NEWS
BlueMountainEagle.com
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
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COPS AND COURTS
Arrests and citations in the
Blue Mountain Eagle are taken
from the logs of law enforcement
agencies. Every effort is made
to report the court disposition of
arrest cases.
Grant County Sheriff
The Grant County Sheriff’s
Offi ce reported the following for
the week of Jan. 23:
Concealed handgun licenses:
10
Average inmates: 15
Bookings: 7
Releases: 7
Arrests: 1
Citations: 1
Fingerprints: 1
Civil papers: 12
Warrants processed: 0
Asst./welfare check: 0
Search and rescue: 0
Jan. 18: Michelle Trimble,
43, Mt. Vernon, was arrested and
charged with driving with a sus-
pended license and no insurance
and failing to register the vehicle.
Justice Court
• Kristina R. Perry, 33, Mt.
Vernon, was convicted of having
home-grown marijuana in public
view and was fi ned $265.
• Tracy L. Clark, 51, John Day,
was convicted of keeping a dog as
a public nuisance and was fi ned
$265.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
170 calls during the week of Jan.
21-27, including:
• John Day Police Department
Jan. 21: Jim Roba, 44, John
Day, was cited on West Main
Street in John Day for driving
with a suspended license and no
insurance.
Jan. 22: Responded with sher-
iff’s deputies and John Day ambu-
lance to a report of a vehicle that
slid off Southwest Fourth Street in
John Day.
Jan. 23: Advised of a possible
fraud in John Day.
Jan. 24: Received a report of a
theft at an apartment complex in
east John Day.
Jan. 25: Following a traffi c stop
on Highway 26 in east John Day,
Christine Daum, 29, was cited for
driving with a suspended license
and no insurance.
Jan. 25: Received a report of a
phone scam in John Day with the
caller claiming to be a person’s
grandson.
Jan. 25: Responded to a domes-
tic dispute at an apartment com-
plex in east John Day.
Jan. 26: Following a traffi c stop
on West Main Street in John Day,
Olle Starnes, 48, was cited for
driving with a suspended license
and no insurance.
Jan. 26: Advised of an SUV
that jumped two curbs on Bridge
Street in John Day.
Jan. 26: Following a traffi c
stop on Highway 26 west of John
Day, Terri Pine, 54, John Day, was
arrested and charged with driving
under the infl uence of intoxicants.
Jan. 27: Following a traffi c
stop on East Main Street in John
Day, Kellie A. Combs, 38, Prairie
City, was cited for driving while
using a cellphone.
Jan. 27: Advised of a motorcy-
cle crash on Highway 26 east of
John Day.
• Oregon State Police
Jan. 21: Advised of a noninjury
crash on Highway 395 near Long
Creek.
Jan. 22: Received a report of a
noninjury crash on Highway 402
near Monument.
Jan. 24: Advised of a livestock
complaint on Highway 26 near
Fields Creek.
Jan. 26: Received a report of
noninjury crash on Highway 395
near Beech Creek State Park.
Jan. 26: Advised of a noninjury
crash on East Main Street in John
Day.
• Grant County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
Jan. 21: Advised of trespassing
at the Prairie City School.
Jan. 22: Received a report of a
noninjury crash on Highway 395
near Long Creek.
Jan. 24: Advised of a theft at a
laundromat in Prairie City.
Jan. 24: Received a report of
a dispute on Ingle Street in Mt.
Vernon.
Jan. 25: Advised of criminal
mischief on Humbolt Street in
Canyon City.
Jan. 25: Received a report of
fraud on Green Acres Lane in Mt.
Vernon.
Jan. 25: Advised of an unlaw-
ful use of a motor vehicle on East
11th Street in Prairie City.
Jan. 25: Received a report
of suspicious circumstances on
Harper Creek Road in Mt. Vernon.
Jan. 27: Advised of a domes-
tic dispute on North Washington
Street in Canyon City.
