Assault Bastendorff Beach, July 25

News release CCSO.  On July 22, 2017, at about 0105 hours, deputies were dispatched to Bastendorf Beach for a report of a woman screaming for help. After searching the area for several minutes, deputies located Logan Ridgway and Frankie Aho on the beach. Deputies learned Ridgway and Aho were having a verbal dispute, when Ridgway began kicking sand at Aho. The sand penetrated her eyes and into her mouth and throat. Aho said her eyes were in extreme pain and was having trouble seeing. Aho said she also wasn’t able to breath for about 10 seconds because of the sand in her throat. Ridgway admitted to deputies he kicked the sand intentionally at Aho and knew it was causing her pain. Ridgway, 42 years old of Coos Bay, was arrested for Assulat IV Domestic and transported to the Coos County Jail, where he was held on $10,000.00 bail.