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NEWS
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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COPS AND COURTS
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
Justice Court
The Grant County Justice
Court reported the following activ-
ity for the week ending Oct. 5:
Misdemeanor crimes fi led: 2
Violation crimes fi led: 2
Traffi c citations fi led: 34
Small claims/civil fi led: 2
Hearings held: 29
Cases on probation: 21
Driving while suspended or
revoked: John Michael Spencer,
21, Clayton, Washington, Sept.
4, fi ned $440; Travis Alexander
Palmer, 32, Mt. Vernon, Sept. 9,
fi ned $440.
Driving uninsured: Patrick
Lee Kinsey, 56, John Day, Sept.
4, fi ned $265; Travis Alexander
Palmer, 32, Mt. Vernon, Sept. 9,
fi ned $265; Matika Marie Long,
22, John Day, Sept. 11, fi ned $265;
Blake Ibarra, 30, Prairie City, Sept.
16, fi ned $265.
Failure to properly use safety
belts: Byron Luis Fairley, 30, Port-
land, Sept. 4, fi ned $90; Matika
Marie Long, 22, John Day, Sept.
11, fi ned $115; Joseph David Tir-
ico, 59, Mt. Vernon, Sept. 11, fi ned
$115; Trenton Michael Winegar,
17, Mt. Vernon, Sept. 12, fi ned
$115; Chadwick Butcher, 40, John
Day, Sept. 17, fi ned $115.
Violation of the basic rule:
Aaron Christopher Chappel, 18,
John Day, Aug. 17, 72/55 zone,
fi ned $115; Paula Jean Baker, 59,
Prairie City, Sept. 6, 72/55 zone,
fi ned $165; Chase Remington
McCoy, 37, Kuna, Idaho, Sept.
9, 75/55 zone, fi ned $165; Dylan
Malik-Asaad Jackson, 30, Port-
land, Sept. 13, 82/55 zone, fi ned
$265; Jed Jeff rey Abbot, 48, Bend,
Sept. 13, 75/55 zone, fi ned $165;
Beth Ellen Hattenberger, 55, Bend,
Sept. 18, 71/55 zone, fi ned $165;
Abigail Anna Teel, 32, Prairie
City, Sept. 29, 71/55 zone, fi ned
$165.
Exceeding speed limit: Kath-
leen Gallen O’Malley, 45, New-
port, Aug. 29, 84/65 zone, fi ned
$225; Maria De Puebla, 44, Ken-
newick, Washington, Sept. 2,
75/65 zone, fi ned $165; Antonio
Enrique Montero, 20, Eugene,
Sept. 7, 88/65 zone, fi ned $440;
Ridge C. McKinney, 33, Leba-
non, Sept. 9, 74/65 zone, fi ned
$165; Lacey Brianna Elliot, 27,
Bend, Sept. 10, 78/65 zone, fi ned
$265; Shawn William Buhle, 36,
Damascus, Sept. 11, 97/65 zone,
fi ned $440; Kyle Linn Cook,
50, John Day, Sept. 13, 92/65
zone, fi ned $440; James Michael
Faiman, 34, Salem, Sept. 15, 75/
unspecifi ed zone, fi ned $165; Sean
Levin-Pompetzki, 30, Prairie City,
Sept. 17, 50/35 zone, fi ned $165;
Deanna Joy Kelso, 55, Iowa Col-
ony, Texas, Sept. 17, 85/65 zone,
fi ned $265; Michael Janusz, 35,
Streamwood, Illinois, Sept. 17,
40/25 zone, fi ned $165; Christo-
pher Calfa, 60, Northport, New
York, Sept. 18, 80/55 zone, fi ned
$265; Gable Svenson Glerup, 43,
Bend, Sept. 19, 75/55, fi ned $165;
Austin James Leal, 31, Leba-
non, Sept. 22, 80/65, fi ned $165;
Mitchel James Swales, 66, Boisie,
Idaho, Sept. 22, 78/55, fi ned $225;
David George Welch, 70, Arvada,
Colorado, Sept. 22, 75/55, fi ned
$165; Kenzie Julie Pugh, 19, Sen-
eca, Sept. 26, 80/65, fi ned $265;
Roni Katy Hickerson, 43, Canyon
City, Sept. 26, 35 in a school zone,
fi ned $325; Charles Brent Jack-
son, 80, Meridian, Idaho, Sept. 29,
49/30 zone, fi ned $165.
Unlawful use of metal objects:
Cody Robert Combs, 22, Prairie
City, Sept. 2, fi ned $165.
Exceeding max weight limit:
Donald Hannen Jr., 65, Brookings,
Sept. 14, fi ned $300.
Hunting wildlife from a motor
vehicle: William R. Cade, Monu-
ment, Sept. 10, fi ned $440.
Failure to install ignition inter-
lock device: Fritz Michael Voigt,
41, Prairie City, July 24, fi ned
$440.
Possession of illegally taken
wildlife: Fritz Michael Voigt, 41,
Prairie City, July 24, fi ned $440.
