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Blue Mountain Eagle
Judge denies
Emry’s request
for pretrial release
By Sean Hart
Blue Mountain Eagle
A judge denied a pretrial
release request for Michael
Ray Emry, who was arrested
May 6 in John Day on weap-
ons charges.
In U.S. District Court in
Eugene Tuesday, May 24,
Magistrate Judge Jolie A.
Russo denied the request
without prejudice.
Emry, 54, was arrested
after agents served a federal
search warrant on his trailer,
truck and car at the Grant
County Fairgrounds and
RV Park where he had been
staying, according to an FBI
press release.
The criminal complaint
fi led by Special Agent Mi-
guel Perez states agents
found a fully automatic
.50-caliber Browning M2
“Ma Deuce” machine gun
with
an
obliterat-
ed
serial
number.
The weap-
on was not
registered
Michael
to Emry in
Emry
the Nation-
al Firearms
Registration and Transfer
Record, as required for ful-
ly automatic fi rearms. Perez
also said Emry took the gun
without the shop owner’s
knowledge and obliterated
the serial number before
transporting it from Idaho to
Oregon.
Emry is charged with
unlawful possession of a
machine gun not registered
to him and unlawful pos-
session of a fi rearm with an
obliterated serial number.
He is in custody in the Lane
County jail.
Goodwin indicted for
sex crimes to person
younger than 12
By Sean Hart
Blue Mountain Eagle
William Allen Goodwin
III was indicted on two sex
crimes involving a minor
Monday, May 23, and ar-
rested Wednesday.
Goodwin, escorted by
a jail deputy, appeared in
Grant County Circuit Court
Thursday.
Judge William D. Cra-
mer Jr. set bail at $100,000
and said, if Goodwin was
able to post bail, the release
agreement would also in-
clude no contact with any-
one under the age of 18.
The grand jury indict-
ment accuses Goodwin of
Unlawful Sexual Penetra-
tion in the First Degree
between March 1, 2015,
and Oct. 1, 2015, in Grant
County to a person young-
er than 12, a class A felony,
and Sexual Abuse in the
First Degree, a class B fel-
ony.
Deputy District Attorney
Matt Ipson said both counts
corresponded to one alleged
victim.
Cramer set a plea hear-
ing for 3 p.m. June 30.
Hatley accused of pointing
a fi rearm at another
By Sean Hart
Blue Mountain Eagle
A Monument man is facing
several misdemeanor charges,
accused by the state of point-
ing a fi rearm at another.
According to a document
fi led in Grant County Cir-
cuit Court May 3 by Deputy
District Attorney Matt Ip-
son, the state believes Casey
Alan Hatley pointed a gun at
Nickolaus Peter Devine on
May 2 in Grant County.
The court document ac-
cuses Hatley of Menacing,
a class A misdemeanor,
Disorderly Conduct in the
Second Degree, a class B
misdemeanor, and Pointing
a Firearm at Another, a class
U misdemeanor.
Hatley was arrested and
booked into Grant Coun-
ty Jail May 2 and spent the
night in custody.
He is scheduled to appear
in Circuit Court at 4:30 p.m.
June 9.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
PC man dies in ATV wreck
Blue Mountain Eagle
A 77-year-old Prairie City man died
in an all-terrain vehicle wreck Thurs-
day, May 26.
Larry Blasing was using a Hon-
da four-wheeler equipped with a
weed sprayer on or near his prop-
erty four miles east of Prairie City
when the ATV rolled in a small ra-
vine, pinning Blasing underneath,
according to a press release from Grant
County Sheriff Glenn Palmer.
Deputy Tyler Smith investigated
the incident, Palmer said, and the ini-
tial report indicated a family member
of Blasing asked a neighbor to look for
him when he did not return home. The
neighbor returned and had the family
call 911, before beginning CPR.
The sheriff’s office was dispatched
to the incident at about 8:40 p.m., and
Blasing was pronounced dead at the
scene.
‘Medical episode’
may have
caused crash
Blue Mountain Eagle
A 69-year-old Seneca
man died in a single-vehicle
crash Thursday afternoon.
At about 3 p.m., first re-
sponders were dispatched to
a report of a vehicle crash in
Seneca, and the driver, Gary
Wilson Sawin, was pro-
nounced dead at the scene,
according to a press release
from Grant County Sheriff
Glenn Palmer.
Sawin was the sole oc-
cupant in a black 1994
Toyota pickup that left the
pavement at mile post 25C
on Highway 395 and went
airborne into a deep ditch,
Arrests and citations in
the Blue Mountain Eagle are
taken from the logs of law en-
forcement agencies. Every ef-
fort is made to report the court
disposition of arrest cases.
Grant County Sheriff
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Sheriff’s Offi ce
reported the following for the
week of May 20-26:
• Concealed handgun li-
censes: 6
• Average inmates: 13
• Bookings: 9
• Releases: 10
• Arrests: 2
• Citations: 1
• Fingerprints: 7
• Civil papers: 16
• Warrants processed: 4
• Asst./welfare check: 3
• Cited James Phillip, 18,
John Day for driving without
a license on May 20.
