On Sunday, April 7, 2024 at around 2:00 AM, Lincoln City Police Officers responded to the report of a physical fight between two females at Chinook Winds Casino. As the officers responded, they were informed by casino security the females had left the scene in a red pickup truck. Moments later, officers were informed of a red pickup truck that had crashed into Lock & Key Adventurer’s Guild on NE Highway 101. The pickup truck then fled the scene eastbound on NE Holmes Rd.
Upon Officers arrival they found the front window of the business broken out as well as significant damage to the walls of the business. Other officers searched the area and located the involved pickup truck with damage to the front end near NE 31st St. and NE Holmes Rd. The registered owner of the vehicle, 27-year-old Shailin Moses, was contacted at an apartment nearby. Moses and her passenger, 24-year-old Mary Sanders, were both intoxicated. Moses and Sanders told officers they had been drinking at the Chinook Winds Casino for several hours before returning home.
Officers developed probable cause to believe Moses had been driving intoxicated and placed her under arrest. During the investigation officers learned that Moses and Sanders had left their 6-year-old and 2-year-old children in a different apartment, unaccompanied by any adults. Furthermore, officers learned that the children had been left in the apartment for several hours while Moses and Sanders had been at the casino. Officers found the children alone and crying in the apartment, and once the safety of the children was assured, Officers arrested Moses and Sanders for Child Neglect in the Second Degree.
Moses was arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants, Reckless Driving, Failure to Perform the Duties of a Driver when Property is Damaged, and Child Neglect in the Second Degree. Sanders was arrested for Child Neglect in the Second Degree. Both were transported to the Lincoln County Jail where they were lodged on the listed charges.
The Lincoln City Police Department would like to thank the Chinook Winds Casino for their cooperation, as well as the observant citizen who reported the hit-and-run.
