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NORTHWEST East Oregonian A2 Friday, December 13, 2019 High-speed chase ends after spike strip near Mt. Vernon EO Media Group JOHN DAY — Several people were injured when a high-speed chase on Dec. 6 ended after officers deployed a spike strip just west of Mt. Vernon. Two people from Col- orado and one from Ore- gon were transported to the hospital after officers ended the pursuit at mile- post 145 on Highway 26, according to Oregon State Police Public Information Officer Capt. Timothy R. Fox. The driver, Jeremy McLaughlin, 29, Strasburg, Colorado, received minor injuries and was trans- ported to jail after the hos- pital. He was charged with eluding in a vehicle, reck- less driving, five counts of reckless endangering, driving under the influ- ence of drugs, second-de- gree assault, third-degree assault, possession of meth- amphetamine and posses- sion of heroin, Fox said. A 57-year-old male pas- senger, Robert Malloy of Strasburg, was transported to the hospital with minor injuries and later trans- ported to the Grant County Jail, where he was lodged for felon in possession of a restricted weapon. He was carrying a dagger after being convicted of first-de- Malloy McLaughlin gree theft in Ohio in 2004, according to information filed Monday in Grant County Circuit Court. Nadia Runkle, a 27-year- old female passenger of Dallas, Oregon, was trans- ported to the hospital with serious injuries and later airlifted to St. Charles in Bend. McLaughlin’s mother reported he threatened her with a knife on the afternoon of Dec. 6 in Prineville, according to Prineville Police Depart- ment Capt. Larry Seymour. The mother told police she was driving with her husband in the front passen- ger seat, while McLaugh- lin and his girlfriend were in the backseat injecting heroin, Seymour said. The mother threatened to call the police on their drug use, and when she did, McLaughlin reportedly brandished a knife and threatened to kill her, Sey- mour said. The mother was able to exit the vehicle in Prineville, and McLaugh- Contributed photo A 1999 Honda Accord crashed into two pickups on Dec. 6, 2019, after officers deployed spike strips following a high-speed chase that ended just west of Mt. Vernon. lin got out and threatened her to get back in the vehi- cle, Seymour said. The mother screamed for some- one to call the police, and McLaughlin got back into the driver’s seat and began traveling east with the other two passengers, Sey- mour said. All three people in the vehicle had reportedly been using heroin for a couple Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Some sun, then turning cloudy Mostly cloudy Cloudy Mostly cloudy Times of clouds and sun 48° 34° 42° 29° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 38° 25° 38° 24° 39° 22° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 50° 34° 44° 29° 39° 25° 37° 27° 37° 23° OREGON FORECAST ALMANAC Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Seattle Olympia 49/39 43/31 45/27 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 48/34 Lewiston 49/40 51/32 Astoria 50/37 Pullman Yakima 42/27 48/37 48/34 Portland Hermiston 50/39 The Dalles 50/34 Salem Corvallis 49/36 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 44/31 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 49/38 41/24 42/29 Ontario 44/30 Caldwell Burns 53° 32° 40° 27° 62° (1933) -5° (1972) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Albany 50/37 0.10" 0.10" 0.62" 5.05" 7.15" 9.09" WINDS (in mph) 44/31 38/19 0.28" 0.42" 0.55" 12.00" 9.21" 12.02" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 40/26 50/38 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date HERMISTON Enterprise 48/34 46/34 55° 38° 39° 26° 75° (1921) -23° (1919) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 49/38 Aberdeen 39/28 39/28 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 50/41 Today Boardman Pendleton Medford 46/34 Sat. WSW 6-12 WSW 6-12 38/21 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today 7:27 a.m. 4:11 p.m. 5:47 p.m. 8:53 a.m. Last New First Full Dec 18 Dec 25 Jan 2 Jan 10 NATIONAL EXTREMES High 84° in Marco Island, Fla. Low -26° in Cotton, Minn. NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 0s showers t-storms Pharmaceutical group files suit against new prescription laws Oregon laws aim at pricing transparency By KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — The drug company trade group PhRMA has filed a legal challenge to a pair of Oregon laws designed to curb pre- scription prices. