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Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Tuesday, September 1, 2015 ,PSURYLQJZHDWKHUKHOSVEXW¿UHVSUHDGV Mom sentenced to 25 years in toddler abuse case By SEAN ELLIS EO Media Group JOHN DAY — Better weather conditions caused &DQ\RQ &UHHN &RPSOH[ ¿UH activity to moderate through the QLJKW DQG ¿UH FUHZV ZHUH DEOH to make progress in their efforts WRVWUHQJWKHQ¿UHOLQHV 6L[QHZ¿UHFUHZVLQFOXGLQJ two Type 1 hotshot crews, also joined the effort to combat the ¿UHZKLFKKDGEXUQHG acres as of Monday morning — up by 3,583 acres over Sunday. 7KH VTXDUHPLOH ¿UH LV percent contained. “Night shifts continued to ZRUNRQWKHQRUWKHQGRIWKH¿UH strengthening the lines,” said Vince Mazzier, a Great Basin Incident Management Team SXEOLFLQIRUPDWLRQRI¿FHU He said there were no major issues Sunday night “due to the nice, moderate weather we had. The relative humidity came up, and it kind of took some of WKHVWHDPRXWRIWKH¿UHDQG DOORZHG ¿UH¿JKWHUV WR GR D ORW more work.” ³,WFDOPHGWKH¿UHGRZQDQG allowed us to get more direct, which means getting closer WR WKH ¿UH DQG UHPRYLQJ DQ\ XQEXUQHG IXHO EHWZHHQ WKH ¿UH PORTLAND (AP) — A Washington woman who took her toddler daughter across state lines for sexual abuse was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison. Prosecutors said the woman repeatedly visited the Portland area to have sex with boyfriend, James Lee Hickerson. The toddler was often present when the couple had sex and was later included. Agents found two videos on Hickerson’s phone that show the woman performing a sex act on her daughter. The Associated Press is withholding the 29-year-old mother’s name to protect the child’s identity. The woman pleaded guilty in May to trans- portation of a minor for criminal sexual activity. %XW VKH VXEPLWWHG D ¿YHSDJH KDQGZULWWHQ letter to U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon before sentencing that caused the judge to ask if she wanted to withdraw her plea. Though the woman did not take that step, she also didn’t accept full responsibility. She said her boyfriend was the instigator and her behavior was not as bad as portrayed by pros- ecutors. “I never hurt my daughter, not the way the court is looking at it,” she said. “Like I said your honor, you’re only getting a glimpse of what happened.” The judge replied: “It may be true that I’m only getting a portion of what happened, but from the portion I have seen and I have read, it does appear to me that you have failed the fundamental responsibility of a parent, which is to protect one’s child.” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jane Shoemaker said even if the abuse was Hickerson’s idea, the woman — who lived in Camas with her parents — could have said no. “She could have left her child at home, but she didn’t,” Shoemaker said. “She went with Mr. Hickerson time and time again, took her child time and time again.” The woman must register as a sex offender when she leaves prison and spend 10 years on supervised release. During that period she can’t speak with her daughter unless she gets DSSURYDOIURPDSUREDWLRQRI¿FHU Hickerson has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography and transporting a minor for sexual activity. He is scheduled to be sentenced in November. Hickerson’s father, Neil Lee Hickerson, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in the case and is to be sentenced next week. The investigation began when an undercover DJHQW GRZQORDGHG ¿OHV IURP D SHHUWRSHHU ¿OHVKDULQJQHWZRUNDQGWUDFHGWKHLPDJHVWR computers that belonged to the Hickersons. Photo by Tim Trainor Multiple emergency crews are evacuating people who live north of County Road 62, and many in Prairie City are leaving the town Saturday morning as the Canyon Creek Complex fire approaches. OLQHDQGWKH¿UHLWVHOI´0D]]LHU said. +H VDLG ¿UH FUHZV DUH focusing heavily on the Straw- berry Lake and Road’s End areas, which are both areas of concern. The priority Monday will be on the northern and eastern ÀDQNV RI WKH ¿UH DQG ¿UH OLQH repair operations will continue along the western and southern ÀDQNVDFFRUGLQJWRD86)LUH Service report. The addition of the new crews brings to 1,026 the total QXPEHU RI SHUVRQQHO ¿JKWLQJ WKH ¿UH 7KH QHZ UHVRXUFHV are being placed mostly on the QRUWKHUQ DQG HDVWHUQ ÀDQNV RI WKH¿UH Total resourced include three Type 1 hotshot crews, 20 Type FUHZV ¿YH KHOLFRSWHUV engines, 17 dozers, 27 water tenders, nine Skidgines and one masticator. BRIEFLY Oregon guardsman who helped stop train attack returns home appearances and learned that the city of Sacramento plans to hold a parade to honor him, Stone and Sadler. The U.S. Army also plans to award him a medal for his actions. It’s all been a little overwhelming, said Skarlatos. “If you were thrown in a ridiculous situation like that, and you just want to survive, you’d be surprised if everyone wanted to give you attention about it, too,” he said. Anyone in a similar situation, he said, should “do something, because you’re probably going to die anyway, so you might as well give it a shot.” On Sunday, a spokesman from the Oregon Military Department met Skarlatos at his airport gate and accompanied him to baggage claim. While Skarlatos waited for his luggage to appeared, a man in military uniform walked up to shake his hand. Skarlatos has been a guardsman for three years and returned from a nine- month deployment to Afghanistan in July. He said he eventually wants to go back to school and pursue a career in law enforcement, a goal he’s had since he was 18. He grew up in the Sacramento area PORTLAND (AP) — Ten days ago, Oregon Army National Guard specialist Alek Skarlatos helped stop a terrorist attack on a high-speed train traveling through Belgium. On Sunday night, he returned to Oregon, looking weary and dressed in plaid and khakis. He described the international attention he’s received in the meantime as “pretty unreal,” reported The Oregonian. Skarlatos, a 22-year-old Roseburg native, said he’s looking forward to “relaxing and a little bit of normalcy.” “I’m sure it will happen eventually,” he said at Portland International Airport. “Just not sure how or when.” Skarlatos was with his childhood friends Spencer Stone, a U.S. Air Force Airman, and Anthony Sadler, a Sacramento State University senior, on a Paris-bound train when the three helped subdue Ayoub El-Khazzani, a man with ties to radical Islam who was carrying a handgun and an assault weapon. Since then, he has been awarded France’s highest honor, made television with Sadler and Stone and said he plans to NHHSDORZSUR¿OHXQWLOKHLVUHXQLWHGZLWK his friends. Skarlatos did, however, reveal one thing on his to-do list: laundry. Salem City Council to weigh early marijuana sales SALEM (AP) — The Salem City Council will have to decide whether to allow “early sales” of recreational marijuana. The Statesman Journal reports the council will meet Monday night to discuss recreational marijuana and whether it can be sold from medical marijuana facilities starting Oct.1, more than three months ahead of the state’s planned start date. City Attorney Dan Atchison in a staff report to the council noted that current city code is unclear about whether Salem residents will be able to participate in the early sales. Currently, only those with a valid medical marijuana registry card can enter a Salem medical marijuana facility. &LW\RI¿FLDOVDUHDVNLQJWKHFRXQFLOWR make the city code more clear. The council will also decide whether to ban recreational marijuana sales altogether. 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