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Shepherd Hospital. Oregon State Police and the Boardman Police Department received a report of a drive off at Boardman BP. MCSO received a report of a disturbance concerning a 15- year-old boy in lone. MCSO received a report o f a man harassing a woman on the phone. Boardman Police Department and MCSO received a report that a woman's son had not returned from his job at Rivercrest Farms. He returned, but his stereo had been stolen out of his pickup at 1-84/730 junction. Boardman Police Department received a report of a suspicious person at a "bone" yard at Donovan's in Boardman. Boardman Police Department received a report of a guy in a white T-shirt trying to spray paint on garbage cans at Wilson Road Trailer Park. He left when a woman yelled at him. Oct. 3- Boardman Police Department receive a report of a man yelling and throwing pop bottles at the Boardman BP. MCSO received a report of a motor vehicle accident at an intersection before the School District Office in Lexington. Boardman Police Department received a request for an officer for a shop lifter at Kegler's Sentry. MCSO received a report of a vehicle on the shoulder of the Highway on 730 with a man in side who appeared to be slumped over the wheel. Police were unable to locate anything. MCSO received a report o f a civil problem. A man who loaned a vehicle and tools to his son reported that his son was trying to sell them. MCSO received a report of shots fired at Morgan near lone. The woman reported a bullet whizzing by her head. Boardman Fire Department received a report of a semi truck on fire on Bombing Range near potato sheds. Truck was catching the field on fire. MCSO received a report of a man harassing his wife and being possibly dangerous. MCSO received a report of a found chocolate lab with a chain in Heppner. MCSO received a>i»pajt' of a three-year-old locking keys in a vehicle. There were no other keys and the vehicle was running. Boardman Police Department received a report of a $27.80 drive off at Boardman BP. MCSO received a report of a bottle thrown through a window at lone American Legion Hall while they were decorating for a wedding reception. MCSO received a report of a stereo and speakers missing from a residence in Irrigon. Heppner Polic e Department received a report of a woman being beat up by her husband. Heppner Police Department arrested Kyle Tyler, 28, for assault, IV domestic; he was lodged at UCSO jail. MCSO received a report from a woman that a man had been to her residence twice, threatening her. Oct. 4- Oregon State Police received a report of a trespasser on property at Blake Ranch Addition being aggressive and refusing to leave. MCSO received a report of a woman's brother calling her names and threatening her. MCSO received a report that three children at Outback Apartments told the manager that their parents were having a big fight and their mom told them to call the police. Oregon State Police received a report of a dead doe discovered. Doe was delivered to Central Market for the Neighborhood Center. MCSO received a report of a man threatening another man in Irrigon. The man who made threats was reported to have bloody knuckles. MCSO reoeived a report of a semi truck all over the road on 1-84 east bound, mile post 46. MCSO received a report of a car driving through a fence, through the refuge and into a river in Irrigon. Boardman ambulance and the Boardman Police Department responded to a report o f an ill man, with a history of heart problems, and he was transported to the Good Shepherd Hospital Emergency Room. MCSO received a report of a calf hit on highway 74. The owner put the calf down. MCSO and the Irrigon Ambulance responded to a report of a man who had been drinking for two days. He was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital. MCSO received a report from a deputy of a hitch hiker on 1-84 who ran away when he saw the officer. Oct. 5- MCSO received a report of a woman who had gone to Hardman and hadn't returned. The woman was located at Ruggs with a dead battery. Heppner Police Department received a report of a suspicious vehicle at a residence in Heppner. MCSO received a report o f a prowler at a residence in Irrigon. The man was intoxicated. MCSO received a report from a woman in Irrigon that her brother was standing in his driveway screaming for his absent girlfriend. MCSO received a report o f a prowler pounding at a door in Irrigon. The man was transported to UCSO jail on detox hold. Heppner Polic e Department received a report of a big black dog with a chain tangled up in a yard. MCSO received a report o f a woman who had left a message on someone's answering machine in Irrigon. The woman was screaming. MCSO received a report of campers causing traffic hazard at a gravel pit on Highway 74. Oregon State Police received a report of a dangerous vehicle passing on the left while the other vehicle was in the fast lane. MCSO received a report of property vandalized at Wagon Wheel Addition in Irrigon. Inside of box cars was burned. MCSO and the Boardman ambulance responded to a report o f a man having trouble