Justice Court
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Justice Court
reported the following fi nes
and judgments:
• Exceeding the speed lim-
it: Gordon Arnold Moore Jr.,
32, Crabtree, 75/65 zone, May
13, fi ned $160; Francis Joseph
Stutz, 74, Running Springs,
Calif., 49/30 zone, May 16,
fi ned $160; Steven Brian
Speth, 43, Canyon City, 79/65
zone, May 16, fi ned $260.
• No operator’s license: Ju-
ventino Tehuintle Chipahua,
57, Albany, May 13, fi ned
$260.
• Violation of school atten-
dance: Danny Kidd Sr., 45, Mt.
Vernon, April 12, fi ned $160.
• Dog as a public nuisance:
Eric D. Towers, 32, John Day,
March 23, six-month diver-
sion and fi ned $260, to be dis-
missed if no further convic-
tions prior to Oct. 19, 2016,
plus $404.75 restitution to the
victim.
• Driving uninsured: Me-
gan Helene Long, 23, John
Day, May 8, fi ned $260.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
171 calls during the week
of May 23-30. Along with
the various traffi c warnings,
trespassing, injured animals,
noise complaints and juvenile
complaints, these calls includ-
ed:
• John Day Police:
May 23: Theft reported at
Prime Time Video.
May 24: Arrested a John
Day man for probation viola-
tion.
May 27: Arrested a John
Day man on a Grant County
warrant; arrested a John Day
man for hindering prosecu-
tion.
May 29: Theft reported
on South Canyon Boulevard;
theft reported on North John-
son Street in Prairie City.
Cowboy Chapel H our
pear due to work.
A grand jury indictment
May 23 accused Chandler of
one count of Supplying Con-
traband, a class C felony, for
making, obtaining or possess-
ing “Pruno, a beverage con-
“God is love
in any language”
taining alcohol, while con-
fi ned in Grant County Jail.”
According to the jail ros-
ter, Chandler was booked into
the March 30 for a probation
violation. His scheduled re-
lease date is July 23.
Pro Saw
Shop and
a Whole
Lot More
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Robert Chandler plead-
ed not guilty Thursday, May
26, to a charge of supplying
contraband while in the Grant
County Jail.
Chandler, escorted by a
jail deputy, appeared in Grant
County Circuit Court Thurs-
day, and his attorney, Robert
Raschio, entered a not-guilty
plea and requested a 12-per-
son jury trial.
Judge William D. Cramer
Jr. accepted the plea and set
the one-day trial date as the
fi rst alternate for July 13 or
the prime case Aug. 10. He
said he would be willing to
reconsider the prime date if
Chandler was unable to ap-
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seatbelt and there is no indi-
cation that alcohol or speed
was a contributing factor
into the crash,” Palmer said
in the release. “It is believed
that Sawin may have suf-
fered some type of a medi-
cal episode that caused the
loss of consciousness, prior
to the crash.”
The vehicle was towed
from the ditch and released
to a family member.
• Grant County Sheriff:
May 23: Theft reported in
Ritter.
May 26: Assault reported
in Mt. Vernon.
May 27: Theft reported on
North Mountain Boulevard in
Mt. Vernon.
May 30: Trespassing re-
ported on Indian Creek Road;
report of mules found in Rit-
ter.
• John Day ambulance:
May 23: Responded for a
61-year-old woman.
May 24: Responded for a
94-year-old woman who fell.
May 25: Responded for a
69-year-old man.
May 29: Responded for a
64-year-old man.
May 30: Responded for a
64-year-old woman.
• Long Creek ambulance:
May 25: Advised of a
77-year-old woman who fell.
• U.S. Forest Service:
May 29: Vandalism report-
ed on Forest Service Road
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Gold Rush Walk/Run - 7 a.m.
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Entries 8am • 1st performance 9am
2nd performance 3pm
Don’t forget to wear red, white and blue!
J ULY 16 TH
Don’t forget to wear pink!
A UGUST 20 TH & 21 ST
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Entries open 8am • Rodeo starts 9am
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where it traveled 190 feet
along the ditch line on its
wheels until stopping with
the engine still running,
Palmer said.
A Seneca school employ-
ee observed the incident and
found Sawin unconscious.
Others stopped to help, and
CPR was administered.
The cause of the crash is
still under investigation.
“Sawin was wearing a
C OPS & C OURTS
KJDY,
Sunday, 7 a.m.
Blue Mountain Eagle
Larry Blasing
Seneca man dies in single-vehicle crash
Jail inmate accused of supplying contraband
By Sean Hart
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Janet Plocharsky: 541-792-0077
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Melanie Kimball: 541-620-0706 • Sian Martin: 541-963-0379
Kristal Hansen: 541-910-7732 • Laura Hopper: 541-932-4315
Parade
- 11 a.m.
(Theme: Tell Me About the Good Old Days)
Grand Marshal - Mary Ellen Brooks
Barbecue & Pie/Ice Cream Social - 12 to 3 p.m.
Hanging - 1 p.m.
Voices from the Past - 2 p.m.
at Canyon City Hall
Kids games in the park
Friday & Saturday evening
Vendors & live music at Sel’s Brewery
Free People Mover transportation
from Sel’s on Fri & Sat.