REGION
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
East Oregonian
Three elk poaching suspects
face charges, one is at large
East Oregonian
records for Black.
Oregon State Police thanked the
public for its help and asked anyone
with information regarding the case
or the whereabouts of Nathan Crouch
to contact senior trooper Marcus
McDowell through at 1-800-452-7888
or email at marcus.mcdowell@state.
or.us. State police may keep the infor-
mation anonymous.
contact Bob Jones
at 541-938-7028 or
dubuquer@charter.net.
encouraged to attend. For
more information, call Bob
Daniel at 541-567-7883.
PENDLETON — A
Christmas sing-along is
planned at the Pendleton
Seventh-day Adventist
Church.
The public is invited to
celebrate the season and sing
a few holiday favorites. The
event is Friday at 6 p.m. at
1401 S.W. Goodwin Place,
Pendleton. Refreshments
will be served.
For more information,
call Glenn at 541-310-1230.
Hermiston Elks
Lodge hosts
memorial service
Morrow County
Fair seeks court,
chaperones
HERMISTON — The
Coffey Family will provide
special music during the
annual memorial service at
the Hermiston Elks Lodge.
The ceremony honors
members of the lodge who
have died. The event, which
is open to the public, is
Sunday at 10 a.m. at the
lodge, 480 E. Main St.,
Hermiston. The service
will be conducted by lodge
officers and past exalted
rulers of Elks Lodge No.
1845. A brunch will be
available afterward in the
dining room.
For more information,
call Dick Hensley at
541-571-2688 or the lodge at
541-567-6923.
HEPPNER — Morrow
County students in ninth
through 12th grade have
an opportunity to represent
the county during the 2017
Morrow County Fair.
The fair is seeking
applicants, who will also be
ambassadors for the county
during parades and other
functions throughout Eastern
Oregon in the coming year.
In addition, a court chaperone
is needed, who must be a
resident of Morrow County.
Those interested must
turn in information by noon
Monday, Dec. 19. Late
applications or those with
missing forms or required
documentation will not be
considered. Applications
are available at all high
schools in Morrow County,
by contacting Ann Jones at
mcfair@co.morrow.or.us or
stopping by the fair office at
74473 Highway 74, Heppner.
Fair staff will contact
all accepted applicants to
schedule interviews. For
more information, contact
541-676-9474 or mcfair@
co.morrow.or.us.
Veterans rep to
speak at American
Legion meeting
HERMISTON — Area
veterans are invited to learn
about local and regional
services available to them
during the upcoming meeting
of Hermiston Post 37 of the
American Legion.
Glenn Scott, Umatilla
County Department of
Veterans Affairs, is the guest
speaker Monday, Dec. 5 at 7
p.m. at the VFW Hall, 45 W.
Cherry St, Hermiston. The
group meets the first Monday
of each month.
All interested veterans are
To qualify, monthly gross income less than:
Single
$1,337
scholarships for area students
pursuing a career in the
medical field.
Sponsored by the Good
Shepherd Medical Center
Auxiliary, the event is
Wednesday, Dec. 7 from
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in
the hospital’s pharmacy
lobby, 610 N.W. 11th St.,
Hermiston. Money raised
also is earmarked for
the purchase of medical
equipment on the hospital’s
wish list.
For more information,
contact June Rosenberg at
juner1942@gmail.com.
Search and rescue finds
stranded motorists
East Oregonian
The Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Office search
and rescue team brought
a Pendleton couple and
their dog back home after
a night in the Blue Moun-
tains.
Thomas Kelly and
Vicki Wryn took their Ford
150 pickup into the moun-
tains Sunday east of Walla
Walla and Milton-Free-
water near the state line,
according to a statement
from the sheriff’s office.
They became stuck in
snow at Mill Creek Road
and U.S. Forest Service
Road 64.
At about 9 a.m. Monday
the couple reported they
and their dog had supplies
and were OK, according
to the sheriff’s office, but
needed assistance getting
out of the area.
Search and rescue
members at about 3:30
p.m. using four-wheel
drive
vehicles
and
snowmobiles reached the
couple and returned them
to Pendleton. The Forest
Service assisted in the
effort with a snow grader.
Kelly also told the sher-
iff’s office his father and
mother, Thomas and Mary
Kelly, were searching for
him in their vehicle, but he
had not heard from them
since about 6:30 Sunday
night. Members of the
Forest Service found them
at about 4 p.m. near Tiger
Canyon.
