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Polk County News
Air ambulance responds to wounded boy
Itemizer-Observer staff report
DALLAS — On Thursday
at about 1:59 p.m., the Polk
County Sheriff's Office re-
sponded to West Valley Hos-
pital in Dallas on a report of
a 2-year-old boy that had
been brought in with a gun-
shot wound. Polk County
deputies arrived at the hos-
pital in Dallas and found
that the boy had been shot
in the leg while at his home
in the 2000 block of Mistle-
toe Road, just outside of
Dallas, according to the
sheriff’s press release.
The parents of the child
drove their injured son to
the hospital instead of wait-
ing for an ambulance. Due
to the seriousness of the in-
POLICE REPORT
Information for the police re-
port comes from law enforce-
ment agencies. Not all calls for
service are included. The status
of incidents reported may
change after further investiga-
tion. Individuals arrested or
suspected of crimes are consid-
ered innocent until proven
guilty.
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DALLAS
Arrests/Citations
• Samuel L. Brendlinger, 35,
of Salem on Orchard Drive on
Sept. 22 on charges of failure to
carry or present an operator’s
license and a failure to appear
warrant.
• Carlos Castellano, 19, of
Dallas in the 1300 block of
Southeast Shelton Street on
Sept. 23 on a probation viola-
tion.
• Juilian De La Cruz, 30, of
Dallas in the 600 block of Main
Street on Sept. 23 on a proba-
tion violation.
• Andrew M. Darrah, 38, of
Newburg on Southeast Jeffer-
son Street on Sept. 23 on a
charge of failure to carry or
present an operator’s license.
• David W. Hattig, 61, of Dal-
las at the corner of Main and
Washington streets on Thurs-
day on a charge of misde-
meanor driving under the influ-
ence of intoxicants.
• Dennis J. Bouchard, 62, of
Dallas in the 300 block of
Northeast Kings Valley High-
way on Thursday on charges of
misdemeanor driving under
the influence of intoxicants and
reckless driving.
INDEPENDENCE
Arrests/Citations
• Jacobo Benigno Coronado,
41, of Independence, in the 100
block of I Street on Sept. 17 for
second-degree robbery and
menacing.
• Melody Christine Walton,
37, of Stayton, in the 100 block
of South Main Street on Sept.
18 for physical harassment.
• Isaac J. McCormick, 32, of
Independence, in the 200 block
of Picture Street on Sept. 25 for
third-degree sex abuse.
MONMOUTH
Arrests/Citations
• Thomas Jeffery Ahles, 30, of
Falls City, in the 200 block of
Monmouth Avenue South on
Sept. 17 driving under the in-
fluence of intoxicants.
• Benjamin R. Hebert, 22, of
Independence, at the corner of
Main Street East and Pacific
Highway South on Sept. 19 for
driving under the influence of
intoxicants.
• Jay Michael Leverett, 20, of
Monmouth, in the 400 block of
Main Street East on Sept. 20 for
misrepresenting age by a
minor.
• Tyler Ray Nelson, 23, of
Monmouth, at the corner of
Monmouth Avenue North and
Jackson Street West on Sept. 20
giving false information to a
police officer.
• Edgar Roberto Garibay, 23,
of Salem, at the corner of Mon-
mouth Avenue North and
Whitesell Street West on Sept.
20 for driving under the influ-
ence of intoxicants and reckless
endangering.
• Shawn Allen Anderson, 25,
of Independence, at the corner
of Monmouth Avenue North
and Gentle Avenue West on
Sept. 22 for driving under the
influence of intoxicants and
reckless endangering.
jury the REACH air ambu-
lance was called to trans-
port the child to a Portland
area trauma center.
During the investigation,
deputies learned that the
father of the child, 26-year-
old Mark Toma, was clean-
ing several firearms and
had left a loaded firearm
on a coffee table in reach of
his son. It appears that the
father stepped away for
just a moment and when
the father came back into
the room his son had
grabbed a hold of a .40 cal-
iber handgun and pulled
the trigger, according to the
release. The bullet struck
him in the leg and contin-
ued through his leg and
went into another room.
No one was else injured.
The boy has serious in-
juries, but is stable. The in-
vestigation is ongoing and
no further information is
available at this time.
The Polk County Sheriff's
Office has partnered with
"Project Child Safe," who has
provided the sheriff's office
with free gun locks that can
be given out to the public. If
anyone wants or needs a gun
lock, contact the Polk Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Office and speak
with Detective Sgt. Mark
Garton. Project Child Safe
has many resources avail-
able to the public and more
information can be found at
www.projectchildsafe.org.
DA’s office reviewing 29 cases
Itemizer-Observer staff report
POLK COUNTY — The
Polk County District Attor-
ney’s Office is reviewing 29
cases that involved evi-
dence processed by an Ore-
gon State Police Bend
Crime Lab forensic analyst
who is now under criminal
investigation for mishan-
dling evidence.
Cases go back to 2007,
and the office has notified
the defense attorneys who
worked on the cases that
are under review.
“I want any case that this
particular analyst worked on
reviewed,” Polk County Dis-
trict Attorney Aaron Felton
said Monday. “We have an
ethical obligation to do that.”
Gov. Kate Brown has
formed a committee to re-
view practices and proce-
dures at the crime lab in
light of the possible mis-
handling of evidence.
Felton said he was en-
couraged by that.
“I am confident the mem-
bers of the group appointed
by Gov. Brown will address
the concerns raised by the
stakeholders in an open and
meaningful manner,” he said.
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