breathing and having an anxiety attack. MCSO received a report o f a vehicle with pop bottles all over it. Oct. 6- MCSO received a report of a civil problem in Boardman. MCSO received a report of cows out on Columbia Lane in Irrigon.; . ;~ t i l i MCSO received a report of signs graffittied in Boardman. Oct. 6: Oregon State Police received a report of a lone female, who may be out of gas walking westbound on the eastbound side of 1-84. MCSO received a report of cows out on Miller Rd and Kunze Rd., Boardman. MCSO received a report from a man who said people he had allowed to stay with him in his travel trailer in Irrigon had taken his blankets and dishes with them. They reportedly worked at the mill in Heppner. MCSO received a report of mail stolen from a box in Irrigon. The mail carrier found the mail down the street, but a check is missing. MCSO and Oregon State Police responded to a report of domestic assault at the Wagon Wheel Addition, Irrigon. Man was reported to have a gun in his pick-up but the man and a woman left together. There was no assault. Oregon State Police received a report of kids fighting with paint guns at Anson Wright Park. Boardman Police Department received a report of people at Trail Apartments in Boardman Fighting and screaming. MCSO received a report of two cows on property in Irrigon. Oregon Department of Transportation received a report of a deer lying in the southbound lane blocking traffic on Heppner- Lexington Hwy. Boardman Police Department received a report of a person arguing with a Sentry Market employee in front of the store. Subject had been arrested for shoplifting earlier. Oregon State Police received a report o f a pick-up pulling a camper without tail lights and no plates, creating sparks northbound on Hwy. 74 from lone. Heppner Police Department received a report of an injured deer on Hwy. 74 north of the mill that needed to be put down. Boardman Police Department received a report of a motion alarm at Sentry Market in Irrigon. MCSO and Boardman Police Department responded to a report o f eight to nine shots fired between Wilson Rd. Trailer Court and Faler Rd. in Boardman. Oct. 7: MCSO received a report of possible electrical fire at Sentry Market in Irrigon. Turned out to be sensors picking up smoke from a bum barrel in the area. MCSO received a report o f lost steers in Irrigon. MCSO received a report o f a driver ignoring flagger and making gestures at Wilson Rd. barricade in Boardman. Heppner Police Department received a report of a woman locked out of her vehicle with her eight-month old daughter. MCSO received a report of a horse without water and possibly food for at least three days at Irrigon. MCSO received a report of two speeding semis going over 100 mph on 1-84 EB mp 151. MCSO received a report of a cell phone and camera lost in the mountains near Heppner. Boardman Ambulance, Boardman Police Department and MCSO responded to a report of an 15-year old who had fallen off a horse. She was spitting up blood and had neck and rib pain. She was transported to GSH. MCSO received a report of a possible fraudulent check at Bat's Towing. Vehicle had already been released so it was a civil problem. MCSO received a report of a 20x30 fire on Squaw Creek with a flatbed parked nearby. Boardman Ambulance and Boardman Police Department received a report of a 25-year old man having difficulty breathing and was cold to the touch. He was transported to GSH. OCT. 8: Boardman Police Department received a report of a wrong way driver on 1-84 EB in the WB lane, mp 160. Driver, a lost 77 year old woman, was located. She was attempting to get to Portland but stayed at a motel that evening. MCSO, Irrigon Fire Department and the Irrigon Ambulance responded to a report of a 82- year-old man with Alzheimer's missing from Irrigon. He was located and returned. Oregon State Police and MCSO responded to a report of a pick up going through another person's orchard with a load of stolen pipe. Heppner Police Department received a report of a vehicle parked in front o f D & L Auto Repair. MCSO and Boardman Police Department responded to a report o f a man climbing over a neighbor's fence. Turned out to be a man working with the electric company. Boardman Police Department received a report of a dog injured outside a neighbor's house and the owner of the dog doesn't answer the door. He had his TV turned up too loud and couldn't hear. MCSO received a report of a rifle stolen from a truck while the owners were napping after hunting. MCSO received a report of aluminum pipe dumped on the game refuge other property. Oregon State Police and MCSO responded to a report of a slow driver going 55 mph in the fast lane o f 1-84 WB. The vehicle would not move over when the cars honked and flashed their lights. Heppner Police Department received a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in a driveway and blocking it in Heppner. MCSO received a report of a suspicious vehicle parked near a residence in Boardman. MCSO received a request for extra patrol near Last Chance Fruit Stand in Irrigon because of possible prowler in area. MCSO received a report of a vehicle