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Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Driver killed in crash near Mt. Vernon
Blue Mountain Eagle
A driver was killed in a sin-
gle-vehicle crash on Highway
26 just west of Mt. Vernon on
Thursday, Oct. 14.
The crash happened about
a mile west of town shortly
before 8 a.m. on Thursday.
According to the Oregon
State Police, a Toyota Prius
was traveling east on the high-
way when it drifted off the
road, went out of control and
crashed into a concrete bridge
structure near milepost 152.
The driver, Janet Nevels,
73, of Garden Valley, Idaho,
suff ered severe injuries and
was pronounced dead, OSP
said in a news release Friday
afternoon.
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The highway was closed
for about an hour.
Emergency crews from
multiple agencies responded.
OSP was assisted by the
Grant County Sheriff ’s Offi ce,
John Day Police Depart-
ment, Blue Mountain EMTs,
Mt. Vernon Fire Department
and Oregon Department of
Transportation.
A tow truck
prepares to
transport a
car damaged
in a single-ve-
hicle crash on
Highway 26
near Mt. Ver-
non Thursday
morning.
COPS AND COURTS
Grant County Circuit
Court
Oct. 8: Christopher Ryan
Hoppe, 38, of John Day
pleaded guilty to one felony
count of felon in possession
of a fi rearm and one misde-
meanor count of second-de-
gree disorderly conduct stem-
ming from a July 16 incident.
Hoppe was sentenced to three
years of supervised proba-
tion, 80 hours of community
service or work crew time
and 30 days in jail on the fi rst
count and 18 months of super-
vised probation and 20 hours
of community service or work
crew time on the second. He
was also ordered to pay a
$200 fi ne. A charge of reckless
endangerment was dismissed.
Oct. 8: Tyler Dehiya, 28,
of John Day was found guilty
of two counts of probation
violation for failure to report
and one count of contempt of
court. He was ordered to serve
15 days in jail and pay $50 in
probation violation fees.
Oct. 11: Tiff any Rose
Sanders, 36, of Redmond
pleaded guilty to driving
under the infl uence of intox-
icants in connection with an
incident that occurred in Grant
County on Jan. 19, 2020. A
count of methamphetamine
possession was dismissed.
Sanders was sentenced to 18
months of supervised proba-
tion, 80 hours of community
service or work crew time and
20 days in jail, with credit for
time served. She was ordered
to complete the Victim Impact
Panel program, obtain a sub-
stance abuse assessment, enter
a substance abuse treatment
program if advised to do so,
not possess intoxicants and
stay out of bars and liquor
stores. In addition, her driver’s
license was revoked for life.
Grant County Sheriff
The Grant County Sheriff ’s
Offi ce reported the following
for the week ending Oct. 13:
Concealed
handgun
licenses: 6
Average inmates: 13
Bookings: 7
Releases: 6
Arrests: 1
Citations: 0
Fingerprints: 2
Civil papers: 21
Warrants processed: 8
Asst./welfare check: 0
Search and rescue: 1
ing under infl uence of alcohol
and speeding.
Oct. 12: Shortly after
6:30 p.m., a trooper met with
a male subject in Mt. Vernon
who had been contacted ear-
lier in the day by Oregon State
Police and Grant County Sher-
iff ’s Offi ce personnel during
the execution of two search
warrants in the area. The man
surrendered a pistol that he
had recovered from another
male subject. A records check
determined the pistol had been
reported as stolen.
Oct. 13: A trooper
responded at about 3 p.m. to
reports of a reckless driver in
a truck on Highway 26 and
found the truck parked along
the highway in Prairie City.
The driver refused to take fi eld
sobriety tests and refused to
get out of the truck when told
he was under arrest. He was
then removed from the truck
and taken into custody with-
out further incident. A breath
test reportedly measured his
blood alcohol level at 0.20%.
Michael Keith Waddell, 64,
was charged with driving
under the infl uence of alcohol
and reckless driving.
