Saturday, May 6, 2017
Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office
WARRANTS
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Jared Lee Balderston
Age: 26 Sex: M
Probation Violation (PV), Flee/Attempt to
Elude Police, Reckless Driving, Recklessly
Endangering Another Bail: $100,000
Last known location: Hermiston
Llewllyn James Bales
Age: 47 Sex: M
Failure to Appear (FTA), Possession Meth
Bail: $20,000
Last known location: Pendleton
Richard Joseph Baxter
Age: 25 Sex: M
FTA, Possession Meth
Bail: $35,000
Last known location: Walla Walla, WA
Stephanie Marie Gieselman
Age: 36 Sex: F
PV, Possession Meth
Bail: $100,000
Last known location: Hermiston
Linda Loree Pine
Age: 52 Sex: F
PV, Possession Meth, Criminal Trespass
Bail:$100,000
Last known location: Milton-Freewater
Kendra Margaret Sohappy
Age: 19 Sex: F
PV , Possession Meth, Criminal Trespass
Bail: No bail
Last known location: Pendleton
Michael Wayne Waelty
Age: 31 Sex: M
PV, Possession Meth, Carrying
Concealed Weapon
Bail: $100,000
Last known location: Hermiston
Galen Kent Yallup
Age: 37 Sex: M
FTA, Possession Meth, Theft
Bail: $10,000
Last known location: Pendleton
Warrants on the above persons were active at the time the list
was created, however wanted status is subject to change at any-
time. If whereabouts are known, please report immediately to
law enforcement by calling our 24 hours dispatch center at 541-
966-3651 or by calling 911 if an emergency.
Man arrested during May Day
march charged with riot, arson
PORTLAND (AP) — A
22-year-old man has been
charged with riot, arson
and criminal mischief for
allegedly throwing flaming
flares during Portland’s
May Day march.
The Oregonian/Oregon-
Live reports Damion Feller
was charged Thursday. He
didn’t enter a plea.
He
was
arrested
Wednesday after investi-
gators reviewed video of
the Monday events and
received community tips.
An affidavit says after
Fuller was arrested, police
showed him a photograph
of the person throwing the
flares. The affidavit says
Fuller told police, “I saw
that online and knew I was
(expletive).”
Feller is one of about
two dozen people arrested
in connection with the
protest, which police
deemed a riot and shut
down after protesters set
fires, smashed windows
and spray-painted busi-
nesses.
Most protesters arrested
during the march were
released from custody
Tuesday and are awaiting
charges.
East Oregonian
Page 7A
RECORDS
Students sue over suspensions for ‘likes’ on racist posts
By SUDHIN THANAWALA
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — A
California school district
suspended a high school
student after racist images
that included nooses drawn
around the necks of a black
student and coach appeared
on his social media site.
But a federal lawsuit says
the district went too far when
it also disciplined students
who indicated they “liked”
the posts on the Instagram
account. The suit — filed
Monday in San Francisco
on behalf of four students—
accuses the Albany Unified
School District of violating
students’ free speech rights
and says the district did not
have the authority to suspend
the students because the
offensive posts were on a
private account that had no
connection with any official
school activity or school
account.
“This to me is no different
than having a private
drawing book and making
some offensive drawings at
home and sharing them with
a couple of friends,” said
Alan Beck, an attorney for
four students who “liked” or
commented on the offensive
Instagram account. “Does
the school have the right to
ruin my life over something I
was doing at my house?”
Legal experts say the
lawsuit will present federal
courts with another oppor-
tunity to decide how strictly
schools can regulate student
speech. And it raises thorny
THURSDAY
1:34 a.m. - A resident on Follett Lane, Hermiston, reported
someone was trying to sell her dog on Facebook.
3:49 a.m. - An Irrigon woman on Southeast Park Place
reported two people tried to break into her home, and she went
to a neighbor’s place. Morrow County Sheriff’s Office sent a
deputy, who did not find any suspects.
8:38 a.m. - A resident on South Main Street, Pendleton, told
police someone shot his vehicle with a BB during the night.
12:46 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received
a report of harassment. The caller in Irrigon said another man
threatened to kill him over a pickup.