TM
Hospital auxiliary
sets Christmas
crafts sale
HERMISTON — A
Christmas craft sale,
which also features baked
goods, will help provide
Ne! help for
Medicare costs!
Premium
assistance
(Part B)
he and Chelsey Sumerlin
Breeding, 32, and Jesse
Patrick
Jackson,
29,
committed Medicaid fraud
from April 2012 through
2015 so they could receive
greater
benefits
than
needed. Chelsey Breeding
and Jackson also cut plea
deals in October, according
to court records.
The state charged
Chelsey Breeding with 24
counts in all. She took a
deal to plead guilty to one
count of first-degree theft
and one count of making a
false claim for health care
payment. Her sentencing is
Dec. 12, and she is looking
at jail time, probation and
more than $13,500 in
restitution.
Jackson’s sentencing is
Dec. 2, also on one count
each of first-degree theft
and making a false claim
for health care payment.
He agreed to testify
against his co-defendants,
according to records, and
faces six months in jail,
probation and a restitution
tab of $89,070.
Photo contributed by Oregon State Police
Two bull elk were poached and wasted in Union County, northeast of
Elgin. Three people were charged with the crime and one remains at large.
Adventist church
hosts holiday
sing-along Friday
MILTON-FREEWATER
— Topping the charts in
1981 included everything
from themes from popular
TV shows, remakes of hits
from the ’60s, comedy
records, one-hit wonders
and interesting duets.
The most popular song
in America was sung by an
Australian — “Physical”
by Olivia Newton-John.
The theme songs from “Hill
Street Blues,” “WKRP
in Cincinnati,” and “The
Greatest American Hero” all
made the charts, along with
the theme from the movie
“Arthur.”
BJ the DJ will spin a
variety of tunes from 1981
Saturday at 7 p.m. at Wesley
United Methodist Church,
816 S. Main St., Milton-
Freewater. Oldies Night
is free and The Frogs will
offer snacks.
For more information,
Medicaid fraud
case wrapping up
Fredrick L. Breeding
of Milton-Freewater will
serve a month behind bars
after pleading guilty to
Medicaid fraud.
Breeding, 72, made a
deal in October to plead
guilty to first-degree theft.
He appeared Monday
before Circuit Judge Lynn
Hampton in Pendleton
for sentencing. When the
hearing ended, sheriff’s
deputies took Breeding
to the Umatilla County
Jail, Pendleton, to serve
at least 30 days. Breeding
also agreed to serve two
years of probation and
pay $42,000 restitution to
the Oregon Department of
Human Services.
In exchange for the plea,
the Oregon Department of
Justice’s Medicaid Fraud
Unit dropped four counts
of making a false claim for
health care payment and
three of first-degree theft.
The state alleged that
while Breeding is disabled,
BRIEFLY
Oldies Night
features hit
songs of 1981
MILTON-FREEWATER
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Three Elgin residents have been
charged with poaching two bull elk, and
one suspect remains at large.
Oregon State Police asked for the
public’s help Nov. 16 to find people
involved in poaching the large elk
in Union County. The agency in a
written statement Tuesday reported
“overwhelming support from the
community” led to the identification of
three suspects.
Nathan Crouch, 26, Dylan Crouch,
22, and Brianna Black, 18, all of Elgin,
face misdemeanor charges of aiding in a
game violation. Nathan Crouch, though,
remains at large and may have fled the
state, according to state police. He
also faces the following misdemeanor
charges: two counts of unlawful taking
of a bull elk; casting a light within 500
feet of a vehicle; hunting with the aid of
a motor vehicle; hunting during prohib-
ited hours; two counts for waste of a
game animal; hunting on closed land;
and hunting in a prohibited area — a
public roadway.
State police also reported investiga-
tors also found Nathan Crouch poached
a large bull elk in Union County a few
years ago. Troopers seized the antlers
from that kill, but due to the statute of
limitations the state is only charging him
with unlawful possession of the antlers.
State court records show Dylan
Crouch has convictions in recent years
in Union County for driving violations
and has a case pending for drunken
driving. Nathan Crouch has a 2013
conviction for misdemeanor theft and
a hit-and-run case pending in Baker
County. There were no state court
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