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Blue Mountain Eagle
C OPS AND C OURTS
Arrests and citations in the
Blue Mountain Eagle are taken
from the logs of law enforce-
ment agencies. Every effort is
made to report the court dispo-
sition of arrest cases.
Grant County Circuit
Court
Christine Michelle Bar-
rington was found guilty of
unauthorized use of a motor
vehicle and issued a suspend-
ed sentence of 18 months pro-
bation, 25 hours community
service, five days in jail, fined
$250 and required to pay $150
in restitution.
Burton Soto pleaded guilty
to interference with making a
report and was sentenced to 30
days jail, 18 months probation
and fined $350. One count of
menacing and one count of
third-degree criminal mischief
were dismissed.
Oregon State Police
Marcus Randall Lewis, 32,
was arrested and charged with
two counts of menacing and
two counts of second-degree
disorderly conduct after imped-
ing traffic and menacing a park
ranger with a firearm on June 6.
Brandon Neil Hoodie, 28,
Burns, was cited for open con-
tainer and driving while sus-
pended after being stopped on
Highway 395 near milepost
117 on June 6.
Justice Court
The Grant County Justice
Court reported the following
fines and judgments:
Violation of the basic rule:
Alyssa Nichole Davies, 26,
Hermiston, 84/55 zone, May
29, fined $260; Colleen D.
Brady, 42, Baker City, 71/55
zone, May 22, fined $160;
Colton Tyler Howard, 27, Tem-
pe, Arizona, 83/55 zone, May
13, fined $260; Quinton Brock
Nyman, 21, Crane, 91/55 zone,
May 21, fined $435; Elijah Al-
lison, 42, Mt. Vernon, 73/55
zone, May 21, fined $160; Paul
A. Yost, 36, Redmond, 70/55
zone, May 14, fined $160; Ja-
cob Ryan Batease, 23, Canyon
City, 70/55 zone, May 14, fined
$160.
Violation of the speed lim-
it: Scott Andrew Nasburg, 55,
Portland, 44/25 zone, May 29,
fined $160.
Exceeding the speed lim-
it: Anstasia U. Kikuharu, 29,
Portland, 50/35 zone, May 2,
fined $135; Christine Marie
Gibbens, 46, May 21, fined
$160; Kent Blaine Cherry, 32,
John Day, 72/65, May 22, fined
$160.
Permit the unlawful opera-
tion of a vehicle: Shannon Fay
McGee, 38, Baker City, May
26, fined $260.
Driving uninsured: Michael
Alan Wiles, 55, Baker City,
May 26, fined $260; Dennis
Brian Asher, 50, Bend, May 10,
fined $130.
No operator’s license: Mi-
chael Alan Wiles, 55, Baker
City, May 26, fined $260.
Failure to properly use a
seatbelt: Takoda Lee Propeck,
18, Prairie City, May 7, fined
$110.
Use of cell phone while
driving: Sawyer Ross Watter-
son, 26, John Day, April 30,
fined $160.
Harassment: Shadwick Ed-
ward Moles, fined $435.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
144 calls during the week of
June 6-11. Along with the
various traffic warnings, tres-
passing, injured animals, noise
complaints and juvenile com-
plaints, these calls included:
• John Day Police Depart-
ment
June 5: Responded with
Grant County Sheriff’s office
to a report of a dispute. Re-
sponded with Grant County
Sheriff’s Office to a report of a
domestic dispute in John Day.
June 7: Assisted a lost mid-
dle-schooler at the airport.
June 9: Received a report of
speeding vehicles in the Bridge
Street and Charolais Heights
area. Made contact with a
subject who received a cryptic
voice mail; subject was OK.
June 9: Received a report of
a group of suspicious subjects
outside Chester’s Thriftway.
June 10: Arrested a 44-year-
old John Day resident for dis-
orderly conduct after receiving
a report of someone trying to
kick in a door at the Meadow-
brook Apartments while the
owner was inside.
• Grant County Sheriff’s
Office
June 5: Responded to a re-
port of a domestic dispute.
June 6: Responded with
John Day police to a dispute on
Antelope Lane. A caller report-
ed she was being filmed, pho-
tographed and harassed while
trying to move out of her res-
idence. Sheriff’s deputies and
state police separated the two
parties. Responded to a report
of possession of a controlled
substance at the Blue Mountain
Lodge.
June 7: Received a report
of a subject sighting a gun near
Highway 26.
June 8: Took a report of
abuse and assault in Seneca.
