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Hermiston Herald HermistonHerald.com WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016 HOME & GARDEN Special section inside $1.00 ABOUT TOWN No charges in Hermiston shooting Case forwarded to DA’s offi ce By JENNIFER COLTON Staff Writer A Hermiston man was shot just after midnight on Wednesday, but no charges KDYHEHHQ¿OHG $W DP RQ :HGQHVGD\ $SULO +HUPLVWRQ SROLFH UHFHLYHG a report on an intoxicated man “causing a scene” on 6DWHU &RXUW LQ +HUPLVWRQ The intoxicated man, Juan Fernando Ponce, 24, of +HUPLVWRQ GLG QRW OLYH LQ the neighborhood and was LQYROYHG LQ DQ DOWHUFDWLRQ ZLWK D FRXSOH ZKR ZHUH YLVLWLQJDUHODWLYH The intoxicated man made threats against the FRXSOHDQG\HDUROG-D son Patrick, of Hermiston, ¿UHGDZDUQLQJVKRWIURPD VPDOO FDOLEHU KDQGJXQ DF FRUGLQJ WR +HUPLVWRQ 3R OLFH&KLHI-DVRQ(GPLVWRQ Ponce kept moving forward DQGWKUHDWHQLQJWKHFRXSOH DQG 3DWULFN ¿UHG PXOWLSOH shots, one of which struck 3RQFHLQWKHWRUVR Ponce was treated at *RRG 6KHSKHUG 0HGLFDO &HQWHU IRU QRQOLIH WKUHDW HQLQJZRXQGV 0RQGD\+HUPLVWRQSR OLFH VHQW WKH UHSRUW RQ WKH VKRRWLQJ WR WKH 8PDWLOOD County District Attorney’s RI¿FH +HUPLVWRQ SROLFH KDYHQRW¿OHGDQ\FKDUJHV “Based on statements IURP HYHU\RQH LQYROYHG ZHEHOLHYHZHKDYHDFOHDU understanding of what WUDQVSLUHGDQGDVDUHVXOW we are not issuing any FKDUJHV DW WKLV WLPH´ (G PLVWRQVDLG0RQGD\ The case was forwarded to the District Attorney’s RI¿FHIRUIXUWKHUUHYLHZ District Attorney Dan Primus said Monday the RI¿FHKDVQRWUHYLHZHGWKH FDVHEXWZLOOPDNHDGHWHU mination on any charges RQFH DOO LQIRUPDWLRQ LV UH YLHZHG 7KH 6DWHU &RXUW VKRRW ing was the second shooting ODVWZHHNWR\LHOGQRFULP LQDOFKDUJHV$\HDUROG +HUPLVWRQ PDQ ZDV KRV SLWDOL]HG 0RQGD\ IRU DQ DFFLGHQWDO VHOILQÀLFWHG JXQVKRWZRXQG +HUPLVWRQ SROLFH UH sponded to Good Shepherd 0HGLFDO &HQWHU DW SP$SULOIRUDUHSRUWRI DSDWLHQWZLWKDVHOILQÀLFW HGZRXQGWRKLVOHJ ³:H¶UH FRQ¿GHQW WKDW WKLVZDVDQDFFLGHQWDOGLV charge of a weapon he had LQ KLV SRFNHW´ (GPLVWRQ VDLG1RFKDUJHVKDYHEHHQ ¿OHG STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL Kim Bales, left, and her daughter Berlyn Bales stand behind the counter at Echo Ridge Cellars’ new tasting room in a former grain elevator outside Echo. ELEVATING WINE GRAIN ELEVATOR REBORN AS WINE TASTING ROOM FOR ECHO VINEYARD STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL A ladder ascends past the original wooden walls of the old Echo grain elevator that has been repurposed as a tasting room for Echo Ridge Cellars. By JADE MCDOWELL Staff Writer T KHROGJUDLQHOHYDWRUQRUWK RI(FKRKDVEHHQJLYHQQHZ OLIHDVDZLQHWDVWLQJURRP IRU(FKR5LGJH&HOODUV 6LQFH WKH %DOHV IDPLO\ UHPRGHOHGWKHVWUXFWXUHDQG RSHQHGWKHWDVWLQJURRPODVWZHHNLW ORRNVDOLWWOHGLIIHUHQWIURPWKHVLOKRX HWWH PDQ\ (FKR UHVLGHQWV UHPHPEHU IURP WKHLU FKLOGKRRG %XW PXFK KDV EHHQSUHVHUYHGLQVLGHWKHEXLOGLQJ 7KH RULJLQDO ZRRGHQ ZDOOV VWLOO PDUNHGE\LQLWLDOVFDUYHGE\ORQJWLPH residents in their younger days, are VWDQGLQJDVLVWKHZRRGHQÀRRUZKHUH WUXFNV XVHG WR SDUN EHIRUH WKH EXLOG LQJ¶V IRRWSULQW ZDV H[SDQGHG 7KH IXUQLWXUHLVPDGHIURPRULJLQDOZRRG VDOYDJHG IURP WKH VLWH DQG WKH KROH where trucks used to dump grain now KROGV ZLQH EDUUHOV EHQHDWK D FOHDU JODVVÀRRU %HUO\Q %DOHV (FKR 5LGJH &HOODUV STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL wine and event ambassador, said she has been studying the history of the Kim Bales, right, of Echo Ridge Cellars poses with a painting of the grain elevator by Joseph Garcia, second to right. Garcia brought in the painting with his daughter Debbie Thorton and son-in-law Dave See WINE, A14 Thorton, pictured at left. Assaults drive violent crime rate higher Hermiston Police reports quarterly crime numbers FLW\RI+HUPLVWRQ 7KH +HUPLVWRQ 3ROLFH 'HSDUWPHQW UHOHDVHV TXDU WHUO\ VWDWLVWLFV RQ FULPH rates, and the report for WKH¿UVWTXDUWHURI² -DQ WKURXJK 0DUFK By JENNIFER COLTON ² VKRZV WKH GHSDUWPHQW Staff Writer UHVSRQGHGWROHVVWRWDOLQFL dents but made more arrests 7RWDOFDOOVDUHGRZQEXW than the same time period YLROHQW FULPH LV XS LQ WKH LQ 7KH WRWDO QXPEHU RI LQ FLGHQWV ² LQFOXGLQJ FDOOVWUDI¿FVWRSVDQGRI¿ FHULQLWLDWHG DFWLYLW\ ² LV GRZQ SHUFHQW IURP WKH IURP WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU RI 7KH GHSDUWPHQW KDG GRFXPHQWHG LQFL GHQWV LQ FRPSDUHG WR LQ $UUHVWV See CRIME, A14 HERALD PHOTO