3:29 p.m. - Law enforcement received a report of a possible
drunk driver at the Boardman Rest Area on the westbound
side of Interstate 84. A caller said a man got out of the driver’s
side of a rental moving truck and threw a large beer can in the
trash. Police did not find the driver.
5:55 p.m. - A caller at Powerline Road and eastbound
Interstate 82, Hermiston, reported several cattle were in the
canal and would not be able to get out on their own.
6:13 p.m. - A Umatilla resident on Eighth Street told police
vehicles from people at a sports event blocked her driveway.
6:21 p.m. - A caller told the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office
he saw a puppy fall out of the bed of a pickup just after 4 p.m.
on Highway 730 near Irrigon. The driver stopped, but the caller
was not sure if the driver took the dog. The caller, though, did
get the license plate number of the pickup, which the dispatch
found belonged to an Irrigon resident. The caller asked for a
sheriff’s deputy to check on the dog.
7:16 p.m. - Pendleton police received a 9-1-1 report of an
assault at Wal-Mart, 2203 S.W. Court Ave.
9:10 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office responded
to the Sub Zero Motel, Irrigon, after a mother said a female
threatened to kill her son. The deputy talked to the son, who
said he and his girlfriend were breaking up, and the person
who made the threat may have been a friend of the girlfriend.
11:05 p.m. - A caller on Highway 11 outside Milton-
Freewater reported a vehicle hit a dog, which may be too
injured to live.
11:34 p.m. - Umatilla police received a report of a dog
attacking someone in the area of 6000 Umatilla Street.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
Thursday
•Umatilla tribal police arrested Joel Malcom Salt, 27, of
Pendleton, for domestic abuse, assault, sexual assault, and
four counts endangering the welfare of a minor, all felonies,
and for misdemeanors of violating a tribal restraining order and
false imprisonment.
questions about whether
“likes” on social media
should be treated similarly to
the original posts.
“‘Likes’ are ambiguous
in that they could be saying,
‘This is funny,’ ‘I agree with
it,’ or ‘I don’t agree, but I
want to stand up for your
right to say it,’” said Eugene
Volokh, who teaches free
speech law at the University
of California, Los Angeles.
The racist posts on an
Instagram account of a
student at Albany High
School surfaced in March,
leading to protests by students
and parents. Albany is an
affluent community adjacent
to Berkeley, a city that prides
itself on its liberalism and
political correctness.
The posts also included a
photo of a black person next
to an ape and jokes about
students’ weight and looks.
Superintendent Valerie
Williams said in a statement
that the district is reviewing
the lawsuit, but it intends to
take “appropriate action in
responding to it.”
The student who owned
the account is also facing
expulsion, according to his
attorney, Cate Beekman. She
declined to provide his name.
He has not filed a lawsuit.
The lawsuit filed Monday
represents four other Albany
High School students —
three of them Asian — who
say they were suspended
after or commenting on the
Instagram account or indi-
cating they “liked” a post.
One of the students said
COURTS
SENTENCES
PENDLETON — The following
felony sentences have been
imposed in Umatilla County
courts:
•Bradley Jack Baker, 53, Herm-
iston, pleaded guilty to Pos-
session of Methamphetamine:
sentenced to 3 years proba-
tion, 90 sanction units, 30
maximum jail units, 120 hours
community service and $500
fine, plus court costs and fees;
pleaded guilty to a second
count of Possession of Meth-
amphetamine: sentenced to 3
years probation, 90 sanction
units, 30 maximum jail units,
120 hours community service,
$500 fine, $2,000 fine-sus-
pended and 6 months driver’s
license suspension, plus court
costs and fees.
•Latoya Arlene Jackson (nka
Marez), 32, Pendleton, plead-
ed guilty to Theft I: sentenced
to 2 years probation, 90 sanc-
tion units, 30 maximum jail
units, 100 hours communi-
ty service, $200 fine, $1,800
fine-suspended and $2,000
restitution.
•Troy Curtis Rutherford, 31,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to
Possession of Methamphet-
amine: sentenced to condi-
tional discharge.
•Donavon Richard Rullan, 27,
Pendleton, pleaded guilty to
Possession of Methamphet-
amine: sentenced to 6 months
jail, 1 year post-prison super-
vision and $200 fine; pleaded
guilty to Failure to Appear II:
sentenced to discharge.
