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Planning underway for areas
around fairgrounds
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
Plans have been approved to fund a
project that will look into the fairgrounds
around the John Day Community Garden
and the area along the river.
Allison Field, the Grant County Eco-
nomic Development director, requested
$10,500 from Grant County on Sept. 25,
which will go into a joint design project
between the county and the city of John
Day.
Econorthwest and Walker Macy will
be conducting a two phase project which
will focus on the entire fairgrounds,
which will also include the properties
that surround the community garden and
along the river.
The first phase will create a business
concept and site plan. The second phase
will establish a vision for the future of the
fairgrounds property and scope of work.
This two-phase project will cost
$31,000 with $10,500 coming from
the county general fund contingency,
$15,500 from John Day and $5,000 from
economic development. John Day will
carry the contract for the design.
In other county court news:
• Grant County Court approved the
renewal of the snow removal contract
with Columbia Helicopters. The contract
agreed to $76.50 an hour for removing
snow on Grant County Road 24 and Baker
County Road 520 in the Granite area.
• The second Community Develop-
ment Block Grant budget revision and
contracts for the environmental review
and grant administration were approved
for the Heart of Grant County’s domes-
tic violence shelter. The final cost of the
environmental review will be $18,000
instead of $10,000.
• The court approved the purchase of
a $3,400 Brady BBP37 Label Printer for
the road department. This device will aid
the efforts to maximize compliance and
safety, said road department employee
Ryan Palmer.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
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Smith faces three felony charges
related to attempted rape
By Sean Hart
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office deputy
arrested for attempted rape is facing three fel-
ony charges.
A Sept. 27 grand jury indictment filed in
Grant County Circuit Court accuses Tyler A.
Smith, 33, of John Day of first-degree attempted
rape, a class B felony, and attempted first-de-
gree sex abuse and fourth-degree assault, class
C felonies — all constituting domestic violence.
The indictment accuses Smith of attempting
to engage in sexual intercourse with his spouse
— who had initiated divorce proceedings
against him — on Aug. 31 “by forcible com-
pulsion” and while knowing she was pregnant.
The indictment also accuses Smith of caus-
ing physical injury to his spouse.
All three charges involve a “violation of pro-
fessional responsibility” for Smith, according
to the indictment.
The case is being prosecuted by Grant
County Special Deputy District Attorney
Gretchen M. Ladd Dobler.
Smith is also facing four
class A misdemeanor charges
of second-degree child neglect.
According to information
filed in Grant County Cir-
cuit Court Sept. 10 by Ladd
Tyler Smith Dobler, Smith is accused of
criminal negligence for leaving
two children under the age of 10 unattended at
a John Day residence “for such a period of time
as was likely to endanger the health or welfare”
of the children on Sept. 4 and Sept. 5.
Smith is scheduled to appear on all the
charges at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, in Grant
County Circuit Court.
Smith was arrested Sept. 9, but he had
already been placed on administrative leave
for an unrelated issue.
Grant County District Attorney Jim Car-
penter said in a statement Sept. 12 Smith had
been placed on leave “for issues related to
the performance of his duties as a sheriff’s
deputy.”
COPS AND COURTS
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
A charge of felon in posses-
sion of a firearm against Jera-
mie M. Lambeth of John Day
allegedly committed on Dec.
20, 2016, was dismissed with
prejudice Sept. 30 for want of
prosecution.
Grant County Sheriff
The Grant County Sheriff’s
Office reported the following
for the week of Sept. 25:
Concealed
handgun
licenses: 11
Average inmates: 14
Bookings: 15
Releases: 12
Arrests: 3
Citations: 3
Fingerprints: 2
Civil papers: 18
Warrants processed: 5
Assistance/Welfare check:
0
Search and Rescue: 2
Sept. 19: Four juveniles
were cited for minor in posses-
sion of tobacco.
Sept. 24: Kristina Perry
of Mt. Vernon was cited for a
livestock regulation.
Sept. 25: Dale Smucker
of Mt. Vernon was cited for a
livestock regulation.
Justice Court
Violation of basic rule: Jef-
frey J. Wobbe, 42, Salem, Sept.
4, 77/55 zone, fined $225; Erin
E. Ware, 23, Prineville, Sept.
25, 75/55 zone, fined $140.
Violation of speed: John
L. Campbell, 51, Browns-
ville, Sept. 7, 59/40 zone, fined
$165; Daniel R. Warnock Jr.,
89, Baker City, Sept. 7, 46/25
zone, fined $225; Thomas J.
Tucker, 27, Bend, Sept. 13,
65/35 zone, fined $265.
