REGION
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
East Oregonian
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PENDLETON
Defense seeks to suppress
evidence in Lybrand drug case
East Oregonian
The defense for downtown
Pendleton business owner
Jason Lybrand seeks the
suppression of key evidence
in the drug case he faces.
Attorney
Michael
Breiling of Pendleton filed
two motions in February
in Umatilla County Circuit
Court, one asking to suppress
all evidence and the fruits
thereof “from an illegal search
and seizure” of Lybrand’s
pickup and trailer in
September 2016. The second
motion argues the warrant
only allowed police to search
or seize marijuana,
and they exceeded
their
authority
when they looked
for and found other
drugs. The court
needs to exclude
any evidence from
the
warrant-less
search, according
Lybrand
to Breiling.
The
state
provided written counter-ar-
guments last week to allow
the evidence. The matter goes
before Judge Jon Lieuallen
at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the
Umatilla County Courthouse,
Pendleton.
Lybrand,
46,
owns and operates
Wicked
Kitty
Tattoo & Piercing
on Main Street,
Pendleton. He has
pleaded not guilty
to felony charges
of possession and
delivery of meth-
amphetamine and
delivery of a federal
Schedule III substance (meth-
androstenolone, a steroid)
and misdemeanor charges
of delivery of marijuana and
possession of the Schedule IV
opioid pain killer tramadol.
He remains free on bail.
PENDLETON
Saturday night ripe for mischief
East Oregonian
Crimes and reports of
crimes in Pendleton kept
police busy early Saturday
Pendleton police chief
Stuart Roberts stated the
bartender at Cadillac Jack’s
Saloon & Grill, 1703 S.W.
Emigrant Ave., Pendleton,
at 2 a.m. reported being
assaulted by a patron. Offi-
cers arrived and detained two
men and determined Michael
Savage, 26, was responsible
for assaulting the bartender
after the business asked him
to leave.
Police cited Savage for
fourth-degree assault and
trespassed him and his friend
from the bar for life. Pend-
leton police also reported the
bartender refused medical
attention.
Pendleton police at 2:13
a.m. received a report of a
person with a gun at Crab-
by’s Underground Saloon
& Dance Hall, 220 S.W.
First St. Oregon State Police
responded because two Pend-
leton officers were sorting
out the situation at Cadillac
Jack’s and a third was busy
with a drunken driver.
Roberts reported the
“victim(s)” alleged a male
pointed a firearm at them
and described the handgun.
Others in the area, however,
said they saw no gun but
heard someone rack the slide
inside the car.
Only one person police
talked to, Roberts stated,
had not been drinking, was
friends with the victim(s)
and told officers no one bran-
dished a gun.
Roberts reported police
found a handgun in the
suspect’s car, but it did
not match the description
people gave. Also, he said,
the ammunition was in the
handgun, not loose as though
someone had racked the slide
multiple times.
Roberts said police seized
the gun and ammunition and
sent people on their way.
Police also will send its
report to the Umatilla County
District Attorney’s office for
review of possible charges.
Barreto seeks comments on water bills
East Oregonian
Republican Rep. Greg
Barreto of Cove is seeking
comment from local land-
owners and water users on
three water bills.
Barreto in a written
statement
said
House
Bill 2705 would require
measurement and annual
reporting of all diversions of
water after 2020; HB 2706
would impose an annual
$100 “management fee” on
each water right certificate,
permit, decree, or ground-
water registration; and HB
2707 would appropriate
general fund dollars for
ground water investigation
and study. Rep. Ken Helm,
D-Portland, sponsored the
legislation. He is chairman
of the House Energy and
Environment Committee and
scheduled the bills hearings
on Wednesday.
“The concern that Oregon
is suffering from a shortage
of water has lead Rep. Helm
to introduce these bills,”
Barreto stated. “Sadly, two of
these bills (HB 2705 and HB
2706) as currently drafted, do
little to help except increase
water user’s costs.”
Installation of measuring
devices on streams can cost
tens of thousands of dollars,
according to Barreto, and
daily maintenance can add
up to thousands of dollars in
labor costs. And the annual
reporting will increase
expenses by thousands of
more dollars.
He also stated the inclu-
sion of a $500 civil penalty
for each day of violation
“creates the threat of finan-
cial disaster for those who
make innocent errors while
trying to comply with the
reporting requirements in
HB 2705 ...”
He asked those with water
rights to email, write, or call
the members of the Energy
and Environment Committee
to share their thoughts and
suggestions, and, if possible,
attend the hearing on
Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the
Capitol in Salem, 900 Court
St. N.E., Hearing Room D.
You can search for copies
of the bills online at the
Oregon Legislative Infor-
mation System, https://olis.
leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1
and submit written testimony
prior to the hearing at hee.
exhibits@oregonlegislature.
gov.
You also can find contact
information for the Energy
and Environment Committee
members at https://olis.
leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/
Committees/HEE/Overview.
L i t t le
D a r l i n gs !
This special section will be fi lled with photos of and
messages for adorable little darlings from Umatilla County.
Families will want to keep this special keepsake for
their child and family for years to come.
PUBLISHES:
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DEADLINES:
April 6, 2017
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You stole my breath
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Our life togeth
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You’re part of me, my little one
Love, Mom
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and a message to
your child today!
Staff photos by Phil Wright
Wee Bit O’ Ireland turns 35 in Heppner
ABOVE: The Murray fami-
ly of Heppner — Ian, Sean,
John the father, and Kev-
in — pull away from their
competition Saturday in
the O’Planky Team Relay
Race on Main Street, Hep-
pner, during the town’s 35th
annual Wee Bit O’ Ireland
Celebration. Festival or-
ganizers brought back the
plank race after an absence
of around 20 years.
RIGHT: Oregon U.S. Rep.
Greg Walden, R-Hood River,
greets folks Saturday out-
side the Elks Lodge on Main
Street.
BRIEFLY
Prineville man
killed in crash
MITCHELL — A
Prineville man was killed
and his two passengers
flown to the hospital
Saturday after a two-ve-
hicle wreck on Highway
26 between Prineville
and Mitchell in Wheeler
County.
Scotty M. Ledford,
31, from Prineville was
pronounced dead at the
scene after the 2013 Dodge
Ram he was driving
eastbound veered off the
roadway at 50 mph, struck
a rock wall, then crossed
back across to the opposite
lane and into a ditch
where it was struck by an
oncoming 1995 Dodge
pickup.
Ledford’s passengers,
Angelica M. Luna, 27, and
a juvenile were flown to
St. Charles Hospital, Bend,
with non-life threatening
injuries.
The driver of the second
vehicle, Kimberly Banta,
55, and his passenger Jared
Banta, 41, both of Sweet
Home, were not injured.
The wreck happened at
about 7:30 a.m. and OSP
was assisted at the scene
by Oregon Department
of Transportation and the
sheriff’s offices and fire
departments from Wheeler
and Crook counties. The
road was closed for about
two hours.
Gas line cut near
Port of Morrow
BOARDMAN — Emer-
gency personnel responded
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