Saturday, October 28, 2017
Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office
WARRANTS
Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017
Chase Mackenzie Balmer
Age: 25 Sex: M
Failure to Appear (FTA), Possession of
heroin, possession of more than 4 oz.
marijuana. Bail: $400,000
Last known location: Boise, ID
Tamara Dove Bergstrom
Age: 32 Sex: F
FTA, Assault
Bail: $20,000
Last known location: Hermiston
Catherine Ann Dietz
Age: 55 Sex: F
Probation Violation (PV), DUII
No bail
Last known location: Pendleton
Christopher J. Forman
Age: 42 Sex: M
Contempt of court
Bail: $2,500
Last known location: Hermiston
Jeanne Lee Melton
Age: 43 Sex: F
PV, Possession of methamphetamine
No bail
Last known location: Walla Walla, WA
Angel Miguel Rivera Morales
Age: 44 Sex: M
FTA, Menacing, criminal mischief
Bail: $15,000
Last known location: Hermiston
Felipe Torres Rodriguez
Age: 41 Sex: M
FTA, DUII, failure to carry/present license
Bail: $5,000
Last known location: Hermiston
James Leo Smith
Age: 60 Sex: M
FTA, DUII
Bail: $20,000
Last known location: Longmont, CO
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Dennis Wendelle Sullivan Jr.
Age: 23 Sex: M
FTA, Theft
Bail: $10,000
Last known location: Walla Walla, WA
Christian Shane Wilson
Age: 41 Sex: M
FTA, Child neglect
Bail: $40,000
Last known location: Albuquerque, NM
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.
Judge tosses deputy’s lawsuit
against Black Lives Matter
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press
BATON
ROUGE,
La. — A federal judge on
Friday dismissed a lawsuit
that accused Black Lives
Matter and several move-
ment leaders of inciting
violence that led to a
gunman’s deadly ambush of
law enforcement officers in
Louisiana last year.
U.S. District Judge Brian
Jackson’s ruling Friday said
lawyers for a Baton Rouge
sheriff’s deputy wounded
in the attack “utterly failed
to state a plausible claim”
and instead launched a
“rambling” and “confused
attack” against Black Lives
Matter, movement leader
DeRay Mckesson and
others.
Jackson
previously
ruled Black Lives Matter
is a social movement and
therefore can’t be sued.
Last month, he threw out a
separate lawsuit in which a
Baton Rouge police officer
blamed Black Lives Matter
and Mckesson for injuries
he sustained during a protest
over a black man’s shooting
death during a struggle with
police.
The officer’s lawyers
also attempted to add
“#BlackLivesMatter”
as
a defendant, but Jackson
ruled a hashtag can’t be
sued either.
Donna Grodner, a Baton
Rouge-based
attorney
who filed both suits, filed
a notice Thursday that she
is appealing last month’s
ruling to the 5th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals. She
declined to comment on the
judge’s latest ruling.
“I would like to respond,
but I don’t think it would
be appropriate under the
circumstances,” she said.
Gavin
Long,
a
29-year-old black former
Marine from Kansas City,
Missouri, shot and killed
three officers and wounded
three others outside a conve-
nience store and car wash
near Baton Rouge police
headquarters before he was
shot dead. The attack on
July 17, 2016, occurred less
than two weeks after a white
Baton Rouge police officer
shot and killed 37-year-old
Alton Sterling, a black man.
Jackson had warned
Grodner in an earlier order
that he intended to dismiss
the suit she filed on behalf of
one of the wounded officer,
but he gave her more time
to present her arguments
for letting the case proceed.
Grodner asked to amend her
suit, but the judge said that
would be “futile.”
The suit doesn’t name
the wounded officer but its
description of the plaintiff
matches East Baton Rouge
Parish Sheriff’s Deputy
Nicholas Tullier. Jackson
said nothing in his ruling
“impugns the character and
courage” of the wounded
deputy.
“That he suffered and
continues to suffer from
the injuries he sustained
in the line of duty is not
in question, nor should it
be minimized,” the judge
added.
East Oregonian
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RECORDS
Tentative deal reached on deadly ‘cyanide bombs’
BILLINGS, Mont (AP)
— U.S. officials have reached
a tentative deal with wildlife
advocates trying to stop the
use of predator-killing traps,
including devices called
“cyanide bombs” that earlier
this year injured an Idaho
teenager and killed his dog,
according to court docu-
ments filed Thursday.