• John Day ambulance
Jan. 21: Responded to North
Main Street in Prairie City for a
33-year-old woman with chest
pain.
Jan. 21: Dispatched to Pat-
terson Drive in Canyon City for
a 60-year-old woman with back
pain.
Jan. 21: Transported a patient
to the hospital in John Day.
Jan. 21: Transported a patient
from North Washington Street in
Canyon City.
Jan. 21: Dispatched to a senior
home in John Day for an elderly
woman.
Jan. 21: Responded with Prai-
rie City ambulance to South John-
son Avenue in Prairie City for an
86-year-old man.
Jan. 22: Dispatched to a senior
home in John Day.
Jan. 22: Responded to North-
east Seventh Avenue in John Day
for a man who had fallen.
Jan. 23: Dispatched to Middle
Fork Lane in Bates.
Jan. 23: Responded to Roper
Road in Mt. Vernon for a 57-year-
old woman.
Jan. 23: Paged for a sub-dia-
betic woman on Northwest Fourth
Avenue in John Day.
Jan. 23: Responded to Rebel
Hill Road in Canyon City.
Jan. 23: Dispatched to North-
west Charolais Heights in
John Day for an 89-year-old
woman.
Jan. 25: Responded to a senior
home in John Day for a woman
with abdominal pain.
Jan. 25: Dispatched with
Long Creek ambulance to West
Main Street in Long Creek for a
90-year-old woman who fell and
hit her head.
Jan. 25: Responded to a senior
home in John Day.
• Prairie City fi re
Jan. 22: Received a report of a
structure fi re on South McHaley
Avenue in Prairie City.
• John Day fi re
Jan. 22: Advised of an accident
with injuries on Southwest Fourth
Avenue in John Day.
•
Bureau
of
Land
Management
Jan. 25: Responded to a tres-
passing complaint on the South
Fork Road.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Offi cer Sam Stinnett, who joined the John Day Police Department
last July, completed 16 weeks of basic police coursework at the
Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training in Salem,
graduating on Jan. 18.
Stinnett on the beat in John Day
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Offi cer Sam Stinnett, who was
hired on at the John Day Police
Department in July 2018, com-
pleted 16 weeks of intensive
training at the Oregon Depart-
ment of Public Safety Standards
training in Salem.
He was among 40 graduating
Jan. 18 at the academy as a mem-
bers of the Basic Police Class
384.
Before he joined the JDPD,
Stinnett was a corrections dep-
uty for four-and-a-half years at
the Grant County Jail in Canyon
City.
He said family members who
are in law enforcement inspired
him to join the force.
“I kept talking to them, and
they kept encouraging me,” Stin-
nett said. “Working at the jail, I
saw police offi cers all the time.”
He said John Day Police Chief
Mike Durr and Offi cer Scott
Moore invited him to join their
department.
Stinnett, son of Charlie and
Laurie Stinnett of John Day, was
a 2005 graduate of Grant Union
High School where he was a
state-qualifying wrestler.
One memorable part of train-
ing for Stinnett was practicing
real-life scenarios in a fabricated
town.
“It was pretty impressive that
they have an entire village with
houses, a bar and shops,” he said.
“They hire on role players who
can give you realistic types of
scenarios to work with to kind of
get your feet wet.”
He said it helps them see what
it’s like in the real world, but the
instructor is there to step in if they
get stumped.
He joins Durr, Moore and
Offi cer Andrew Martin at the
department.
Stinnett said, although he’s
lived in John Day his entire life,
he didn’t get to know everyone
in the community — now he has
that opportunity.
“The main thing is getting to
help people with problems and
fi nding lawbreakers,” he said,
adding he enjoys the people he
works with at the department.
Durr said, after Stinnett rides
along with Moore for another
week or two, “he’ll be well on his
own.”
“We’re looking forward to
getting him out on the street
so people can meet him,” Durr
said. “He did well in the acad-
emy — and did well scholasti-
cally — and we’re proud to have
him.”
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