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FO U R - Heppnef Gazette-Tim es, Heppner, O regon W ednesday, July 9,1997 Sheriff's Report MCSO received a report of a loud radio and three or four- wheeler tearing up a road at Ridgecrest Lane. The Morrow County ShenfFs office (MCSO) received and re June 14: MCSO received a re sponded to the following calls or port of a suspicious vehicle, be referred them to another agency lieved to be gang-related, at during the past three weeks: Boardman Foods; MCSO received a report of an June 10: MCSO received a re unwanted subject at a home; port of two shots believed to be Morrow County deputy and the fired across the street from the Columbia Junior High School in Boardm an Police Dept, r e sponded to a report of a stolen Imgon; MCSO received a report of a vehicle; MCSO dispatched to the window shot with a pellet gun at Boardman Police Dept, a request a residence in Imgon; MCSO received a report of a to check on a vehicle parked near silent panic alarm at the Bank of the BP station for over a week; Morrow County deputy re Eastern Oregon in Arlington. It was a false alarm; I sponded to a report of a woman MCSO dispatched to the Or down. CPR was started and the egon State Police a report of a patient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in motor home disabled; MCSO received a report of Hermiston. The woman was dead screaming and yelling and bruises on amval; MCSO dispatched to the previously seen on a child, and a request for a welfare check on the Boardman Police Dept, a report of a neighbor making noise; child; MCSO received a report o f Morrow County deputy cited a woman at a residence for main pigs out at East Kunze in Board- taining a dog as a public nuisance; man; MCSO dispatched to the MCSO dispatched to the Mor row County Behavioral Health a Boardman Police Dept, a report problem with medications in of a 911 call in Boardman. The Boardman. The MCBH and the person hung up but the call was Boardm an Police Dept, re traced; MCSO dispatched to the Hepp sponded. June 11: M orrow County ner Police Dept, and the City of deputy and the Boardman Police Heppner a report of a broken wa Dept, responded to a domestic ter main between the BP station and Northwestern Motel; dispute in progress; MCSO received a report of MCSO dispatched to the Hepp- ner Police Dept, a report of sus cattle found on Depot Lane in Ir- picious circumstances at a resi ngon; MCSO dispatched to the City dence in Heppner. All was okay; A missingjuvenile was discov of Irrigon a report of a sewage ered working at the U.S. Forest tank leaking at the Riverview Mobile Park in Irrigon; Service in Heppner; MCSO received a report of MCSO received a report of a dogs chasing livestock and kill pipe stolen from Eastern Oregon ing another dog in Imgon; Farm in Imgon; MCSO received a report of a MCSO received a request for an extra patrol on the Old High male with red marks on his /ace way 730 near 7th Street West and lying in the A.C. Houghton El ementary School yard in Board- the fish hatchery in Imgon; MCSO dispatched to the man; MCSO received a report of two Boardman Police Dept, a report that the ballpark concession stand men with a gun allegedly threat at Boardman Manna Park was- ening to’kill a woman at the Irri broken into. $75-$100 was taken; gon Mobile Court; MCSO dispatched to the MCSO dispatched to the Or egon State Police a report of a Boardman Police Dept, a report disabled vehicle at the Highway of a car running stop signs and 730 and 1-84 junction; driving carelessly in Boardman. MCSO received a report of a June 15: MCSO received a re violation of a restraining order in port of a man assaulted in Lex Irrigon: ington; MCSO received a report of a MCSO dispatched to the cow out on W ilson Road in Boardman Police Dept, a report Boardman; of a four month pregnant woman MCSO responded to a large hit and kicked in the stomach by group of gang members fighting her boyfriend. Reportedly, doctor in a back parking lot of Outback did not believe he could save the Apts, in Boardman. It turned out child. Hugo Pacheco was arrested to be just a large gathering and for Assault II and a MCSO war no fight; rant for Failure to Pay Fine/Driv- MCSO dispatched to the Or ing While License Suspended. He egon State Police a report of a was lodged at the U m atilla disabled vehicle at 1-84 east- County Jail; bound, milepost 132; MCSO dispatched to the MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Fire Dept, a report of Boardman Police Dept, a report a field fire. It turned out to^be a of a 14 year old who vandalized controlled bum; a basketball net at the Outback MCSO dispatched to the City Apts, in Boardman, then wouldn’t of Heppner a report of water run leave the premises; ning near the new swimming MCSO dispatched to the pool; Boardman Police Dept, a report MCSO dispatched to the of a car broken into at Lamb Boardman Police Dept, a report Weston in Boardman; of a suicidal woman at the Board- MCSO received a report of a man Marina Park. The woman suspicious vehicle at Depot Lane had attempted suicide previously; in Imgon; . MCSO received a report of a MCSO dispatched to the possible stolen