running through a fence and two subjects fleeing on foot. MCSO received a report of a dog biting a boy on the back of his thigh as he was walking to school. MCSO received a report o f a car window broken at Cascade Specialties. MCSO received a report of telephone harassment in lone. MCSO received a report of a man holding his wife at gun point and threatening her in Imgon. Police determined there was no gun, argument only. MCSO received a report of a car driving erratically on Kunze Rd. in Boardman. Oregon State Police received a report of a suspicious pickup on the side o f the road on 1-84 WB, east of Echo Junction with a man either passed out or asleep. MCSO received a report of a child playing in the road with no adult supervision. Oregon State Police received a Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. October 22,1997 - FIVE -MCSO received a report of report o f a bull shot by three kids trespassing and jumping on vehicles driving too fast through male hunters and left it to lay their neighbor’s trampoline Country Garden Estates. near sunflower field. without permission. -Boardman Police Department MCSO received a report of a MCSO received a report of a received a report of a dog small red vehicle traveling at a person almost run off the road by barking loudly for several hours high rate o f speed on Hwy 207 a woman in another vehicle. The in Boardman. mp 10 headed to Lexington. vehicle was then parked at the - MCSO received a report o f a Oregon State Police received victim's neighbor's house. A brown pony running toward another report of a small red woman was cited for careless highway with a dog chasing it in vehicle traveling EB on 1-84 driving. Irrigon. from Arlington that had run Heppner Police Department Oct. 15: Oregon State Police another vehicle off the road. received a complaint of a received a report of a tractor MCSO received a request for a possible DUII on Hwy. 207 from trailer which was blocking welfare check on children staying Lexington. parking spots. A woman with their father in Irrigon. James Houston Roach, 55, was reported that the driver also tried MCSO received a report of a arrested on charges of DUII and to run her husband over and suspicious brown van headed a Heppner Justice Court warrant. pointed a gun at him. north from Lindsay Canyon. Boardman Police Department -MCSO received a report of a Oct. 10: MCSO received a received a report of two women loud plopping noise coming from report of a Husky dog in a fighting in a parking lot at Sentry Market in Irrigon. driveway in Irrigon with no eyes. Frontier Trailer Court in MCSO received a repiort of a Resident was concerned that it Boardman. found brown jKiny at a residence may have been tortured. Pet MCSO received a report of a in Imgon. A man had also called Rescue was contacted. The dog suspicious vehicle near a in to repxirt that his pxmy was was old and confused. driveway at a residence at Rhea lost. MCSO received a report of a Creek. -Heppner Ambulance received fire alarm at medical center on MCSO received a report of two a repiort of a man ill at a Kincade in Boardman. No fire, juveniles throwing rocks and residence in lone. The man was all secure. - eggs at a residence at Country transported by a private vehicle. Boardman Ambulance received Garden Estates in Irrigon. -MCSO received a repiort of a report of a 25-year-old male MCSO received a report of two cats, who had previously broken believed to be having a severe males, who were very a woman's foot when she tnppied allergic reaction to prescription intoxicated, shooting from a over them, were now digging up benadryl. The man was dizzy, vehicle with rifles, off Wilson the woman's rose bushes that she pale, sweaty, with rapid heart lane in Boardman. Officers were had just planted. beat and was having seizures. unable to locate anyone. -MCSO received a report of a He was transported to GSH. MCSO received a report of a boy threatened by several MCSO received a request to woman described as frightened, juveniles who said they would check out Blue Spruce who knocked on a door of a come back later and damage the Apartments in Heppner. The residence asking for a ride into residence and vehicles. caller believed it had been Boardman. Occupant said no. -Heppner Police Department Woman was located and given a vandalized and burglarized. and the Heppner Ambulance MCSO received a report of a ride into Boardman. received a request for an potato truck speeding on Hwy Oct. 13- Boardman Police ambulance for a man with back Department and MCSO received 730. pain. He was transpiorted to MCSO received a request for a report of a domestic assault at PMH. assistance for a possible Wilson Rd. Trailer Court. UTL -MCSO received a repiort of a domestic disturbance at Irrigon victim. 