Jared J Baker, 24, John Day,
pleaded guilty Aug. 28 to driv-
ing while suspended. He was
sentenced to 20 hours of com-
munity service and 12 months
of probation. He was ordered
to pay $50 in fines and $950
for court costs and probation
fees.
ing antlers and left to waste.
A John Day Fish and Wildlife
trooper went to the location in
the Murderer’s Creek unit to
examine the carcass. Evidence
of the deer being shot with a
firearm was found during the
examination. No suspect at this
time.
Sept. 26: A vehicle was
stopped in the middle of High-
way 26. The driver was talking
with a disabled motorist on the
side of the road. Another driver
rear-ended the stopped vehi-
cle, which was sent to an adja-
cent ditch, rolling on its top.
Both drivers refused transport
by ambulance but complained
of pain. The stopped driver
was issued citations for driving
while suspended and illegal
stopping/standing. The other
driver was issued a citation for
following too closely.
Sept. 27: Responded to a
report of a hay truck that rolled
its trailer on Highway 395C.
The truck had come around
a corner faster than condi-
tions allowed and rolled the
pup trailer into the southbound
lane. The driver and passenger
were uninjured. The driver was
cited for failure to drive within
lane. The trailer was towed
from the scene by Frontier
Equipment to their yard.
Sept. 27: Responded to
a report of a crash on High-
way 395C near milepost 15.
Arrived at the scene and found
two motorcycles were follow-
ing a pickup pulling a trailer.
The pickup and trailer slowed
and signaled to turn onto a For-
est Service road on the left.
The motorcyclists began to
pass the pickup thinking the
driver was letting them by. The
lead motorcyclist realized the
pickup was turning and hit the
brake. The lead motorcyclist
was clipped by the following
motorcycle, which caused the
lead to go into a ditch. No-one
was injured, and both motorcy-
cles were driven away from the
scene.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
162 calls during the work of
Sept. 23-29, including:
• John Day Police
Department
Sept. 23: Cited Matthew E.
Sagaser, 35, for expired tags on
Highway 26.
Sept. 23: Took report of a
stolen chainsaw on West Main
Street.
Sept. 24: Advised of suspi-
cious circumstances at a trailer
park.
Sept. 24: Responded to the
report of theft.
Sept. 24: Cited Bucky
Breck for driving while
suspended.
Sept. 24: Arrested Tyler
Dehiya on a state parole board
warrant.
Sept. 25: Arrested Tanner
Prock, 22, on a Grant County
warrant and Caleb Vielma, 30,
on Grant and Malheur county
warrants.
Sept. 25: Arrested Kar-
ina Robinson, 19, on a Grant
County felony warrant.
Sept. 26: Received a report
of a restraining order violation
on Northwest Third Avenue.
Sept. 26: Arrested Michael
W. Roberts, 41, for violation of
a restraining order.
Sept. 27: Dispatched to a
report of dogs killing cats at
Juniper Ridge.
Sept. 28: Report of a theft
of a pocket bike on West Main
Street.
Sept. 28: Called for a theft
of a brisket from the smoker on
Canyon Boulevard.
• Oregon State Police
Sept. 23: Received a report
of cattle on Highway 26.
Sept. 26: Received a report
of an injured animal on McHa-
ley Avenue.
Sept. 29: Advised of a trac-
tor trailer rig throwing sparks
on Highway 26.
• Grant County Sheriff’s
Office
Sept. 23: Received a report
of a missing person at box
spring campground.
Sept. 23: Received a report
of an abandoned vehicle on
Harper Creek Road.
Sept. 24: Received a report
of harassment on Franks
Creek.
Sept. 27: Received a call
of a noninjury crash on High-
way 26.
Sept. 28: Received a call of
an animal complaint on South
Fork Road.
• John Day ambulance
Sept. 23: Dispatched with
the Dayville Fire Department
for an elderly woman on High-
way 26.
Sept. 24: Paged for a
94-year-old man who had
taken a fall on Valley View
Drive.
Sept. 26: Dispatched for
a man with a possible heart
attack.
Sept. 26: Received a report
of a two-vehicle crash with
one rollover in the ditch and
another vehicle that blocked
Highway 26.
Sept. 27: Dispatched for
an elderly woman who fell on
Northeast Seventh Street.
Sept. 28: Called for a
24-year-old woman who had
difficulty breathing at South-
west Brent Drive.
• Canyon City fire
Sept. 26: Responded to a
report of a flue fire on Nugget
Street.
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Sept. 25: Assisted by offi-
cers from the John Day Police
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