boat at Penland Boardman Police Dept, a report Lake. The deputy was unable to of a residence in Boardman that locate; was broken into on Anderson MCSO dispatched to the Lane. A pistol and VCR were Boardman Police Dept, a report taken. of a window broken out in a car June 12: MCSO received a re at Boardman; quest for a deputy for a 17 year MCSO dispatched to the old girl out of control in Imgon; Boardman Police Dept, a report MCSO received a report of a of motorcycles stirring up dust so lost cell phone at Taggares Farms bad behind the Nomad Restaurant in Boardman; that drivers couldn’t see Main MCSO dispatched to the Street; Boardman Police Dept, a report MCSO dispatched to the of a loud party at the Sandpiper Boardman Police Dept, a report Apts, in Boardman; of a pistol stolen from a residence MCSO and the Boardman Po in Boardman; lice Dept, responded to a resi MCSO received a report of a dence in Boardman for a woman civil dispute over a trailer being that may have been assaulted; moved; MCSO received a report o f MCSO received a report of a sheep out and causing damage in woman who had head-butted an Imgon; other woman in the face after the MCSO received a request for first woman had a verbal confron a welfare check for a man in Irri tation with the second woman’s gon* daughter; MCSO received a report of a MCSO received a report o f a residence broken into with a man bitten by a dog; forced entry and items missing in MCSO dispatched to the Rufus Imgon; Fire Dept, and the Sherm an MCSO received a report o f County Sheriffs office a report possible abuse of an anonymous of a body in the Columbia River woman in Irrigon. The woman between Biggs and Rufus; was reported to have been hit with MCSO received a report of a a fist by her husband; disabled boat across from Patterson Ferry in the slough; MCSO received a report that people had put trash in a neighbor’s yard in Imgon; MCSO received a report of a case of dynamite caps discovered at Little Butter Creek in Heppner. June 16: M orrow County deputy and the Boardman Police Dept, responded to a report of a woman assaulted by a man at the Outback Apts, in Boardman. They were unable to locate the suspect; MCSO received a report of a window broken out of a vehicle at the Pettyjohn Office Building in Heppner. MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a request for a standby to accompany a woman to her apartm ent. Humberto Garcia, 30, of Board- man, was arrested on charges of Assault IV; MCSO received a request for a deputy at Imgon Marina. Kids were reported to be hanging around the boats; MCSO received a report of an erratic driver on 1-84 eastbound, milepost 100; MCSO received a report o f tires stolen from a porch in Lex ington; MCSO received a request for a tow truck at the Boardman BP station; MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a report of parties at the Wilson Road Trailer Park in Boardman. June 17: MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a re port of kids throwing rocks in a parking lot; MCSO deputy and the Board- man Police Dept, responded to a report of an assault at the Outback Apts. Hum berto G arcia, 30, Boardman, was arrested for Con tempt of Court/Violation of Sen tence Release Agreement of No Contact with Victim and No Drinking. Garcia was lodged at the Umatilla County Sheriff s of fice; MCSO deputy and the Hepp ner Police Dept, responded to a burglar alarm at Miller’s Mini- Mart in Heppner. All was secure; Oregon State Police, Board- man Police Dept, and ambulance responded to a single vehicle rollover on 1-84 eastbound, mile post 157. It was a non-blocking accident. One injured patient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermis ton; Boardman Police Dept, re sponded to a residence in Board- man where there was a dog fight and then the owners of the dogs began fighting. Jimmy Meachum, parked downtown at Heppner; MCSO deputy responded to a report of a prowler at a residence in Irrigon. June 18: MCSO received a re port of a disabled pickup with both right tires flat; MCSO received a report that a cell phone lost at Taggares Farms had been found; MCSO received a request for an extra watch at the Morrow County Fairgrounds; MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a report of a male subject turning his pit bull loose to fight with another dog; MCSO reported an attempted escape by Humberto Garcia while a deputy was preparing to trans port him. Garcia was chained and transported to the Franklin County Jail; MCSO received a request for a deputy for a civil problem be tween a woman and her grand children in Imgon; MCSO received a report from a woman in Irrigon received un wanted calls and who believed them to be from her ex-husband; MCSO received a report from an 18 year old in lone who said his parents threatened him and he wanted to leave the residence; MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Fire Dept, a report of a home at Frontier Trailer Court in Boardman on fire. It turned out to be a backyard barbecue; MCSO received a report of a woman in Irrigon who received phone threats; MCSO received a report of a vehicle sitting in the middle of Wilson Road in