Operating without proper fend-
ers: Matthew Jonathan Hinshaw,
41, Silverton, Sept. 6, fi ned $165.
Off -road vehicle on highway:
Steven Lee Bray, 55, Terrebonne,
Sept. 4, fi ned $265.
Oregon State Police
Sept. 20
11:42 a.m.: A hunter reported
accidentally shooting an antler-
less deer while archery hunting
in the Murderers Creek unit. The
deer was salvaged for donation to
the Grant County Food Bank and
the hunter was warned for unlaw-
ful take.
Sept. 21
2:26 p.m.: ODOT employee
reported a pole saw stolen while
using restroom at rest stop near
milepost 184 on Highway 26.
Employee heard a diesel truck pull
in and promptly leave.
Sept. 24
7:57 p.m.: Three hours after
dark, a vehicle pulled up to a wild-
life enforcement decoy and troop-
ers saw the passenger shoot at their
decoy deer with archery equip-
ment. Brook Adams Combs, 32,
North Powder, was charged with
unlawful take of buck deer and
exceeding bag limit. His bow was
seized as evidence.
10:21 p.m.: A couch fell out
of a pickup bed on Highway 26
near milepost 170 and was struck
by a 2000 Volkswagen Beetle.
The driver was uninjured, but
the vehicle caught fi re. John Day
and Prairie City fi re departments
responded to the scene. Gage Rob-
ert Shawn Lambeth, 22, was cited
for having an unsecured load.
Sept. 27
6:15 a.m.: A John Day resident
driving south on US 395C near
Seneca hit a horse that had run
into the roadway. The horse struck
the driver’s Jeep Cherokee on the
driver’s-side corner. The driver
was not injured, but the horse was
killed on impact.
9:52 a.m.: A buck deer was
reported by Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife near Mal-
heur Lumber Co., spotted with an
arrow lodged in its shoulder, feed-
ing and in capable condition. OSP
responded to assist, but the buck
could not be located.
9:31 p.m.: Responded to a
vehicle vs. elk crash near mile-
post 177 on Highway 26. The
driver salvaged the elk and was
instructed to obtain a salvage per-
mit and to surrender the head after
salvage.
Sept. 30
12:57 p.m.: A single motor-
cycle crash on Highway 26 near
milepost 81 near Wheeler resulted
in serious injury to the rider, Pat-
rick Wayne Harnish, 51, of Myr-
tle Creek. Harnish was thrown
from his Harley Davidson motor-
cycle and came to rest 297 feet
from the fi rst visible tire mark. He
was transported by air ambulance
to Bend.
10:13 p.m.: A Honda Civic
swerved to avoid a deer near
milepost 109 on State Route 19,
where it went down an embank-
ment, rolled and came to rest on its
top. The driver, Stephen Michael
Fuller, 69, of Kirkland, Washing-
ton, was not injured.
Dispatch
Grant County Dispatch worked
171 calls during the week ending
Oct. 5, including:
• Grant County Sheriff ’s
Offi ce
Sept. 28
7:02 a.m.: Olle L. Starnes, 52,
John Day, arrested for harassment
at an address on Highway 26 west
of John Day.
2:44 p.m.: Arrested Scott L.
Lee, 29, of John Day on Grant
County warrant on West Main
Street, John Day.
Sept. 29
7:23 a.m.: Arrested Jacob
Boots Luce, 28, on Texas fugitive
warrant at Budget 8 Motel, John
Day.
12:39 p.m.: Dispatched with
Oregon State Police, John Day
Ambulance and John Day Fire to
two-vehicle accident near Grant
Union High School with unknown
injuries.
1:59 p.m.: Responded to report
of a calf in backyard on Ingle
Street, Mt. Vernon.
8:17 p.m.: Received 911 report
of shot fi red, North Johnson Street,
Prairie City.
8:49 p.m.: Investigated report
of verbal domestic at Maple Street,
Granite.
9:05 p.m.: With Oregon State
Police, investigated missing per-
son report at North Washington
Street, Prairie City. Person located.
Sept. 30
11:10 a.m.: Responded to report
of theft at Dollar General, John Day.
3:55 p.m.: Responded to harass-
ment complaint at Mountain Boule-
vard, Mt. Vernon
10:04 p.m. Advised of cougar
sighting on Patterson Drive, John
Day.
Oct. 1
5:40 a.m.: Advised of verbal
domestic at Mountain Boulevard,
Mt. Vernon.
2:25 p.m.: Received report of
stolen trailer at Fields Creek Road,
milepost 4.
6:58 p.m.: Received report of
civil issue at Mountain Boulevard,
Mt. Vernon.
Oct. 2
9:30 a.m.: Responded to John
Day Trailer Park. Natasha Guy, 47,
of John Day cited for theft.
2:48 p.m.: Advised of complaint
of animal abuse on Hillcrest Drive,
John Day.
3:56 p.m.: Advised of civil
problem, Mountain Boulevard, Mt.
Vernon.
4:02 p.m.: Advised of civil
problem, Mountain Boulevard, Mt.