Oct. 13: A trooper
responded to Malheur Lum-
ber in John Day for reports of
an accident involving a crane.
The trooper determined the
crane had struck a high-volt-
age power line and the oper-
ator was injured when one of
the vehicle’s large rear tires
exploded. The operator’s
age was given as 46, but the
trooper was unable to con-
fi rm the man’s identity before
he was transported from the
scene by medical personnel.
Oct. 14: Just before 8 a.m.,
a trooper responded to reports
of a single-vehicle crash just
west of Mt. Vernon on High-
way 26. The vehicle had gone
off the road and struck a con-
crete bridge support. The
driver, Janet Jarman Nevels,
73, of Garden Home, Idaho,
was pronounced dead at the
scene.
Justice Court
• Violation of basic rule:-
David Michael Kaufman,
30, Cottage Grove, Sept. 23,
81/55 zone, fi ned $200; Jesse
W. Porter, 21, Bend, Sept. 17,
86/55 zone, fi ned $440; Ken-
neth C. Hutchison, 52, Seat-
tle, Sept. 22, 73/55 zone, fi ned
$165; Tanner Michael Byers,
24, The Dalles, Oct. 1, 73/55
zone, fi ned $165.
• Exceeding speed limit:
Cody Aaron Williams, 29,
Hines, Sept. 18, 80/65 zone,
fi ned $265; Sherry Lee Ann
Nye, 42, Payette, Idaho, Sept.
19, 52/35 zone, fi ned $265.
• Driving uninsured: Ste-
ven Mathew Warrington,
32, John Day, Sept. 10,
fi ned $265; Rebecca Deanna
Weimer, 29, La Grande, Sept.
14, fi ned $265; Joshua Rob-
inson, 32, Bellevue, Wash-
ington, Sept. 15, fi ned $265;
Shawn Colman Kite, 53, Prai-
rie City, Sept. 12, fi ned $265;
Amos David Hoyt, 43, Union,
Sept. 20, fi ned $265.
• Driving while suspended:
Rebecca Deanna Weimer, 29,
La Grande, Sept. 14, fi ned
$440; Shawn Colman Kite,
53, Prairie City, Sept. 12, fi ned
$440.
• Careless driving caus-
ing an accident: Joshua Rob-
inson, 32, Bellevue, Washing-
ton, Sept. 15, fi ned $440.
• Residential use of an RV:
Spencer Edward Leifheit,
45, Mt. Vernon, Oct. 7, fi ned
$100.
• Failure to install igni-
tion interlock device: Charles
Edwin Ames, 62, Cottage
Grove, Sept. 22, fi ned $440.
• No operator’s license:
Steven Mathew Warrington,
32, John Day, Sept. 10, fi ned
$440.
Dispatch
Oct. 9: Responded to a
reported theft at the Subway
restaurant.
Oct. 12: Responded to
a noise complaint on Main
Street.
• Oregon State Police
Oct. 8: responded to a
report of illegal hunting in
Greenhorn.
Oct. 8: Responded to a
complaint of illegal hunting
in Spray.
Oct. 8: Advised of cattle in
the roadway on Highway 26
near milepost 134.
Oct. 14: Advised of a dead
deer on Highway 26 near
milepost 141.
• Grant County Sheriff ’s
Offi ce
Oct. 8: Responded to a
pickup on fi re on Fields Creek
Road. The Dayville Fire
Department and U.S. Forest
Service also responded.
Oct. 8: Responded along
with John Day Ambulance to
a motor vehicle accident with
injuries on Highway 395 C.
Oct. 8: Arrested Jeremiah
James Alsop, 30, of John Day
on a Grant County warrant.
Oct. 8: Responded to a
report of a possible domes-
tic dispute on Cottonwood
Street.
Oct. 9: Responded to a
driving complaint at Austin
junction.
Oct. 9: Responded to an
animal complaint on High-
way 395 B.