Government
attorneys
asked U.S. District Judge
Dana Christensen to put on
hold for 60 days a lawsuit
over the poisoned traps
pending final approval of the
agreement by senior officials
at the Interior Department.
Terms were not disclosed.
One of the devices named
in the lawsuit, called an
M-44, is partially buried and
baited to attract predators.
It sprays cyanide into the
mouths of animals that
trigger it.
M-44s are meant to protect
livestock but sometimes kill
pets and injure people.
The traps drew increased
scrutiny after The Asso-
ciated Press reported that
the injuries to the boy near
Pocatello, Idaho, in March
came months after a decision
to halt use of the devices on
federal lands in the state.
Another device at issue
is a type of collar filled with
pesticide and placed onto
livestock so the pesticide
will be ingested by attacking
predators.
The Humane Society,
WildEarth Guardians and
two other groups filed suit
over the devices in April.
They say the traps kill thou-
sands of predators every year
— primarily coyotes but also
foxes, raccoons, opossums
and other animals.
The lawsuit said the
Interior Department’s Fish
and Wildlife Service has not
consulted with the Environ-
mental Protection Agency on
whether the poisons could
harm federally protected
species and their habitat.
Representatives of the
U.S. Department of Justice,
which is defending the case,
and the Interior Department
did not immediately respond
to emailed messages from
AP requesting comment.
Bethany Cotton with
WildEarth
Guardians
declined to provide any
specifics on the agreement.
She said the goal was to stop
the use of traps she described
as “totally indiscriminate and
incredibly dangerous.”
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
THURSDAY
2 a.m. - Union Pacific Railroad staff
reported someone broke into a new vehicle
on a rail car at the Hinkle Rail Yard, 77870
Hermiston Hinkle Road, Hermiston. Union
Pacific reported no company detectives
were in the area. The Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Office responded and took a report
2:28 a.m. - A resident on East Columbia
Lane, Hermiston, reported a dog was in
his yard and may have killed his chickens.
He said the white Labrador lives down the
street and has done this before.
6:53 a.m. - Oregon State Police
responded to a crash on Highway 395 near
Power City Road, Hermiston. The driver of
a Chrysler Town and Country rammed into
the rear of a white dump truck pulling a pup
trailer. The Chrysler’s driver and passenger,
Irrigon residents in their 70s, both suffered
minor injuries and went to Good Shepherd
Medical Center, Hermiston, for treatment.
Witnesses told state police the dump
truck has no markings, and the driver
stopped for a while, then left before first
responders arrived. The trooper contacted
several local companies that own dump
trucks, according to state police, but did not
find the vehicle.
10:41 a.m. - Three dogs showed up at
the Northwestern Motel & RV Park, 389
Main St., Heppner, prompting a call to the
Morrow County Sheriff’s Office. One of the
dogs, according to the caller, appeared “to
be somewhat aggressive.”
3:35 p.m. - Milton-Freewater police
responded to the 600 block of College
Street after a vehicle struck a trash can.
The driver reported swerving to miss an
oncoming vehicle on the narrow street. No
one was injured and police did not report
writing any citations.
3:48 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s
Office received a report of a male shooting
at a residence on Rayton Lane, Hermiston.
5:31 p.m. - A caller reported the theft
of a vehicle at J.A. Almaguer Jr. Trucking,
1635 N. First St., Hermiston.
5:48 p.m. - A caller reported an
eastbound Ford Explorer on Interstate 84
near Boardman was “all over the road,” and
the driver was on a cellphone.
6:34 p.m. - Umatilla police received
a 911 call that a man and woman were
fighting at the liquor store, 1508 Sixth St.
9:51 p.m. - A 25-year-old Boardman
woman heading west on I-84 near
Boardman struck a tire in the road. A
tow truck hauled away her Kia Optima,
Oregon State Police reported, and she was
uninjured.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
•Pendleton police arrested Jessica
Maria Picard, 31, Hermiston, for fourth-de-
gree assault, menacing, and second-de-
gree theft.
•Umatilla tribal police arrested Anthony
Michael Stalder, 24, of Walla Walla,
for possession of methamphetamine,
third-degree escape, resisting arrest and
second-degree disorderly conduct.
