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Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Explosive device found during
traffic stop in John Day
Blue Mountain Eagle
Officers discovered an explo-
sive device during a traffic stop
Tuesday near John Day.
Highway
26,
near mile post 163
just east of John
Day, was closed
for 2.5 hours as
the Oregon State
Police Explosives
Unit responded and
rendered the device Tanner Prock
safe,
according
to an OSP press
release.
At
about
6:43 p.m., an OSP
trooper assigned
to the John Day
Worksite
con- Alycia Howes
ducted a traffic stop
on a 2015 Toyota
Scion.
The driver, Jer-
emiah Alsop, 37,
of Prairie City was
arrested for driving
under the influence
Jeremiah
of intoxicants and
Alsop
two felony war-
rants. Alsop will additionally be
charged with unlawful possession
of a destructive device and posses-
sion of methamphetamine.
The registered owner of the Toy-
ota, Alycia Howes, 22, was arrested
on a felony warrant. Howes will
additionally be charged with pos-
session of methamphetamine.
The third passenger, Tanner
Prock, 22, of Prairie City was
arrested by the John Day Police
Department as a result of an earlier
investigation.
A5
Motorcyclist
dies in
Fourth
of July
Wheeler
County
crash
Blue Mountain Eagle
Contributed photo/Oregon State Police
Contributed photo/Oregon State Police
An explosive device was found during a traffic
stop in John Day July 2, according to Oregon State
Police.
The Oregon State Police Explosives Unit rendered safe an
explosive device found during a traffic stop in John Day
July 2.
A motorcyclist died
in a two-vehicle crash
July 4 on Highway 207
in Wheeler County.
At about 11:40 a.m.,
Oregon State Police
and emergency per-
sonnel responded to a
crash near milepost 19,
according to an OSP
press release.
The
preliminary
investigation revealed
Yancey Fall, 51, of
Prineville was travel-
ing northbound in a
2015 Ford F350 pull-
ing a trailer when
Frank Lord Jr., 52, of
Tigard lost control of
his 2013 Kawasaki
motorcycle in a corner
and slid into the pickup
and trailer, according
to the release.
Lord sustained fatal
injuries and was pro-
nounced deceased.
Oregon State Police
was assisted by emer-
gency medical services
from Fossil and Spray,
the Wheeler County
Sheriff’s Office and
ODOT.
Highway 207 was
closed for approxi-
mately five hours.
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 Sher-
iff’s Office reported the fol-
lowing for the week of July
3:
Concealed
handgun
licenses: 6
Average inmates: 16
Bookings: 12
Releases: 13
Arrests: 2
Citations: 3
Fingerprints: 4
Civil papers: 32
Warrants processed: 2
Asst./welfare check: 0
Search and rescue: 0
June 28: Richard Turner,
63, Newburg, was cited for
violating the posted speed
limit, 47/25 zone.
July 1: Jeffrey Whit-
man, 57, Medford, was cited
for violating the basic rule,
80/55 zone.
July 1: Robert Doland,
31, Pendleton, was cited for
violating the posted speed
limit, 52/35 zone.
Justice Court
• Violation of basic rule:
Todd A. McGuire, 50, Red-
mond, June 16, 72/55 zone,
fined $165; Christian S.
Iverson, 37, Portland, June
15, 74/55 zone, fined $160;
Timothy M. O’Rourke, 47,
Spokane, Washington, June
12, 75/55 zone, fined $165;
David E. Johnson, 62, Pend-
leton, June 10, 74/55 zone,
fined $165; Darcy M. Pat-
terson, 47, Hines, June 19,
75/65 zone, fined $165;
Skip Sam, 45, McDermitt,
Nevada, June 1, 75/55 zone,
fined $165.
• Exceeding speed limit:
Steven M. Uhlman, 34,
Ontario, June 18, 75/65
zone, fined $165; Robert W.
Skinner, 57, Canyon City,
June 21, 81/65 zone, fined
$265; Marc A. Faast, 46,
Bend, May 26, 77/65 zone,
fined $265; Jeffrey R. Bair,
38, Vale, June 18, 75/65
zone, fined $165; Andrew J.
Spinks, 50, Hereford, May
7, 81/65 zone, fined $265;
Laura A. Taylor, 35, Port-
land, June 23, 49/30 zone,
fined $165.
• Violation speed limit:
Jonathan A. Murphy, 42,
Christmas Valley, April 5,
51/25 zone, fined $165;
Anne E. Kort, 25, Day-
ville, June 16, 62/35 zone,
fined $265; Clifton D.
Melby, 70, Oklee, Minne-
sota, June 22, 40/25 zone,
fined $140; Tammy M.
