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COVID-19 data for Thursday, July 22
Deschutes County cases: 10,335 (28 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 87 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 1,366 (3 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 24 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 2,446 (6 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 42 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 214,263 (539 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,834 (1 new death)
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at St. Charles Bend on
Thursday: 14 (3 in ICU)
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$600K OK’d to settle cop’s fatal shooting
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The City Council in Port-
land on Wednesday approved
a $600,000 payment to the
family of a 24-year-old shot
and killed by police after a foot
chase that outside consultants
later criticized as a police pol-
icy violation.
The payment settles a federal
wrongful death lawsuit filed by
Terrell Johnson’s mother, Alicia
Johnson, who said her son was
undergoing a mental health
crisis when he was killed and
had previously been suffering
from mental health issues, The
Oregonian reported.
Representative
from Roseburg dies
BY CARISA CEGAVSKE
The News-Review
State Rep. Gary Leif, R-Rose-
burg, has died.
Leif served portions of
Douglas, Jackson and
Josephine counties
and was previously a
Douglas County com-
missioner.
A reliable source
close to Leif told the
Roseburg News-Re-
view his death came at Leif
the end of a battle with
cancer, but he was very private
about it because he wanted to
get through this year’s legisla-
tive session.
Leif was raised in Douglas
County and owned a popular
photography studio in Rose-
burg for more than 40 years.
He took portraits of many local
schoolchildren over the years.
Leif was elected in 2016 to a
County Commission seat. In
2018, he left that post to take
a seat in the state Legislature.
There, he filled a seat that had
been held by Dallas Heard,
who is now a senator.
Leif had just completed the
2021 legislative ses-
sion, during which he
helped ensure money
for a navigation center
to be built in Rose-
burg.
“I am deeply sad-
dened by the unex-
pected loss of our
friend and colleague
Gary Leif,” House Republican
Leader Christine Drazan said
in a statement. “Gary’s sense
of humor, his commitment to
bipartisanship and his love of
family and community marked
his service in the Oregon Leg-
islature. I am grateful for my
time working directly with
Gary. His energy and enthusi-
asm accomplished great work
for his district, and he will be
sorely missed.”
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He had sought help from
medical professionals but re-
ceived none, the lawsuit said.
A Multnomah County
grand jury found that Officer
Samson Ajir acted lawfully.
Two years after the 2017
shooting, an outside consultant
highlighted the confrontation
as an example of the Portland
Police Review Board’s failure
to hold officers accountable for
policy violations that contrib-
ute to deadly encounters.
Jeremiah Johnson, Terrell
Johnson’s uncle, told the City
Council that the killing of his
nephew has had a “ripple ef-
fect,” particularly when the of-
ficer was promoted while fac-
ing no discipline.
Ajir resigned from the Police
Bureau on Jan. 3, according to
state records, and works as a po-
lice officer for the Boise, Idaho,
Police Department, according to
the Johnson’s family lawyer.
LOCAL BRIEFING
Bend-La Pine School Board
to host listening sessions
Man charged for allegedly
shooting neighbor’s dog
The Bend-La Pine School Board announced
Thursday it will begin hosting community lis-
tening sessions.
The first session is scheduled for July 29
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Silver Rail Ele-
mentary School gymnasium in Bend.
Melissa Barnes Dholakia, the chairwoman
of the school board, and Marcus LeGrand, the
board’s vice chair, will host the sessions to give
people the chance to connect with the board
outside of a regular board meeting.
“July 13 marked our return to in-person
board meetings, following more than a year of
virtual engagement,” Barnes Dholakia said in a
statement.
“The volume of interest by our stakeholders
to share their thoughts, concerns, and kudos —
in person — is remarkable. It is our hope that
this listening session, which includes a large
venue, evening start and opportunity for con-
versation, will be convenient for potential par-
ticipants and provide an environment for us
to learn more from our parents, staff, students
and community members.”
More than 100 residents showed up to
the July 13 board meeting, most expressing
frustration with mask-wearing guidelines at
schools.