COURTS
SENTENCES
PENDLETON — The following
felony sentences have been
imposed in Umatilla County
courts:
•Jessica Dawn Grigsby, 35,
Walla Walla, pleaded guilty
to Possession of Metham-
phetamine: sentenced to 18
months probation, 90 sanc-
tion units, 30 maximum jail
units, 120 hours communi-
ty service, $200 fine, $1,300
fine-suspended and 6 months
driver’s license suspension.
•Katrina Marie Chamberlain,
31, Pendleton, pleaded guilty
to Possession of Metham-
phetamine: sentenced to 2
years probation, 90 sanc-
tion units, 30 maximum jail
units, $200 fine and 6 months
driver’s license suspension;
pleaded guilty to Failure to
Appear I: sentenced to 2 years
probation, 120 sanction units,
60 maximum jail units, 160
hours community service and
$200 fine.
•Nicolas Eloy Pando, 38,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to
Assault II-domestic violence:
sentenced to 70 months Or-
egon Department of Correc-
tions (DOC), 3 years post-pris-
on
supervision,
$4,705
fine-suspended and restitu-
tion to be determined; plead-
ed guilty to Unlawful Use
of Weapon: sentenced to 19
months Oregon DOC, 2 years
post-prison supervision and
$200 fine; pleaded guilty to
Criminal Mischief I: sentenced
to 12 months Oregon DOC, 1
year post-prison supervision
and $200 fine; pleaded guilty
to Strangulation, two counts
of Menacing and two counts
of Attempt to Commit Class C/
Unclassified Felony: sentenc-
es discharged; pleaded no
contest to Interference With
Making Report: sentenced to 1
year jail and $100 fine; plead-
ed no contest to two counts of
Harassment: sentenced to 6
months jail for each count.
•Seth Edward Lee Finch, 22,
Pendleton, pleaded guilty to
Assault III: sentenced to 13
months Oregon DOC and 2
years post-prison supervi-
sion; pleaded guilty to Assault
IV: sentenced to 180 days jail;
pleaded guilty to Resisting Ar-
rest: sentence discharged.
SUITS FILED
PENDLETON — The following
suits have been filed in Uma-
tilla County courts (interest,
court costs and fees not list-
ed):
•Ashley Manor LLC vs. Eliza-
beth Melendrez of Pendleton:
seeks $651.35.
•Ashley Manor LLC vs. Joan
Howell of Monument: seeks
$1,954.84.
•Credits Inc. vs. Michelle Seg-
german of Pendleton: seeks
$618.22.
•Credits Inc. vs. Jessica and
Ricardo Reyes of Hermiston:
seeks $1,760.32.
•Credits Inc. vs. April M. and
Brian Davis of Hermiston:
seeks $4,862.14.
•Credits Inc. vs. Armando Mu-
noz Jr. of Hermiston: seeks
$4,693.53.
•Credits Inc. vs. Kenneth
L. Givens of Irrigon: seeks
$6,820.69.
•Professional Service Bureau
vs. Peter Henry Rachor and
Stevie D. Rachor Williams of
Athena: seeks $5,220.97,
•Discovery Bank vs. Rebecca
M. Boothroyd of Hermiston:
seeks $1,955.36.
•Vegetation Solutions LLC
of Pendleton vs. Ferrandino
& Son Inc. and Walgreens of
Pendleton: seeks $3,218.75.
•Bank of America N.A. vs.
John A. McAllister of Hermis-
ton: seeks $4,053.76.
•Norman H. Schroth of Uma-
tilla vs. Joanna G. Schroth:
seeks $413,718.33.
•Daniel Tige Midkiff and Mi-
chelle Lee Midkiff of Herm-
iston vs. Ace Landscaping of
Walla Walla: seeks $7,305.99.
•Discover Bank vs. Candice
Carlson of Umatilla: seeks
$2,927.12.
•Midland Funding LLC vs.
William
Engblom:
seeks
$1,236.41.
•Midland Funding LLC vs.
April Auld: seeks $1,377.29.
•Midland Funding LLC vs.
Marcus Luke: seeks $897.39.
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Ra-
chel Miller: seeks $3,211.56.
•Credits Inc. vs. Erica Kidwell
of Pendleton: seeks $1,423.50.
•Credits Inc. vs. Casey Mc-
Clure of Boardman: seeks
$679.69.
•Ray Klein Inc. dba Profes-
sional Credit Service vs. Jay
J. and Carolyn Kay Ramirez
of Weston: seeks $612.53.