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufactur- ers of America filed suit in Eugene against two bills that passed the Oregon Legisla- ture with bipartisan support. PhRMA is challeng- ing House Bill 4005, which passed in 2018, requir- ing drug companies to “report annually informa- tion to Department of Con- sumer and Business Ser- vices regarding prices of prescription drugs and costs associated with developing and marketing prescription drugs,” according to the bill’s legislative summary. The drug trade group is also suing over House Bill 2658, which requires drug companies to notify the DCBS 60 days ahead of time if they’re planning substan- tial price increases on pre- scription drugs. Numi Lee Griffith with the watchdog OSPIRG said the suit was no surprise. “They’re on extremely flimsy legal basis and it’s just a sign of desperation now that we actually have the requirements coming in and kind of exposing the extent of the price gouging that the industry is engaged in,” said Griffith. “They tried a similar tac- tic in California after the Legislature there passed a transparency law. It’s a des- perate attempt to keep their price-gouging practices going with no rules and reg- ulation — practices that are costing Oregonians their sav- ings, their homes, and even their lives.” PhRMA executive James Stansel said in a statement there’s no doubt Oregonians are struggling to afford health care, but the two bills are mis- guided and unconstitutional. “Unfortunately, HB 4005 and HB 2658 do nothing to help them. It is our hope that these misguided and uncon- stitutional policies are put aside so that we can instead focus on reforms that will actually help people better afford their medicines, such as capping out-of-pocket costs, making monthly costs more predictable and sharing negotiated savings on medi- cines with patients,” Stansel said. W 4-8 W 6-12 Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) -0s on the 1999 Honda Accord McLaughlin was driving. Later that afternoon, OSP troopers received the call, Fox said. Law enforcement offi- cers from OSP, Grant County Sheriff’s Office, Wheeler County Sheriff’s Office and the Forest Ser- vice located the suspect vehicle at milepost 131 on Highway 26. When officers SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls -10s days, Seymour said. It was also reported there were multiple knives in the car, a handgun and pos- sibly a homemade bomb, Seymour said. Police con- firmed McLaughlin had a nationwide felony arrest warrant out of Colorado and were warned he would not be cooperative. Prineville police put out an attempt to locate attempted to stop the vehi- cle, a pursuit ensued with the suspect vehicle reach- ing speeds of about 95 mph and traveling into oncom- ing traffic at least five times, running oncoming vehicles off the roadway, Fox said. At about milepost 138, the driver instructed his female passenger to cut the straps that were hold- ing down several plastic containers to the roof of the car, which sent them directly into the path of the pursuing police vehicles, nearly causing a crash, Fox said. At about milepost 145, OSP and John Day police officers successfully deployed spike strips on the suspect vehicle, which traveled a short distance and crashed into two pick- ups that had stopped on the side of the roadway, Fox said. The OSP Bomb Squad responded to the scene to search for a reported explo- sive device, but none was found, Fox said. The westbound lane was shut down for about 10 hours. Traffic control was conducted by the Ore- gon Department of Trans- portation. Frontier Tow- ing responded and towed the three involved crashed vehicles from the scene. 10s rain 20s flurries 30s snow 40s 50s ice 60s cold front E AST O REGONIAN — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Former Idaho GOP chairman gets 14 days in jail, probation BOISE, Idaho — The former chairman of the Idaho Republican Party was sentenced to 14 days in jail and five years of probation after he pleaded guilty to stalking his estranged wife and entering the home of a female col- league, a judge ruled. Jonathan Parker, 40, entered an Alford plea that allows a defendant to plead guilty without admitting a criminal act, authorities said. Parker was charged with felony stalking and unlawfully entering a home, a misdemeanor. 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