bizarre incident involving a dead fish.
On Wednesday, police in Astoria, Oregon, received a report that a man had left a dead fish on the porch of the house used in the 1985 movie “The Goonies.” Surveillance video at the house showed the man laying the fish on the porch and making a cell phone video of it before walking away.
The man was identified as 35-year-old Jericho Labonte. Police searched for two days before the Coast Guard received the mayday broadcast from Labonte on Friday morning. Heavy surf and rough waves rolled the boat and threw Labonte into the Columbia River. The Coast Guard responded and a rescue swimmer entered the turbulent water to pull Labonte to safety.
Labonte was taken to a local hospital for evaluation and later arrested by police. He is currently being held in the Clatsop County Jail on charges of second-degree burglary, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct. The investigation is ongoing.
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