Boardman with its flashers on; MCSO received a report of an on-going problem with loud mu sic at a residence in Boardman. June 19: MCSO received a re quest for a building check for a suspicious noise at the Nomad in 42, was charged with Assault IV; MCSO dispatched to the Ar lington ambulance and Life Flight a report of a juvenile who had been pulling rye at Phillipi Bluff by 1-84 who fell off the bluff to ward the freeway; MCSO received a report of sus picious mail at a residence in Ir- ngon; MCSO dispatched to the Hepp ner ambulance a request for an ambulance for a person with an allergic reaction at Murray Drugs in Heppner. The patient was transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner; MCSO deputy reported a dis abled vehicle on the Bombing Range and Holmstead roads. The people were given a ride to Boardman; MCSO dispatched to the Or egon State Police a report of a suspicious pickup with a boat in the Pasco area that was registered to a former Heppner area resident; MCSO received a report of a stolen dog in Imgon; MCSO received a request for a deputy in Imgon during a re possession; MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a report of tenants at Wilson Trailer Court killing chickens, plucking them and leaving feathers all over the ground; MCSO dispatched to the Hepp ner Police Dept, a report of chil dren taunting a dog that was tied up at a residence in Heppner; MCSO deputy, Boardman Po lice Dept, and Blue Mountain Narcotics Team (BENT) arrested Jorge Salvador Preciado-Alonso, 20, Possession of a Controlled Substance-m etham phetam ine and Distribution of a Controlled Substance-methamphetamine. Preciado-Alonso was lodged at the Umatilla County Sheriffs of fice jail with a $20,000 bail; MCSO dispatched to the Hepp ner Police Dept, a report from a woman in lone who reported her cell phone was stolen while Boardman; Boardman Police Dept, ar rested Craig S. Moseley, 36, for Manufacturing a Controlled Sub stance. Moseley was cited and released; MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a report o f a pit bull running loose in Boardman; MCSO received a report of a disabled vehicle at the Port of Morrow off-ramp. June 20: MCSO received a re port of a suspicious man at the BP station in Imgon; MQSO, Boardman Police and Fire depts. responded to a con trolled bum in Boardman that got out of control and burned a car; MCSO received a report of two men (one with a prior drug his tory) with three children at a resi dence in Irrigon; Boardman Police Dept, ar rested Cheryl L. Whitehead, 37, on charges of Failure to Appear/ Possession of a Controlled Sub stance; MCSO dispatched to the lone Emergency Medical Technicians and the Heppner ambulance a re port of a woman having trouble breathing in lone. June 21: MCSO received a re port of a restraining order viola tion in Imgon; MCSO received a report of a man with a head injury who re portedly had been assaulted at the Riverview Trailer Court in Irri gon; MCSO received a report of dogs chasing cattle in Irrigon; MCSO received a report of a possible burglary at a residence in Imgon; MCSO received a report of a person at the Irrigon M obile Court beating on a person’s car; MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a report of a burglar alarm at a Boardman residence; MCSO received a report of several boats at a bass fishing contest in Boardman needing as sistance; MCSO received a report of a burglary at the Intertribal Fisher ies office; MCSO, lone Quick Response team, the Heppner ambulance and Lifefiight responded to a report o f a man in lone who had his hands cut in a baler. One had been amputated and the other hand was also affected. The patient was transported to Oregon Health Sci ences University; MCSO received a report o f three boats and six people not ac counted for in the bass fishing contest; MCSO received a report of a white GEO going up and down a street in Irrigon; MCSO received a report of a boat still stranded at the fishing contest; MCSO deputy and the Hepp ner Police Dept, responded to a fight in progress at Bucknum’s Tavern’s rear parking lot in Hepp ner. Stanley Allen McMillian, 30, was arrested for Assault IV Do mestic. June 22: MCSO dispatched to the Heppner Police Dept, a report of a man who had died at his resi dence in Heppner; MCSO received a report of ju veniles hitting rocks with a base ball bat on a street in Irrigon. June 23: MCSO received a report that a storage shed at the Willow Creek Country Club in Heppner was broken into and golf balls stolen; MCSO dispatched to the Heppner Police Dept, a report of a hit-and-run driver on Willow Street in Heppner. Someone had backed into a car parked in the driveway of a residence; MCSO and the Irrigon Fire Dept, responded to a structural fire in Irrigon; MCSO received a report of a suspicious person who had parked his trailer on another person's property in Irrigon and was living in it; Morrow County deputy and the Boardman Police Dept, responded to a report of a door at a residence found wide open. The owner requested a check. All was okay; MCSO received a report of a loose dog attacking another person's dog that was on a leash. June 24: MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a report of suspicious circumstances at the Dodge City Inn, Boardman; MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a report of a woman in Boardman nervous about a man who had allegedly propositioned her. It turned out to be a misunderstanding; MCSO received a report of an abandoned vehicle near Pole Line Road; MCSO received a request to deliver an emergency message; MCSO, Boardman Fire Dept, received a report o f an out-of- control fire. The fire had been controlled; MCSO and Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a drive-off at the BP station in Boardman; MCSO received a report of items missing from a boat at the Irrigon Marina; MCSO and the Heppner Police Dept, received a report of a domestic dispute at a Heppner residence; MCSO received a report of loud music at a duplex in Irrigon; MCSO received a report of a home in Irrigon that was toilet papered; MCSO dispatched to Blue Mountain Narcotics Team (BENT) a report o f drug activity at a residence in Irrigon; Heppner Fire Dept, chief responded to the Morrow County Courthouse for an investigation of smoke. A short in the hallway lights was discovered. June 25: MCSO received a report of a vehicle in the median. It had swerved to avoid hitting a deer; MCSO received a report of a disabled vehicle on 1-84, Highway 730 junction, it had been in an accident/fire the previous night; MCSO dispatched to the Heppner Police Dept, a report of an on-going problem with BB guns shot through the windows of a motorhome; MCSO received a report of an unattended death of a truck driver. Fred VanAalsburg, 50, Bums, was dead on arrival; MCSO, Boardman Police Dept., Oregon State Police and Umatilla Police Dept, responded to a request for backup on a pursuit on Highway 730 westbound of a brown Toyota Celica with two males with a felony warrant on them. Three were taken into custody on Old Highway,730 by 7th Street in Irrigon; MCSO received a report of someone at a residence in Boardman burning something that was causing a lot of black smoke; MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Police and Fire depts. a report of a smoke detector going off at Sam Boardman Elementary School in Boardman; MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a report of two males who had eaten at the Nomad Restaurant in Boardman who were refusing to pay; MCSO received a report of a vehicle discharging a large plume of smoke. The vehicle had blown an engine; MCSO dispatched to the Heppner Police Dept, a report of a vehicle vandalized while in the back parking lot at Kate's Pizza in Heppner; MCSO received a report of a suspicious vehicle at 1-84 milepost 151-154. June 26: MCSO received a report of a disabled pickup past the railroad overpass with its flashers on; MCSO received a report of a parked vehicle facing the wrong way on 1-84 milepost 168; MCSO received a report of a woman attempting to force an entry at a residence in Imgon; MCSO dispatched to the Boardman ambulance a report of a woman who had fallen at a residence. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston; MCSO received a report of property damage at a residence in Irrigon. A vehicle pursued by police had run through the yard of the residence; MCSO dispatched to Lexington and Heppner Fire depts. a report of a brush fire near a residence on Piper Canyon Road. A bam was threatened. The fire was in "no-man's land" so neither dept, responded to the scene; MCSO dispatched to the Heppner Police Dept, a report of a person who had admitted stealing a dog from a person's yard in Heppner; Morrow County deputy responded to a loud music complaint in Imgon; MCSO received a report of a person and his family moving in with another tenant at the Irrigon Mobile Court without the landlord’s permission; MCSO dispatched to the Heppner Police Dept, a report of a door open at a residence in Heppner. The owners were gone; MCSO received a report of a burglar alarm at a residence in Irrigon. June 27: MCSO dispatched to the Oregon State Police a report of a woman screaming in her yard in Irrigon; MCSO dispatched to the Heppner Police Dept, a request for a welfare check on a woman in Heppner. The woman was reported to be upset and thinking about taking her own life; MCSO, Boardman Fire and Police depts. received a report of a trailer on fire at 1- 84 milepost 158 westbound. The trailer was still attached to the car; MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Fire Dept, a report of the trailer fire flaring up again while it was being towed; MCSO received a report of girls throwing rocks and breaking windows on a mobile home in Imgon; MCSO dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a report of two juveniles caught running away with property they had allegedly taken; Jill Latimer, 20, was arrested on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Bail was set a $20,000. Cindy Irene Marshall, 23, was arrested on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for Possession o f a Controlled Substance. Bail was set at $20,000. Both women were lodged at the Umatilla County Sheriffs Office jail; MCSO received a report of a continued next page