•Ray Klein Inc. dba Profes-
sional Credit Service vs.
James D. Herron of Pendle-
ton: seeks $629.03.
JUDGMENTS
PENDLETON — The follow-
ing judgments have been
rendered in Umatilla County
courts (interest, court costs
and fees not listed):
•LVNV Funding LLC vs.
Kaylee Niemi of Pendleton:
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•LVNV Funding LLC vs. Susan
Keizur of Hermiston: judg-
ment for $389.67.
•LVNV Funding LLC vs. Col-
leen Grover of Weston: judg-
ment for $1,029.09.
•LVNV Funding LLC vs. Jack
Edmiston of Adams: judg-
ment for $578.43.
•Collection Bureau of Walla
Walla Inc. vs. Lana M. Herrera
of Walla Walla: judgment for
$623.83.
•Collection Bureau of Walla
Walla Inc. vs. Robert (Pierre)
Bru of Milton-Freewater:
judgment for $7,315.11.
•Portfolio Recovery Associ-
ates LLC vs. Jessica L. Reyes
of Hermiston: judgment for
$1,439.73.
•Portfolio Recovery Asso-
ciates LLC vs. Martha Her-
nandez of Milton-Freewater:
judgment for $1,948.38.
•HAPO Community Cred-
it Union vs. Shawn T. White
of Hermiston: judgment for
$9,548.71.
•Umatilla County Federal
Credit Union vs. Gustie J.
Tallekpalek of Pendleton:
judgment for $9,917.17.
•Collection Bureau of Walla
Walla Inc. vs. Cheri Rosen-
berg of Athena: judgment for
$250.97.
•Collection Bureau of Walla
Walla Inc. vs. Laryssa Zacha-
rias-Alanis of Milton-Freewa-
ter: judgment for $935.81.
•Ray Klein Inc. vs. Ian Davis
of Umatilla: judgment for
$2,209.27.
•Bonneville Billing & Collec-
tions Inc. vs. Christina Hague-
wood of Pendleton: judgment
for $294.58.
•LVNV Funding LLC vs. Craig
H. Campbell of Pendleton:
judgment for $366.74.
•LVNV Funding LLC vs. Dan-
ielle Bush of Pendleton: judg-
ment for $2,484.99.
•Collection Bureau of Walla
Walla Inc. vs. Eric and Abbey
Thompson of Milton-Freewa-
ter: judgment for $328.95.
•Collection Bureau of Wal-
la Walla Inc. vs. Francisco
and Eva Casillas of Mil-
ton-Freewater: judgment for
$2,013.91.
DIVORCES
PENDLETON — Divorce de-
crees were signed in Umatilla
County Courts for:
Keith M. Hutchison and Kristi-
na Lynn Hutchison of Pendle-
ton; Connie M. Graybeal and
Mark F. Graybeal of Athena;
Jacqualine Doris Herrera and
Robert Lee Herrera of Herm-
iston.
MARRIAGES
PENDLETON — Marriage li-
censes have been registered
in Umatilla County for:
Christopher Thomas Cowan,
34, and Amanda Marie McK-
inney, 31, both of Richland,
Wash.
Mason Lee Foster, 28, and
Hope Marie Wilson, 33, both
of Pendleton.
Quinton Jeffrey Grogan, 24,
and Lindsay Marie Cutsforth,
24, both of Stanfield.
Alonso Guardado Ramirez,
22, and Patricia Ambriz Bola-
nos, 21, both of Hermiston.
Adam Christopher Haynes,
22, and Tiffany Jane Darlene
Murray, 22, both of Pendle-
ton.
Joshua Alan Jonson, 32, of
Pendleton and Lori Marie
Kenworthy, 36, of Baker City.
Mark Charles Keith, 47, and
Jennifer Jill Armstrong, 46,
both of Umatilla.
Sergio Kamille Mauri, 27, of
Umatilla and Randell Lee
Mauri, 56, of The Dalles.
Irving Caleb Santiago, 27, and
Acacia Anne Santiago, 25,
both of Milton-Freewater.
Eddie Terrell Scott, 20, of
Pendleton and Maja Marie
Smith, 19, of Hermiston.
Scott Allen Wood, 23, and
Daisy Isabella Rudometkin,
24, both of Pendleton.
David Patrick Wiggins, 26,
and Emily Jane Hardiman,
25, both of Pendleton.
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