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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Burke pleads guilty to felonies
related to stolen pickup truck
Blue Mountain Eagle
The man accused of steal-
ing a pickup in John Day
pleaded guilty to several fel-
ony charges Sept. 22.
David Wesly Burke plead-
ed guilty to unauthorized use
of a vehicle, possession of
methamphetamine, irst-de-
gree criminal mischief and
driving under the inluence of
intoxicants in Grant County
Circuit Court. Sentencing is
scheduled for Oct. 13.
Burke was stopped by po-
lice Aug. 30 while driving a
white GMC pickup that had
been reported stolen from the
100 block of Second Avenue
in John Day. The passenger
of the vehicle, a 26-year-old
John Day man, was released
without being charged.
Contributed photo
The man who was driving this stolen pickup Aug.
30 pleaded guilty to felony charges.
Bomb squad responds after meth arrests
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Oregon State Police Bomb Squad
remotely removed a pipe bomb from a
John Day residence after oficers entered
the home on a search warrant Sept. 19.
Drew Issac Box, 26, and Celeste Don-
na Lee, 24, both of John Day, were taken
into custody for possession of metham-
phetamine, and Lee was later indicted on
a charge of felon in possession of body
armor.
OSP had received a report of a do-
mestic assault on Sept. 19 and, after in-
terviewing a female victim, obtained a
search warrant for the Dayton Street res-
idence. The explosive device consisted
of three irecrackers, but OSP Sgt. Tom
Hutchison said it was not made as a toy,
though no charges related to it have been
iled.
Sagaser back in jail after Deschutes County drug crime
Blue Mountain Eagle
Matthew Eric Sagaser is back in the
Grant County Jail after pleading guilty to
a drug crime in Deschutes County.
Sagaser pleaded guilty Sept. 7 in
Deschutes County Circuit Court to pos-
sessing methamphetamine after being
arrested Aug. 30. He was sentenced to 10
days in jail and 18 months of supervised
probation, according to court documents,
and ined $200.
Sagaser was on probation in Grant
County after pleading guilty to stran-
gulation, coercion and two counts of
fourth-degree assault earlier this year for
a 2015 incident. For violating probation
by possessing drug paraphernalia, weap-
ons and violating laws, Sagaser received
a 35-day jail sanction from Grant Coun-
ty Community Corrections Oficer Mike
McManus Sept. 15.
Sagaser pleaded not guilty in March
to a charge of tampering with a witness
and contempt of court and is sched-
uled for trial on those charges later this
year.
C OPS & C OURTS
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.
Circuit Court
• Kristopher Michael
Goodwin, 25, was convicted
of possession of methamphet-
amine and assault in the fourth
degree. Goodwin is sentenced
to 20 days in jail with credit
for time served, three years of
probation, 80 hours commu-
nity service, ined $500 and
ordered to have no contact
with the victim.
Grant County Sheriff
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Sheriff’s Ofice
reported the following for the
week of Sept. 22:
• Concealed handgun li-
censes: 4
• Average inmates: 13
• Bookings: 4
• Releases: 7
• Arrests: 4
• Fingerprints: 3
• Civil papers: 12
• Warrants processed: 1
• Asst./welfare check: 2
Justice Court
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Justice Court
reported the following ines
and judgments:
• Driving with a suspended
license: Shawn Colman Kite, 48,
Prairie City, Sept. 1, ined $435.
Cowboy Chapel Hour
KJDY,
Sunday, 7 a.m.
• Violation of the basic
speed rule: Nicole Marie Isra-
el, 38, John Day, 68/55 zone
Sept. 2, ined $160; James
Glen McQuown, 62, Pas-
co, Washington, 75/55 zone,
Sept. 13, ined $135; Austin
L. Martin, 21, Hood River,
78/55 zone, Sept. 9, ined
$260; Hailey Dawn Boethin,
39, Canyon City, 70/55 zone,
Sept. 9, ined $135.
• Exceeding the speed lim-
it: Justin Alan Scheidegger,
22, John Day, 75/65 zone,
Sept. 2, ined $160; Men-
achem Lorber, 73, Oro Valley,
Arizona, 52/35 zone, Sept 9,
ined $160; Alex Taylor, 23,
Libertyville, Illinois, 73/65
zone, Aug. 31, ined $160.
• Violation of the speed
limit: Darrel C. Krabill, 41,
Christmas Valley, 46/30 zone,
Sept. 15, ined $160; David E.
Lieberman, 26, Eugene, 43/25
zone, Sept. 18, ined $135.