Oct. 10: Responded to an
animal complaint on School-
house Lane.
Oct. 10: Responded to an
animal complaint in Long
Creek.
Oct. 10: Responded to
report of suspicious circum-
stances on Dog Creek Road.
Oct. 11: Advised of a theft
on Mountain Boulevard.
Oct. 11: Responded to a
report of a cow struck by a
vehicle on Highway 26 near
milepost 187.
Oct. 12: Responded to a
report of theft of services at
Triangle Mini Mart.
Oct. 12: Arrested Devin
R. Seaters, 22, of Caldwell,
Idaho, on an Idaho warrant.
Oct. 13: Responded to
a civil issue on Mountain
Boulevard.
Oct. 14: Dispatched to
West Main Street for a sus-
picious
circumstances
complaint.
Oct. 14: Dispatched to
Highway 126 near mile-
post 152 for a motor vehicle
accident.
Oct. 14: Responded to a
report of property damage at
Dreamers Lodge in John Day.
Oct. 14: Responded to a
complaint of a loud noise on
Washington Street.
Oct. 15: Stopped and
warned a driver for having an
unsecured load on Highway
26 near the mill.
• John Day Fire
Oct. 11: Provided assis-
tance with a bonfi re at Grant
Union High School.
• John Day Ambulance
Oct. 8: Responded to a
call regarding an 87-year-
old woman at a Main Street
address.
Oct. 8: Responded to Hum-
bolt Street for a 91-year-old
woman with rapid pulse, high
blood pressure and chest pains.
Oct. 8: Responded to
Grant Union High School for
a 17-year-old male with rib
pain.
Oct. 9: Dispatched to West
Main Street for an 82-year-
old who fell.
Oct. 10: Responded to West
Main Street for a 65-year-old
woman with chest pains and
lightheadedness.
Oct. 13: Responded for a
possible stroke on Highway
395.
Oct. 13: Responded to a
motor vehicle accident on the
2150 road.
Oct. 13: Responded to
Dayton Street for a fall.
Oct. 15: Responded to
West Bench Road for a male
who fell off a roof.
• Prairie City Ambulance
Oct. 14: Responded for a
patient transfer at the John
Day Airport.
Oct. 14: Responded to
McCallum Avenue for a med-
ical call.
Oct. 14: responded to Fifth
Street for a medical call.
• Long Creek Ambulance
Oct. 10: Responded to
Main Street for a medical
call.
Oct. 12: responded to
Highway 395 for a medical
call.
Oct. 12: Responded with
John Day Ambulance to
Welch Campground for a
report fo a male needing
assistance.
• Canyon City Fire
Responded to Adams
Road for an illegal burning
complaint.
• Mt. Vernon Fire
Oct. 15: Responded with
Oregon Department of For-
estry to a grass fi re on Lay-
cock Creek Road.
• Long Creek Fire
Oct. 10: Responded to an
electrical fi re on Main Street.
John Day dispatch worked
169 calls during the week of
Oct. 8-15, including:
• John Day Police
Department
Oct. 8: Responded to a
report of an SUV that drove
away from the Leathers fi ll-
ing station with a gas hose
still attached to the vehicle.
Oct. 9: Responded to a
report of an intoxicated per-
son at Highway 26 and
Lacosta.
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Arrests and citations in
the Blue Mountain Eagle are
taken from the logs of law
enforcement agencies. Every
eff ort is made to report the
court disposition of arrest
cases.
Oregon State Police
Oct. 10: A trooper stopped
a white Ford Ranger pickup
shortly after 1 a.m. for speed-
ing on Highway 26 east of
John Day after reportedly
clocking the vehicle at 80 mph
in a 65 mph zone. After fi eld
sobriety tests, the driver was
taken to the Grant County Jail,
where a breath test reportedly
measured his blood alcohol
level at 0.17%. Rodger Wayne
Wright, 48, was cited for driv-
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