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Wednesday, May 13, 2020
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Two men charged for multiple
poaching violations in Grant County
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Contributed photo/Oregon State Police
A 63-year-old Kennewick man died in a motorcycle crash Satur-
day near Kimberly.
Kennewick man dies
in motorcycle crash
Saturday near Kimberly
Blue Mountain Eagle
A 63-year-old Kennewick
man died in a motorcycle
crash near Kimberly Saturday.
Oregon State Police troop-
ers and emergency personnel
responded to the crash near
milepost 2 on Highway 402 at
about 4 p.m. Saturday, accord-
ing to an OSP press release.
Preliminary investigation
revealed that a Harley-David-
son motorcycle, operated by
Robert Julian of Kennewick,
was traveling northbound
when it left the road, traveled
down an embankment and into
the John Day River, according
to OSP.
Julian was pulled from
the river by his riding com-
panions. John Day and Mon-
ument ambulance personnel
attempted lifesaving efforts,
but Julian sustained fatal
injuries and was pronounced
deceased.
Oregon State Police was
assisted by the Grant County
Sheriff’s Office and Oregon
Department of Transportation.
Two Grant County men have
been charged with multiple poaching
violations.
Auston Catron, 18, of John Day was
charged with unlawful taking of an
antelope and waste of a game mam-
mal, and Jonas Waite, 19, of Grant
County was charged with aiding in the
unlawful take of an antelope and aid-
ing in the waste of a big game animal,
according to an Oregon State Police
press release.
On April 16, OSP troopers from
the John Day Worksite assisted John
Day Police Department with the exe-
cution of a search warrant at a local
residence regarding an ongoing theft
investigation involving Catron. Catron
was booked into the Grant County Jail
April 16 on theft and other charges,
according to the jail roster, but no pub-
lic charges have been filed against him
yet in Grant County Circuit Court.
During the warrant service, a prong-
horn buck skull was observed near an
outbuilding of the residence, and that
information was forwarded to OSP
Fish & Wildlife troopers, according to
OSP.
Troopers executed a search war-
rant at Catron’s residence on April 28.
During the service, they located the
pronghorn buck skull, six buck deer
skulls and a bull elk skull, all of which
were seized as evidence, and Waite was
identified as another suspect, accord-
ing to OSP.
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Contributed photo/Oregon State Police
Two Grant County men were arrested in connection to unlawful taking of wildlife in
Grant County.
Troopers learned that, during the
fall of 2019, Catron unlawfully shot
the antelope buck from a motor vehi-
cle while Waite assisted in the Mur-
derers Creek Management Unit, and
after shooting and killing the antelope,
Catron and Waite removed the head and
skull and left the rest of the animal to
waste, according to OSP.
Additionally, neither Catron nor
Waite possessed a 2019 antelope tag,
which is required in order to hunt for
or take antelope. Further information
revealed that Catron and Waite were
also involved in the unlawful killing of
multiple deer over the past two years
as well as Waite’s unlawful killing of a
golden eagle, according to OSP.
Waite’s rifle, a .22-250, was identi-
fied as the weapon used in the taking and
was subsequently seized as evidence,
according to OSP. Additional charges
will be forwarded for consideration.
According to Oregon State Police
Fish & Wildlife Division Sgt. Erich
Timko, only 54 antelope tags are avail-
able in the Murderers Creek unit for the
2020 big game season, and typically, it
takes an Oregon resident approximately
10 years to successfully draw the tag.
OTEC to hold 2020 annual
membership meeting virtually
Blue Mountain Eagle
Due to concern for the health and well-be-
ing of its member-owners during the COVID-
19 pandemic and following federal and state
guidelines barring gatherings of large groups,
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative’s 2020
annual meeting, scheduled for Saturday, May
30, will be held virtually at 10:30 a.m.
The OTEC board president will pre-
side at the meeting and conduct business as
necessary.
Three positions on the OTEC board of
directors are up for election. Candidates for
position 1, Union County, are incumbent
George Galloway and Cory Miller. Candi-
dates for position 2, Baker County, are incum-
bent Aletha Bonebrake and Tamrya Keller.
Candidates for position 3, Harney County, are
incumbent Robert Cargill and Laurie Draper.
All candidates are running to serve a
three-year term.
Watch for election ballots in the mail and
return using the prepaid colored envelope by
May 22. As instructed on your ballot, place
your ballot inside the inner envelope marked
Ballot Secrecy Envelope. Place that envelope
inside the prepaid colored envelope and make
sure the colored envelope is signed and sealed.
Ballots can also be dropped off at the secure
drop boxes located at the local OTEC office no
later than May 29 or at OTEC headquarters in
Baker City on May 30 before 10 a.m.
Members voting by mail will be entered to
win a $500 energy credit.
Details on how to view the annual meet-
ing virtually will be announced in the com-
ing weeks. Visit otec.coop/annual-meet-
ingboard-elections for updates and more
information, or call OTEC’s communications
office at 541-524-2858 or email communica-
tions@otecc.com.
COPS AND COURTS
Fingerprints: 0
Civil papers: 2
Warrants processed: 0
Assistance/Welfare check:
0
Search and Rescue: 1
Dispatch
Grant County Sheriff
The Grant County Sher-
iff’s Office reported the fol-
lowing for the week of May
6:
Concealed
handgun
licenses: 5
Average inmates: 9
Bookings: 2
Releases: 3
Arrests: 1
Citations: 0
John Day dispatch worked
103 calls during the week of
May 4-10, including:
• John Day Police
Department
May 5: Benjamin K.
Yocum, 20, of Crooked River
Ranch was cited for driving
uninsured.
May 7: Received a report
of a noninjury crash on West
Main Street.
May 9: Received a report
of harassment on Southwest
Brent Drive.
May 9: Received a report
of theft on Southwest Brent
Drive.
• Oregon State Police
May 6: Received a live-
stock complaint of calves on
the roadway on Highway 26
in Dayville.
May 7: Along with Long
Creek ambulance, responded
to a semi-truck crash on
Highway 395.
May 7: Received a report
of a black and white cow on
the road on Highway 26
May 10: Along with
JDPD, Seneca ambulance
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man that fell on Spring Road.
May 7: Dispatched for a
woman with chest pain and
difficulty breathing on North
Johnson Avenue.
May 10: Responded to an
81-year-old woman on East
Main Street.
• John Day fire
May 10: Responded to a
report of a possible brush fire
on Marysville Lane. It was an
unreported, controlled burn.
• Long Creek ambulance
May 8: Along with John
Day ambulance, dispatched
for a man with a nose bleed
that would not stop on Sec-
ond Street.
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of criminal mischief on Ingle
Street.
May 7: Received a report
of criminal mischief on North
Humbolt Street.
May 9: Received a report
of theft on Wilson Street.
• John Day ambulance
May 4: Responded to a
77-year-old man who had lost
consciousness on Southwest
First Avenue.
May 5: Responded to an
80-year-old man on Eastside
Lane.
May 5: Dispatched for an
unresponsive elderly woman
on Northwest Charolais
Heights.
May 7: Along with Seneca
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and John Day ambulance,
responded to a single-vehi-
cle crash near Silvies Resort.
• Grant County Sheriff’s
Office
May 4: Received a report
of fraud in Long Creek.
May 4: Received a report
of shots fired on Carpenter
Pond Road.
May 4: Received a report
of a domestic dispute on Sec-
ond Street.
May 4: Received a report
of burglary on Red Boy
Road.
May 5: Received a report
of a noninjury crash on
Adams Road.
May 5: Received a report
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