SUITS FILED
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
Chris Treadway/East Bay Times via AP
In this March 26 photo, people attend a rally for the
Albany for All to support unity and inclusiveness in
response to racist and offensive posted on social me-
dia, at Albany High School in Albany, Calif. Four Albany
High School students sued a school district after they
were suspended over their responses to Instagram
posts that included a black student and coach with
nooses around their necks.
“yep” to another comment,
according to the lawsuit.
Another student commented
that the account “is only
targeting black people.”
The other two students
“liked” a few of the images
posted on the account.
The lawsuit claims the
district brought suspended
students before the student
body at a “public shaming”
session during which they
were cursed and jeered.
At a meeting later the
same day, two suspended
students were injured by an
angry protester, according
to the suit. The four students
seek unspecified damages
and a court order removing
the suspensions from their
records.
Schools have broad
authority under federal law
to limit speech at school that
they consider disruptive,
according to First Amend-
ment scholars. But courts
have disagreed about whether
schools can punish students
for off-campus speech that
causes disruptions at school
— a more likely scenario
these days with the reach of
social media — said Aaron
Caplan, a professor at Loyola
Law School in Los Angeles.
“In my own view,
students are entitled to speak
just like everyone else when
they are off campus,” Caplan
said. “The school should not
say, ‘You engaged in free
speech over the weekend on
your own time, but we will
punish you because your
speech has ripple effects that
we don’t like.’”
PENDLETON — The following
suits have been filed in Uma-
tilla County courts:
•Credits Inc. vs. Christina Cool-
ey of Hermiston: seeks $736.93
plus interest, costs and fees.
•Susana Luis Sangerman vs.
Daniel Robert Taylor: seeks
$5,847.21 plus costs and fees.
•Branch Banking and Trust
Company vs. The Estate of
Lawrence Whinery and Rose-
marie Whinery, unknown
heirs, assigns and devisees of
Lawrence Whinery and Rose-
marie Whinery, Lawerence
Whinery Jr., Mike Whinery,
Tom Whinery, Steve Whinery,
Hollie Whinery and all others
claiming right, title, lien or in-
terest: seeks $95,867.36 plus
interest, costs and fees.
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Sara
Barnett: seeks $1,904.38 plus
interest, costs and fees.
•OneMain Financial Services
Inc. vs. Daniel B. Loftus: seeks
$1,658.47 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•Becky Davis vs. Wal-Mart
Stores Inc. (Hermiston) and
John Doe: seeks $69,834.57
plus interest, costs and fees.
•Ray Klein Inc. dba Profession-
al Credit Service vs. Toni E. Wil-
liamson: seeks $8,046.29 plus
interest, costs and fees.
•Michael T. O’Neill of Stanfield
vs. Alfred Ochoa Jr. and Terra
Gold Farms of Othello, Wash.:
seeks $10,000 plus costs and
fees.
•Midland Funding LLC vs.
MIchelle Day (Gibson): seeks
$811.28 plus interest, costs and
fees.
•Ray Klein Inc. dba Profes-
sional Credit Service vs. Jose
Flores of Milton-Freewater:
seeks $1,884.28 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•Quick Collect Inc. vs. Roy and
Christina Weems of Hermis-
ton: seeks $1,789.47 plus inter-
est, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. James A. Miley
of Hermiston: seeks $6,879.48
plus interest, costs and fees.
•Synchrony Bank vs. Maria
Burciaga of Hermiston: seeks
$1,854.04 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•Dorothy J. Stensrud vs. Su-
zanne E. McKenzie: seeks
$43,500 plus costs and fees.
•Capital One Bank vs. Fer-
nando M. Guzman: seeks
$11,803.11 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•BJK Truck Parts LLC and Linda
Edison of Hermiston vs. Daryl
Carlson Trucking Inc. and Daryl
Carlson of Plymouth, Wash.:
seeks $8,565.25 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Agripina and
Samuel Ortiz of Umatilla:
seeks $924.37 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Ashley Sorrell
of Pendleton: seeks $434.95
plus interest, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Francisco Ayo-
na of Hermiston: seeks $692.59
plus interest, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Beatriz Ortiz of
Umatilla: seeks $2,209.75 plus
interest, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Skylar Jensen
of Hermiston: seeks $1,171
plus interest, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Ray and Rik-
ki Robbins of Umatilla: seeks
$1,139.80 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Tyler Blake
Hadley of Irrigon: seeks $771.75
plus interest, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Shannon K.