Small Claims
• Ray Klein Inc. v. Hei-
di Law. Money judgment
awarded to Ray Klein Inc. for
$481.65.
• Ray Klein Inc. v. Cory
A. Slayton. Money judgment
awarded to Ray Klein Inc. for
$543.00.
• Credit Associates Inc. v.
Gregory E. Relling. Money
judgment awarded to Credit
Associates Inc. for $417.83.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
164 calls during the week of
Sept. 19 through 25. Along
with the various trafic warn-
ings, trespassing, injured ani-
mals, noise complaints and ju-
venile complaints, these calls
included:
• John Day Police
Sept. 20: Received a report
of boat battery theft. A man
called dispatch to make sure
he had not been reported as
missing. Dispatch received
a report of a possible puppy
selling scam. JDPD and OSP
served a search warrant and
arrested a 24-year-old John
Day woman for felon in pos-
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session of body armor and
methamphetamine.
Sept. 22: Arrested a
41-year-old Prairie City man
on a Grant County felony
warrant.
Sept. 23: Arrested a man
on a Grant County felo-
ny warrant in John Day.
Dispatch took a report of
a stray goat near Figaro’s
Pizza.
• Grant County Sheriff
Sept. 19: Responded to a
report of a ight on Washing-
ton Street.
Sept. 22: Responded to a
report of an intoxicated sub-
ject harassing a neighbor.
Sept. 23: Responded to a
report of disorderly subjects
camping.
• John Day ambulance
Sept. 24: Paged for a report
of a 76-year-old man who was
having trouble breathing.
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The parole board held the
hearing in July 2012 and de-
termined Porter was likely to
be rehabilitated and ordered
the sentence converted to life
with the possibility of parole,
the opinion states.
In a November 2012 pris-
on-term hearing, the board
set a projected parole release
date of June 7, 2013, and
required Porter to complete
a psychological evaluation
and participate in an exit in-
terview.
In February 2013, the
opinion states, the board
held the exit interview and
reviewed Porter’s psycho-
logical diagnosis of antisocial
personality disorder and alco-
hol dependence in remission
before afirming the 2013 re-
lease date with an order stat-
ing, “Based on the doctor’s
report and diagnosis ... the
inmate does have an emotion-
al disturbance; however the
emotional disturbance is not
presently so severe as to con-
stitute a danger to the health
and safety of the community.”
On June 4, 2013, the board
issued a new order rescinding
the planned release date, re-
opening the February 2013
decision and reconvening the
exit interview.
In September 2013, the
board conducted a new exit
interview afirming the de-
cision to rescind the release
date, reaching the different
conclusion that the emotional
disturbance was a danger, and
extended the release date 24
months. When Porter request-
ed an administrative review
of the board’s decisions, the
board explained it relied in
part on information submitted
after the February interview,
including “the DA submis-
sion of documents showing
a history of assault” on Por-
ter’s ex-wife, according to the
opinion.
Supporting its ruling to
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reverse the parole board’s de-
cision, the Oregon Court of
Appeals said in its opinion,
once a release date has been
set, it can only be postponed
if the prisoner has engaged
in serious misconduct during
coninement, if the prisoner
is diagnosed with a severe
emotional disturbance that
would make him a danger to
the community or if the pris-
oner’s release plan is deemed
to be inadequate. The appeals
court ruled rescinding the re-
lease date had the practical
consequence of postponing it,
and the board did so without
making one of the three re-
quired determinations.
The appeals court also cit-
ed case law demonstrating a
valid reason to postpone the
release was required before
the release was postponed.
The appeals court reversed
the parole board’s decision
and directed the board to re-
instate Porter’s 2013 release
date.
Grant County District At-
torney Jim Carpenter, who
was elected in 2014, said in
a press release the board only
considered the psychological
evaluation in the February
2013 exit interview, as no
other evidence was presented
by the state’s district attorney.
Carpenter said he present-
ed evidence for the state and
argued Porter continued to
suffer from a severe emotion-
al disturbance and constituted
a danger to the community at
Porter’s January 2015 exit in-
terview, after which the board
extended Porter’s release date
to 2020, which would be pre-
empted by the appeals court’s
recent decision.
According to the appeals
court opinion, Porter attacked
Ward who had responded to
a report of domestic violence
at Porter’s residence. Porter
“bludgeoned Ward with his
ists and a 10-pound piece
of irewood,” the opinion
states, and the autopsy re-
vealed a skull fracture and
contusions in Ward’s brain.
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