Advised of a report of theft in
Canyon City.
June 9: Responded to re-
ports of someone trespassing
at the Dayville School and ar-
rested a 35-year-old Dayville
resident. Received a report of a
break-in in Dayville. Received
a report of an aggressive dog
running loose in Mt. Vernon.
June 10: Responded with
John Day ambulance, Long
Creek ambulance and John
Day police to a report of a
woman being stabbed in the
Hunter Springs area.
• John Day ambulance
June 8: Responded for a
55-year-old patient who fell off
a ladder at Grant Union High
school.
• Oregon State Police
June 6: Advised of a pos-
sible rolling domestic distur-
bance in Umatilla County near
Battle Mountain.
June 9: Responded to a re-
port of an assault in Seneca.
Received a report of a large
bull in the road on Highway
395 near mile post 73B. Re-
sponded to a single-vehicle ac-
cident on Highway 395 North
near milepost 103B.
• Dispatch
June 9: Received a report of
a possible drunk-driving crash.
United States Forest Ser-
vice:
June 9: Advised along with
the Mt. Vernon Fire Depart-
ment of a report of a forest fire
in the area of Fields Creek and
Highway 26.
June 11: Arrested a 43-year-
old Pennsylvania resident on a
Sherman County warrant.
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
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Wahdat found guilty of
sexual abuse, harassment
Blue Mountain Eagle
A John Day resident was
sentenced to 25 days in jail
and two years of probation for
sex crimes June 7.
Ghulam Mohammad Wah-
dat, 63, was found guilty of
two counts of third-degree
sexual abuse and one count
of harassment June 7 in Grant
County Circuit Court, accord-
ing to court documents.
Wahdat waived his right
for a jury trial June 7, after
pleading not guilty to four
charges March
9. Judge Wil-
liam D. Cra-
mer Jr. found
Wahdat guilty
on the three
charges and
Ghulam
dismissed an-
Mohammad other count of
Wahdat
harassment.
Cramer
sentenced
Wahdat to 24 months proba-
tion, 100 hours community
service and 25 days in jail
with credit for time served.
Wahdat must register as a sex
offender, according to court
documents.
Wahdat was accused of
knowingly and unlawful-
ly subjecting one victim to
sexual contact by touching
intimate parts of her body be-
tween Sept. 1, 2015, and May
30, 2016, according to court
documents, and of unlawful-
ly and intentionally harassing
another victim between June
1, 2015, and Sept. 30, 2015,
by subjecting her to offensive
physical contact.
Jail could rent extra beds
to Department of Justice
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant County Jail
could begin to rent excess
beds to the Oregon Depart-
ment of Justice.
The idea was discussed
during a June 6 Grant County
Court meeting held in Monu-
ment, where residents asked
why beds would be rented.
Grant County Judge Scott
Myers explained the jail had
been built in 1997 when popu-
lation growth was anticipated
and that the demand for beds
decreased due to a change in
state and federal policies of
not detaining illegal aliens for
being undocumented.
The jail contains 41 beds,
only 17 of which were occu-
pied June 6. An increase in
inmate numbers would likely
require additional staff, Myers
said.
Monument residents were
also curious if they could
expect increased cellphone
coverage in the future. Myers
said because of the upcoming
eclipse, cell providers were
looking at investing in the
area and covering “shadow
locations” with little or no
service. There is practically
no cell service in Monument,
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Monument Fire Chief Earl Pettit talks with Grant County
Commissioner Boyd Britton about a recently acquired
fire engine after a County Court meeting in Monument.
according to a city employee.
During the meeting, Coun-
ty Commissioner Boyd Brit-
ton expressed concern about
the Forest Service’s uncom-
pleted biological assessments,
which are keeping grazing
permitees off federal grazing
land. He also encouraged res-
idents to email state Sen. Ted
Ferrioli and Rep. Cliff Bentz
in regards to a transportation
package, increased 911 fund-
ing and a land use planning
bill that would grant Eastern
Oregon counties more auton-
omy in creating land use laws.
Myers said he is working
with John Day City Manager
Nick Green to improve inter-
net speeds in the area and said
results could be expected in
the near future.
Commissioner Jim Ham-
sher said Emergency Man-
agement Coordinator Ted
Williams has been holding
meetings to prepare rural ar-
eas for an influx of people
during the eclipse. Hamsher
also said he has been attempt-
ing to repair and maintain the
Keerins Hall building at the
county fairgrounds.
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