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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
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Young cougar killed in John Day
By Richard Hanners
Blue Mountain Eagle
A young cougar that had
been seen eating a feral
house cat in the Hillcrest
Drive area of John Day was
treed and killed by officials
March 9.
Ryan Platt, the assis-
tant district wildlife biolo-
gist at the Oregon Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife’s
John Day Field Office, said
911 dispatch received a call
in the morning reporting
the cougar under a pickup
truck.
ODFW responded to the
location with federal pred-
ator control agent Nick
Lulay and his hounds, Platt
said. Three dogs were used
to track and tree the cougar
about 300 yards from their
starting point.
The
male
cougar
weighed about 50 pounds
and was 6-8 months old,
Platt said. It is not unusual
to find young males who
have been kicked away
from their mother, or whose
mother has died, roam-
ing around and ending up
in urban areas looking for
food, he said.
This is only the sec-
ond cougar killed in Grant
County in the past two
years, Platt said. The last
cougar was in Prairie City,
he said.
The John Day Field
Office has been getting
reports about cougar sight-
ings and tries to follow up
on all of them, Platt said.
Many of the sightings end
up being large house cats,
he said. Cougars in town are
a rare occurrence, he said.
Officials must follow
strict criteria when decid-
ing whether to kill a cou-
gar, Platt said. The main
reason is public safety,
such as repeated sightings
near homes in daylight, he
said.
Highway 395 in Mt. Vernon for
an 85-year-old woman.
March 14: Responded to
South Johnson Avenue in Prai-
rie City for an elderly woman
with leg pain.
March 14: Dispatched to
Highway 26 near Dayville for
an injured man waiting in a
vehicle.
March 15: Responded to
Highway 26 in Dayville for a
woman who had fallen.
March 16: Paged to South-
west First Street in John Day for
a 40-year-old woman with pan-
creatic symptoms.
March 17: Responded to
East Main Street in John Day
for a 50-year-old woman.
March 17: Dispatched to a
senior home in John Day for a
911 call.
March 17: Transported a
patient from a senior home in
John Day.
• Oregon Department of
Transportation
March 13: Advised of a
large rock on Highway 19 near
Picture Gorge.
March 14: Received a report
of rocks on Highway 395 north
of Starr Ridge.
March 14: Advised of a road
hazard on Highway 26 west of
Highway 19.
March 15: Received a report
of a rock hazard on Highway
395 near Meadowbrook Pass.
• John Day rural fire
March 17: Responded with
Mt. Vernon fire to a structure
fire on Childress Loop west of
John Day.
• Dayville fire
March 17: Received a report
of a burning pasture on High-
way 26 near Picture Gorge
called in as a wildfire.
COPS AND COURTS
Grant County Circuit
Court
Burton W. Soto, 40, Coos
Bay, pleaded guilty March 14 to
misdemeanor failure to appear
committed on Jan 31. He was
sentenced to 45 days jail. A sec-
ond-degree charge of misde-
meanor failure to appear was
dismissed. The sentence was
concurrent with a misdemeanor
conviction for interfering with
making a report.
Grant County Sheriff
The Grant County Sheriff’s
Office reported the following
for the week of March 13:
Concealed handgun
licenses: 4
Average inmates: 13
Bookings: 6
Releases: 6
Arrests: 1
Citations: 1
Fingerprints: 2
Civil papers: 13
Warrants processed: 1
Asst./welfare check: 0
Search and rescue: 1
March
11:
Richard
Smith, 37, Milton-Freewa-
ter, was arrested and charge
with unlawful possession of
methamphetamine.
Justice Court
• Violation of basic rule:
Micah D. Britton, 40, Bend,
Feb. 19, 75/55 zone, fined $140.
Oregon State Police
March 10: A John Day Fish
and Wildlife trooper observed
suspicious behavior by two
individuals on Forest Service
Road 16 and stopped their vehi-
cle on County Road 16. Philo-
mena J. Dutcher, 35, Canyon
City, was cited for driving with
a suspended or revoked license.
March 12: After respond-
ing to East 11th Street in Prai-
rie City, Victoria J. McLean,
36, Prairie City, was arrested
and charged on an outstanding
Baker County warrant.
March 13: While check-
ing on a disabled motorist on
Highway 26 west of Mitch-
ell, a trooper noticed signs of
intoxication by the driver. Fol-
lowing field sobriety tests,
Patrick K. Ryan, 55, Spring
Creek, Nevada, was arrested
and charged with driving while
under the influence of intoxi-
cants. His blood alcohol level
was measured at 0.22 percent.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
156 calls during the week of
March 11-17, including:
• John Day Police
Department
March 11: Following a traf-
fic stop on Highway 26 east of
John Day, James O’Neill, 51,
Bend, was arrested and charged
with driving while under the
influence of intoxicants.
March 11: Received a call
about an unwanted person at an
apartment on East Main Street
in John Day.
March 11: Received a report
of a missing person from a
motel in John Day.
March 11: Advised of suspi-
cious circumstances at a mobile
home park on West Main Street
in John Day.
March 12: Responded to
fraud report in John Day.
March 14: Advised of a
theft on West Main Street in
John Day.
March 15: Received a report
from Northwest Second Avenue
in John Day of a stolen identifi-
cation card.
March 15: Following a traf-
fic stop at Marysville Road
and Edgewood Drive, Karina
P. Robinson, 19, Mt. Vernon,
was cited for driving without a
license or insurance.
March 15: Responded to
Wilderness Road in John Day
for a possible explosion or
fireworks.
March 15: Following a traf-
fic stop on West Main Street in
John Day, Christian L. Claugh-
ton, 44, John Day, was cited
for driving with a suspended
license and no insurance.
March 15: Dispatched to
a mobile home park on West
Main Street in John Day for a
noise complaint.
March 16: Responded with
state police and sheriff’s depu-
ties to a mobile home park on
West Main Street in John Day
for a report of a fight.
March 16: Following a traf-
fic stop on West Main Street
in John Day, Melinda J. Moss
was arrested on a Grant County
warrant.
March 16: Responded to a
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gas station on West Main Street
in John Day for a violation of
release conditions report.
March 16: Following a traf-
fic stop on Southwest Fourth
Street in John Day, Stephanie
M. Briney, 40, La Grande, was
cited for driving with no proof
of insurance.
March 17: Responded to
a warehouse on First Street in
John Day for a suspicious per-
son report.
March 17: Following a traffic
stop on Main Street in John Day,
Karina P. Robinson, 19, Mt. Ver-
non, was cited for driving with-
out a license or insurance.
March 17: Following a traf-
fic stop on Northwest Third
Street in John Day, Karina P.
Robinson, 19, Mt. Vernon,
was cited for driving without a
license or insurance.
March 17: Responded to
a noise complaint at a mobile
home park on West Main Street
in John Day.
March 17: Following a war-
rant served on Moore Street
in John Day, Jay G. Williams,
28, was arrested on a Umatilla
County warrant.
• Oregon State Police
March 12: Received a report
of a road hazard on Highway 26
in Picture Gorge.
March 15: Advised of a pos-
sible cougar killing livestock
on Harper Creek Road in Mt.
Vernon.
• Grant County Sheriff’s
Office
March 11: Advised of sus-
picious circumstances on Dixie
Creek Road in Prairie City.
March 11: Received a
report of an unwanted person
on South Washington Street in
Prairie City.
March 11: Advised of a non-
injury crash on Highway 26 east
of Dayville.
March 13: Received a report
of an unwanted person on High-
way 26 in Mt. Vernon.
March 14: Advised of
harassing by phone on South
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