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Grant County Sheriff’s Office members receive awards for work
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
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Sgt. Danny Komning and Deputy Dave Dobler receive awards from the Oregon
State Sheriff’s Association.
Sgt. Danny Komning and
Deputy Dave Dobler both
received awards from the
Oregon State Sheriff’s Asso-
ciation at its annual confer-
ence from Dec. 1-4.
Komning was awarded
the Enforcement Command
Council Supervisor of the
Year Award, and Dobler won
the Search and Rescue Dep-
uty Sheriff of the Year Award.
They presented their awards
to the Grant County Court
Dec. 11.
“I want the public to know,
and I want the court to know,
that we got a pretty amazing
group of people that work
within the sheriff’s office,”
said Grant County Sheriff
Glenn Palmer. “There’s a lot
of good that’s being done in
that building and out in the
public.”
This is the second year that
the Grant County Sheriff’s
Office has won the Enforce-
ment Command award with
Undersheriff Zach Mobley
winning the award last year.
Palmer expressed his
appreciation for the lead-
ership and hard work that
Dobler has provided for the
search and rescue program as
calls go up.
“Our calls are up and
we’ve had a couple of fatal-
ities, a couple of recover-
ies, multi-agency efforts
that were a couple thousand
hours a piece, and those
are types of calls that we
have not seen here before,”
Palmer said. “I am thank-
ful for Dave for stepping
into that role of leader, and
it’s lifted a lot of work from
Zack and I. The supervision
that Danny gives our patrol
and reserves staff has taken
a lot of heat off the admin-
istrative staff so we can deal
with other things.”
In other court news:
• The court approved no lon-
ger paying cellphone stipends
and providing a county phone
for certain employees who
request it. There are five county
employees who currently have
stipends of $51. Those will
end, and the five employees
will be offered phones.
• The court approved the
purchase of a consulting ser-
vice for $6,000. A portion of
the cost will be covered by the
county general fund, the road
department and community
connections. This firm will
assure that county employees
are equally paid and compen-
sated for their job.
• The court approved clos-
ing the accounts for the Mon-
ument Rural Fire District. The
$3,000 from the accounts will
go back into general funds.
• The court recognized
over 30 county employees
who have worked there for
five years or more.
COPS AND COURTS
Arrests and citations in
the Blue Mountain Eagle
are taken from the logs
of law enforcement agen-
cies. Every effort is made to
report the court disposition
of arrest cases.
Grant County Circuit
Court
Michael W. Roberts, 41,
of John Day pleaded guilty
Nov. 26 to fourth-degree
assault constituting domes-
tic violence and recklessly
endangering another per-
son committed Sept. 16,
and possession of prohibited
firearms or silencer, felon in
possession of a firearm and
first-degree theft commit-
ted Dec. 11, 2017. He was
sentenced to 35 months in
prison and 24 months post-
prison supervision. Counts
of fourth-degree assault,
harassment,
first-degree
theft, supplying contraband
and fleeing or attempting to
elude a police officer, and
four counts of felon in pos-
session of a firearm, were
dismissed.
Grant County Sheriff
The Grant County Sher-
iff’s Office reported the fol-
lowing for the week of Dec.
18:
Concealed
handgun
licenses: 5
Average inmates: 14
Bookings: 4
Releases: 15
Arrests: 0
Citations: 0
Fingerprints: 5
Civil papers: 8
Warrants processed: 3
A s s i s t a n c e / We l f a r e
check: 0
Search and Rescue: 0
Justice Court
Violation of the basic
rule: Tucker L. Davis, 23,
Redmond, Nov. 27, 73/55
zone, fined $165; Charles
L. Meyer, 39, Ukiah, Texas,
Dec. 1, 79/55 zone, fined
$265; Owen L. Holum, 63,
Enterprise, Nov. 21, 75/55
zone, fined $165; Beanie
Hobgood, 85, Mulino, Nov.