Farrington of Hermiston: seeks
$1,040 plus interest, costs and
fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Laura Deanne
Mullins of Pendleton: seeks
$530.41 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Jacque and
Dale Wilson of Lexington:
seeks $566.58 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•Quick Collect Inc. vs. Kiefer
S. Givens of Pendleton: seeks
$279.10 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•CSO Financial Inc. vs. Teresa
Ann Walchli (Cooper) of Herm-
iston: seeks $2,146.79 plus in-
terest, costs and fees.
ing judgments have been
rendered in Umatilla County
courts:
•Collection Bureau of Walla
Walla Inc. vs. Elvera Joyce
Walling and Jesse V. Walling
Sr. of Hermiston: judgment for
$77.65 plus interest, costs and
fees.
•Capital One Bank vs. Nathan
Bishop of Umatilla: judgment
for $3,022.88 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•Merchants Acceptance Corp.
vs. Brandon Garcia and Maria
Alvarado of Milton-Freewater:
judgment for $1,910 plus inter-
est, costs and fees.
•United Finance Co. vs. Floyd
Starr of Umatilla: judgment for
$8,385.51 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•Ray Klein Inc. vs. Hope Wil-
son of Pendleton: judgment
for $429.95 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•CSO Financial Inc. vs. Chance
Earl Squiemphen of Pendle-
ton: judgment for $1,541.62
plus interest, costs and fees.
•Sandra Schenkenberger of
Aloha vs. Dominic Michael
Silva of Pendleton: judgment
for $10,000 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Sidney Britt
of Hermiston: judgment for
$2,048.44 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Jennifer Carol
Smith (Stout) of Hermiston:
judgment for $659.65 plus in-
terest, costs and fees.
•Ray Klein Inc. vs. Shannon M.
Erickson of Hermiston: judg-
ment for $315.52 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•United Finance Co. vs. Ame-
lia Lopez of Milton-Freewater:
judgment for $3,469.57 plus
interest, costs and fees.
•Midland Funding LLC vs.
Nancy Kirksey of Pendleton:
judgment for $11,371.19 plus
interest, costs and fees.
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DIVORCES
PENDLETON — Divorce de-
crees were signed in Umatilla
County Courts for:
Kimberly Colette Dennis and
John Gregory Dennis of Pend-
leton; Ofelia Guerrero and
Guy Stephens of Hermiston;
Kristina Jo Salchenberg of
Hermiston and Wayne Harold
Salchenberg of Goldendale,
Wash.; Joyce Kathleen Du-
cham of Warren and Leo James
Ducham Jr. of Milton-Freewa-
ter; Roland Keith Wampler of
Hermiston and Madalene Lee
Wampler of Stanfield.
MARRIAGES
PENDLETON — Marriage li-
censes have been registered
in Umatilla County for:
Daniel Raymond Rector, 32,
and Jaime Louise Pelland, 41,
both of Umatilla.
Joseph William Bernard, 37, of
Umatilla and Cheurice LaRee
Rhoades, 50, of Sunriver.
Alexander Patrick Alan Duda,
25, and Justine Lee Madrigal,
28, both of Pendleton.
Eric Scott Fraser, 34, and Jes-
sica Marie Fraser, 26, both of
Boardman.
Veldon Leroy Green, 37, of
Umatilla and Constance Gay
Bergstrom, 50, of Portland.
Adrian Sidney Maldonado, 27,
of Umatilla and Kelsey Renee
Brewer, 20, of Albany.
Carlos Melendez Maya, 63,
and Maria Del Carmen Melen-
dez, 65, both of Boardman.
Richard Lyle Pointer, 57, and
Jeanette Yvonne Huerta, 56,
both of Pendleton.
Christopher Michael Price, 33,
and Rachel Joy Rich, 33, both
of College Place, Wash.
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PENDLETON — The follow-
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la Walla Inc. vs. Jennifer L.
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