Vernon.
6:37 p.m.: Arrested Gene Robert
Norland Jr., 39, of John Day on Mal-
heur County felony warrant at East
Main Street, John Day.
11:20 p.m.: Responded to report
of shots fi red at South Johnson
Street, Prairie City.
Oct. 3
9:23 a.m.: Cited Garrity E.
O’Crowley, 40, of Diamond for
speeding on Highway 26, mile-
post 163.
3:51 p.m.: Responded to civil
issue at Mountain Boulevard,
Mt. Vernon. Debra L Shawn,
62, arrested for second-degree
trespassing.
Oct. 4
4:14 p.m.: Advised of assault at
Mountain Boulevard, Mt. Vernon.
8:48 p.m.: Advised of restrain-
ing order violation at Southwest
Brent Drive, John Day.
8:56 p.m.: Advised of possi-
ble abandoned camp on the 2090
Road, Middle Fork John Day
River.
Oct. 5
5:47 a.m.: Advised of bear
sighting on West Franklin Avenue,
Dayville.
8:43 a.m.: Advised of restrain-
ing order violation at Soutwest
Brent Drive, John Day.
12:40 p.m.: Arrested Amanda
Wright, 43, of Canyon City on
multiple warrants at North Hum-
bolt Street, Canyon City.
1:33 p.m.: Advised of fraud
at South Humbolt Street, Canyon
City.
1:57 p.m.: Received commer-
cial burglar alarm at Bank of East-
ern Oregon.
4:13 p.m.: With Oregon State
Police, arrested Bruce McMas-
ter, 53, of John Day for restraining
order violation at Len’s Pharmacy.
5:12 p.m.: Responded to
non-injury vehicle vs. deer crash
at Highway 26, milepost 157.
5:17 p.m.: Advised of restrain-
ing order violation at Southwest
Brent Drive, John Day.
• Oregon State Police
Sept. 30
9:24 a.m.: Dispatch assisted
OSP in fi nding owner of loose
horses on Highway 26 near mile-
post 139.
10:05 p.m.: Advised of non-in-
jury accident on Highway 19,
milepost 109.
11:43 p.m.: Advised of dead
elk in center of Highway 395
North.
• Oregon Department of
Transportation
Oct. 5
2:25 p.m.: Advised of tree
across Highway 402, milepost 25.
• Dispatch
Oct. 5
3:24 p.m.: Received report of
911 outage in Pilot Rock.
• John Day Ambulance
Sept. 28
8:55 a.m.: Responded to
female not well at Valley View
Assisted Living.
Sept. 29
2:15 p.m.: Dispatched to
elderly man with breathing diffi -
culty on Bragga Way.
6:41 p.m.: Dispatched to
female with chest pain along High-
way 26 between John Day and Mt.
Vernon.
Sept. 30
12:52 p.m.: Responded to acci-
dent on Highway 26 at Antone
Road, along with Grant County
Sheriff ’s Offi ce, Oregon State
Police and Dayville Fire.
Oct. 1
10:13 a.m.: Dispatched to West
Main Street for 88-year-old female
with diffi culty breathing.
8:54 p.m.: Responded to
53-year-old male having diabetic
issue, North Humbolt Street.
11:16 p.m.: Responded, with
Seneca Ambulance, for 70-year-
old female with complications
from hip surgery on Izee-Paulina
Highway.
Oct. 5
4:39 p.m.: Responded to report
of 83-year-old female who fell at
West Main Street.
8:45 p.m.: Advised of vehicle
vs. deer accident at Canyon Creek.
• Prairie City Ambulance
Sept. 28
10:51 a.m.: Prairie City and
John Day Ambulance dispatched
to PC Motors and Cycles in
response to report of a man who hit
his head.
• Prairie City Fire Department
Sept. 29
1:15 p.m.: Assisted with noise
parade.
• Seneca Fire Department
Sept. 28
2:30 p.m.: Dispatched to fi re
alarm at Barnes Avenue.
• Dayville Fire Department
Sept. 28
4:16 p.m.:
Dayville
Fire
Department and Grant County
Sheriff ’s Offi ce dispatched to grass
fi re at Highway 26, Dayville.
• John Day Public Works
Sept. 28
4:38 p.m.: Dispatched to report
of broken manhole cover at Fergu-
son Road.
•
Mt.
Vernon
Fire
Department
Sept. 28
5:49 p.m.: Dispatched along
with Grant County Sheriff ’s Offi ce
and Oregon Trail Electric Co-op to
a tree on fi re near power lines at
East Main Street, Mt. Vernon.
• John Day Rural Fire
Department
Sept. 30
5:00 p.m.: Responded to report
of illegal burning on Highway
395C between mileposts 3 and 4.
• John Day Fire Department
Oct. 2
12:47 p.m.: Responded to
commercial fi re alarm at Patterson
Bridge Road.
• U.S. Forest Service
Oct. 4
6:03 p.m.: Advised of forest
fi re at Indian Rock Lookout.