14, 68/55 zone, fined $165;
David G. Stubblefield, 72,
Monument, Nov. 29, 75/55
zone, fined $165; Michael
J. Kutz, 29, Dallas, Nov.
11, 75/55 zone, fined $165;
Pravin J. Pate, 69, Lake
Oswego, Nov. 18, 70/55
zone, fined $165; Mathew
W. Scott, 38, Prineville,
Nov. 25, 70/55 zone, fined
$165.
Violation of speed limit:
Sharon A. Fritsch, 57, Bea-
vercreek, Nov. 17, 55/35
zone, fined $165; Sean
A. Hoolehan, 51, Pendle-
ton, Dec. 5, 82/65 zone,
fined $265; Wyatt M. Arm-
strong, 18, Hereford, Nov.
15, 44/30 zone, fined $165;
Meghan M. Tremblay, 34,
Prairie City, Nov. 19, 74/65
zone, fined $165; James A.
Moore, 53, Dayville, Nov.
11, 74/65 zone, fined $140;
Thomas Mulder, 65, Brush
Prairie, Washington, Nov.
18, 50/35 zone, fined $165;
Douglas M. Johnson, 63,
Tahoma, California, Nov.
12, 76/65 zone, fined $265;
Jacqueline Burns, 44, Mt.
Vernon, Oct. 3, 40/30 zone,
fined $95.
Driving uninsured: Pat-
rick E. Conrad, 32, Pendle-
ton, Oct. 22, fined $265.
Operating
without
required light: Kevin G.
Kimberling, 47, Prairie City,
Nov. 9, fined $165.
Failure to drive within
lane: Kathleen E. Lock-
wood, 67, Cordova, Tennes-
see, Nov. 7, fined $265.
Failure to carry proof of
compliance with financial
responsibility requirements:
Lewis A. Burdick, 58, Can-
yon City, Nov. 30, fined
$135.
Operating without proper
fenders: Marti Jo T. Bays,
47, Springfield, Nov. 21,
fined $165.
Failure to properly use
safety belt: Logan R. Bailey,
41, John Day, Nov. 20, fined
$115.
Use of cellphone while
driving: Jessica J Williams,
32, Harper, Nov. 26, fined
$265.
Exceeding length: Wil-
liam R. Crawford, 32, Spen-
cer, Tennessee, Nov. 23,
fined $115.
Careless Driving: Ron-
ald J. Martinelli, 52, Grants
Pass, Nov. 22, fined $440.
Tiffany R. Bryant was
ordered to pay a fine of $440
after a plea of no contest
on Dec. 18 for disorderly
conduct.
Frank A. Appiah was
ordered to pay a fine of $440
after a plea of no contest on
Dec. 18 for possessing a doe
with no tag outside.
Adam A. Young was
ordered to pay a fine of $115
after a plea of no contest on
Dec. 18 for violating travel
management agreement.
Dispatch
John
Day
dispatch
worked 84 calls during
the week of Dec. 16-19,
including:
• John Day Police
Department
Dec. 16: Responded to a
report of attempted forced
entry and dispute on South-
west Brent Street.
Dec. 17: James Cook Jr.,
29, of John Day was arrested
for harassment.
• Oregon State Police
Dec. 18: Advised of pigs
on Highway 26 near mile-
post 142.
Dec. 19: Received a
report of a noninjury crash
on Highway 26 near mile-
post 184.
• Grant County Sher-
iff’s Office
Dec. 16: Received a
report of theft on Park Ave-
nue in Seneca.
Dec. 16: Advised of cows
roaming loose in Mt. Vernon
on Ingle Street.
Dec. 16: Responded to
domestic abuse on Moon
Creek Lane.
Dec. 19: Advised of a car
in the river.
• John Day ambulance
Dec. 16: Dispatched for
an elderly woman not feel-
ing well on Northeast Sev-
enth Avenue.
Dec. 16: Dispatched for
an elderly man not feeling
well on Meacham Drive.
• Prairie City fire
Dec. 16: Notified of pos-
sible flue fire on East 12th
Street.
•
Long
Creek
ambulance
Dec. 16: Along with John
Day ambulance, responded
to a 15-year-old girl with
asthma.
and a happy New Year,
from all of us at
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you and yours a very
Merry Christmas.
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We wish you a
Merry Christmas!
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