Winton, 51, Canyon City,
June 23, 43/25 zone, fined
$165; Edward M. Thorn-
ton, 66, Myrtle Point,
June 13, 65/35 zone, fined
$265.
• Expired registration
sticker: Aline M. Chobo,
19, John Day, June 12, fined
$115.
• No operator’s license:
Daniel C. Brown, 18, Her-
mosa Beach, California,
June 16, fined $265.
• Failure to register vehi-
cle: Audrey R. Johnson, 40,
John Day, June 25, fined
$115.
Dispatch
John
Day
dispatch
worked 198 calls during the
week of July 1-7, including:
• John Day Police
Department
July 1: Following a traf-
fic stop at Canton and Third
streets in John Day, Dar-
rel McKrola, 42, Mt. Ver-
non, was cited for speeding,
34/25 zone.
July 1: Received a fraud
report from Southwest Brent
Drive in John Day.
July 2: Following a traf-
fic stop on Highway 26 east
of the city limits, Tanner J.
Prock, 22, John Day, was
arrested and charged with
fraud.
July 3: Following a traffic
stop on Main Street in John
Day, Tasmin Stode, Terre-
bonne, was arrested on out-
standing warrants.
July 3: Responded to a
mobile home park on West
Main Street in John Day
for a 911 call. Jessica Offi-
cer, 32, John Day, was
arrested and charged with
violating probation.
July 4: Dispatched to a
mobile home park on West
Main Street in John Day
for a noise complaint about
fireworks.
July 5: Received a live-
stock complaint from Four
K Overlook Lane in John
Day.
OREGON CAPITAL
INSIDER
July 7: Responded to the
rodeo grounds in John Day
for a report of a suspicious
man.
July 7: Dispatched to
an apartment complex on
Highway 26 east of John
Day for a verbal dispute
possibly involving a drunk
driver.
• Oregon State Police
July 1: Advised of a
noninjury crash on High-
way 395 near Vance Creek.
July 6: Received a
report of suspicious cir-
cumstances on Highway 26
west of Mt. Vernon.
• Grant County Sher-
iff’s Office
July 1: Advised of ille-
gal fireworks use on Front
Street in Prairie City.
July 2: Received a report
of a domestic dispute at the
hospital in John Day.
July 2: Advised of men-
acing on Center Street in
Granite.
July 3: Received a tres-
passing report from Gran-
ite Creek Road in Granite.
July 4: Advised of a dis-
pute in the Deardorff Creek
and Forest Road 13 area.
July 4: Received a report
of illegal fireworks use on
12th Street in Prairie City.
July 5: Advised of a car
fire on Highway 26 near
Dixie Summit.
July 7: Received a
report of illegal fireworks
use in the city park in Prai-
rie City.
July 7: Received a theft
of service report from a gas
station in Canyon City.
• John Day ambulance
July 1: Responded to a
senior home in John Day
for a lift assist.
July 2: Dispatched to
Charolais Heights in John
Day for an 83-year-old
man who had fallen.
July 2: Responded to
Brent Drive in John Day
for a transport.
July 2: Dispatched to
Adam Drive in Canyon
City for an 82-year-old
man who had intestinal
bleeding.
July 3: Dispatched to
Ingle Street in Mt. Vernon
for a 911 call.
July 3: Responded to
Highway 402 near Monu-
ment for a 911 call.
July 3: Transported a
patient to the airport in
John Day.
July 4: Dispatched to a
mobile home park on West
Main Street in John Day
for a 59-year-old woman.
July 4: Responded with
Monument fire and ambu-
lance to Highway 402 near
Monument.
July 5: Paged to Ingle
Street in Mt. Vernon for a
male subject who had been
unconscious for a period of
time.
July 5: Received a 911
call from a senior home in
John Day.
July 6: Dispatched to
Dog Creek Road in John
Day for a man with chest
pain.
July 6: Responded to the
community hall in Canyon
City for a man who had
passed out.
July 6: Dispatched to a
motel in John Day for an
elderly man with a head
injury.
July 7: Responded to
North Mountain Boule-
vard in Mt. Vernon for a
53-year-old woman with
severe abdominal pain.
• Forest Service
July 5: Received a 911
call about smoke in the for-
est near Blue Ridge. Forest
Service law enforcement
responded.
July 6: Advised of a pos-
sible forest fire in the Black
Canyon area off the South
Fork Road.
• Oregon Department
of Fish & Wildlife
July 5: Advised of a cou-
gar sighting on Patterson
Drive in Canyon City that
turned out to be unfounded.
• Mt. Vernon rural fire
July 6: Responded to a
property on Highway 26 for
a structure fire report.
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