For more information and to sign up to
speak, visit the board’s webpage or call 541-
355-1017.
A Redmond man has been charged with
felony animal abuse for allegedly shooting his
neighbor’s dog with a shotgun because it was
on his property.
Vernon Ethial Poppe, 76, was cited at his home
in April by a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office
deputy and later charged by an indictment.
The state alleges that on April 21, Poppe
shot a dog owned by his neighbor, Anthony
Lindelli, an 11-year-old lab named Layla.
Poppe had allegedly warned neighbors he
would shoot dogs on his property, though
prosecutors say Layla wasn’t chasing anything
at the time she was shot.
Layla’s injuries to her back legs, tail, and ear
were serious and she has been having a diffi-
cult recovery, Deschutes County District Attor-
ney John Hummel told The Bulletin.
In Oregon, it’s legal to shoot a dog if it in-
jures a person’s livestock, though not for
merely chasing livestock. It’s also legal for a
person to shoot a dog if the person reasonably
believes the dog is about to attack someone.
Poppe was arraigned Thursday morning
in Deschutes County Circuit Court on one
count of first-degree animal abuse and one of
first-degree criminal mischief.
He’s next due in court Aug. 28, when he’s
scheduled to enter a plea.
A message left with him was not returned.
— Bulletin staff reports
Patient at mental hospital
assaults Guard member Oregon Appeals Court rules
BY RACHEL ALEXANDER
Salem Reporter
A National Guard member
required medical care after
being punched in the head re-
peatedly by an Oregon State
Hospital patient while working
on July 11.
It’s the first assault by a pa-
tient on a National Guard
member the hospital has re-
corded since 30 National
Guard members began work-
ing on June 24 to help stem
a staffing shortage, hospital
spokeswoman Rebeka Gip-
son-King said.
An incident report the hos-
pital provided to Salem Re-
porter said the guard mem-
ber was doing rounds around
10 p.m. near the doors to the
Butterfly unit, which houses
geriatric patients.
The report said it was the
patient’s seventh assault in six
days. The patient was pulled
off and escorted to a seclusion
room.
Gipson-King said the Na-
tional Guard member was seen
by a doctor and his injuries
were recorded as “major sore-
ness, cuts or large bruises.” He
was not admitted to the hos-
pital and was back at work the
next day, she said. His injuries
were classified as moderate in
the hospital’s system, which re-
cords assaults as mild, moder-
ate or severe.
She said the patient’s treat-
ment team is putting together
a safety plan to address the re-
peated assaults.
“Every time we have a pa-
tient who is acting in an ag-
gressive manner on a regular
basis we will put a treatment
plan in place,” she said.
garbage pits can’t be burglarized
BY JACK FORREST
The Oregonian
The Oregon Court of Appeals last month re-
versed the conviction of a Coos Bay man con-
victed of burglary for stealing from a garbage
pit, ruling that such pits can’t be burglarized
under state law because they’re not buildings.
John Sjogren, 41, will have his conviction
lowered from second-degree burglary, a felony,
to second-degree criminal trespassing, a mis-
demeanor. He served 18 months on probation
and was lodged in jail for 10 days after his ini-
tial conviction.
Sjogren entered a garbage pit at the Beaver
Hill Disposal Site in Coos Bay in July 2019 and
took refuse worth $100 or less, according to
patio
world
court documents. The Coos County District
Attorney’s Office brought charges of burglary
and theft, contending the pit was a “building”
under the state burglary statute, the documents
show.
Sjogren was convicted of burglary, though
not of theft, by a jury in an 11-1 decision. He
appealed the conviction, arguing the court
didn’t appropriately consider his defense that
the pit didn’t qualify as a building.
The Oregon Court of Appeals agreed.
The Coos Bay pit is 15 to 20 feet deep and
covered with a sheet metal roof that’s sup-
ported by several pillars. It does not meet
the definition of a building, according to the
court’s decision.
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