911 hang up call in Boardman. MCSO received a report of a Mobile Court. Heppner Police Department MCSO receive a report of a black column of smoke that received a report of a child juvenile discovered in Lane Co. appeared to be around Rhea calling 911 with a report of a believed to be from Morrow Creek, lone. Appeared to be a robbery. The call was traced to County. The parents cannot be controlled bum in Gilliam the pay phone at the Morrow located and the child doesn't County. Oregon State Police received a County Fairgrounds in Heppner. speak English. Heppner Police Department MCSO received a report of a report of two semi trucks contacted the parents of the child suspicious male at a residence in speeding and driving erratically. MCSO received a report of a and explained the seriousness of Imgon. The man cursed and dialing 911 lines and emergency man dropping off animals at Hill threatened to pull out a gun. services personnel on false MCSO received a report of a Top Drive in Boardman. repiorts. MCSO received a report of a found sprinkler pipe in Irrigon. -MCSO and the Oregon State someone had also driven through man with a restraining order Police received a repxirt of a steer against him walking around in fences. out on highway 30. Officers MCSO received a report of a his wife’s yard. MCSO received a report of a were unable to locate the steer. speeder going 120 mph. Officers -Heppner Police Department vehicle that had caught on fire at were unable to locate anything. received a request for an officer Irrigon Mobile Court. MCSO received a request for because juveniles were hanging an officer concerning prowlers in Oct. 13: Pioneer Memorial around a car in a woman's Boardman. Hospital received a request from MCSO received a report of a man who needed assistance driveway. -Boardman Police Department teenagers harassing a man in getting up. received a repxirt of a dog lone and throwing rocks at his -Heppner Fire department residence. received a report of a grass fire problem in Boardman. -Heppner Police Department MCSO, Heppner Ambulance, out of control threatening a house received a repiort of a vehicle and Heppner Fire Department and the Gentry Ranch. driven off Highway 74 at Willow responded to a report of a motor -Boardman Police Department vehicle accident involving a received a report of an obscene Creek turnoff. The man had run off the highway during a turn. pickup and horse trailer on upper phone call. Oct. 16: MCSO received a Willow Creek seven to five miles -MCSO and the Boardman request for an officer because of past the dam. No injury. Police Department received a Boardman Ambulance report of twos shot fired near a piossible prowler at a residence in Imgon. Officers were unable transported a Riverside High Skyview drive in Boardman. to locate anything. School football player from RHS -MCSO received a report of -MCSO received a request for to GHS. cattle along highway at MCSO received a report of two intersection of Valby road and an extra patrol in Heppner at a residence while the owners were cars speeding in lone. Highway 206. MCSO received a report of a Oct. 14: MCSO received a out of town. -MCSO received a request bright blue flashing light on the report that the flood computer from a woman in Imgon asking river near Irrigon. went to stage four on Lower Oct. 11: Oregon State Police Hinton Creek. Since it wasn't that officers pick up her daughter received a report of two men in a raining The Dalles Dam was who is a runaway. -MCSO received a repxirt of a bass boat riding very low in the contacted. suspicious man running toward water on the Columbia. All was -Boardman Police Department the house of an elderly wheel okay. received a report of a bomb Boardman Police Department threat left on an answering chair bound man. -MCSO, the Oregon State received a report of two people machine at Riverside High Police and the Umatilla Police harassing people. School in Boardman. MCSO received a report of a -MCSO received a report o f Department responded to a repxirt man on a motorcycle speeding in two suspicious people driving of a woman assaulted at her Boardman. very slowly on Paul Smith Road residence by a man. The woman ran to her neighbor's house where MCSO received a report of in Boardman. loud music at a residence in - MCSO received a report of the man broke in and also Boardman. dogs that had bitten before, loose allegedly assaulted the sister of the resident who had tried to MCSO and the Heppner Police at Imgon Mobile Court. intervene. Department received a tip behind a tavern in Heppner concerning the whereabouts of a woman wanted with nine warrants for a total bail of $333,330. MCSO received a report of dogs barking in Lexington. Oct. 12- Boardman Police Department and MCSO responded to a 911 hang-up call in Boardman. The call was traced to Desert Springs Estates. MCSO received a report of a silver Thunderbird off the road on Sandhollow Rd. from Hwy. 74 to Pilot Rock. There was blood reported to be on the driver's seat. Boardman Police Department and MCSO responded to a report o f an intoxicated male at Boardman BP trying to buy beer. The man left very upset. MCSO received a report of a person who said Boardman Hurrry Sale Ends Soon! officers were harassing him. Boardman Police Department and MCSO responded to a report o f a person in a vehicle who drove by a residence in Irrigon and fired eight rounds. No one was injured. MCSO received a report of BsSCHgi Still Time to Save on Les Schwab passenger and pickup tires. Heppner 676 - 948 !