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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 10,1997 - FIVE Sheriff's Report The Morrow County Sheriffs office reports handling or dispatching the following business during the past several weeks: Nov. 23. M C SO received a re port o f a suspicious vehicle at Woodlands Trailer Court in Irri- gon. M CSO received a report o f the theft o f a battery, cables and ter minals in Boardman. M C SO received a report o f a 16 year old girl assaulted by an older woman. M C SO received a report o f an alarm at Bank o f Eastern Oregon in Heppner. It was only an em ployee error. M C SO received a report o f a small vapor leak at the A rm y Depot M55 Rocket Storage. Em ployees were on the scene with an air filter and didn’ t believe it was a threat to the public. MCSO deputy, Heppner Police and Fire depts. and Kinzua re sponded to a report o f a log truck that lost its load on M ay Street in Heppner. Kinzua was contacted and sent equipment to assist. The accident blocked traffic, but no injuries occurred. M C S O received a report o f potato trucks parking on private property. Heppner Police and Fire depts., Heppner ambulance and Looslie Tow responded to a report o f a pickup that ran into the bridge near Water and Gale streets. One woman with unknown injuries was taken by private vehicle to Pioneer M em orial Hospital in Heppner. The woman was ar rested for Driving W hile Under the Influence o f Intoxicants. M C SO received a request to deliver a message to a man hunt ing in the area. The man’ s mother was in the hospital and not doing well. N ov. 24: M C SO received a re port o f a man with a knife walk ing around a house in Imgon. The man went into the house where he lives and threatened to kill himself. Mental Health was con tacted and made an appointment for the man. M C S O dispatched to the Boardman ambulance a report o f a one month old infant running a fever. The child had a fever o f 99.1 with a slight red rash on its chest. Transport was refused. Nov. 25: M C SO received a re port o f a non-injury accident in front o f the police station. M C SO received a report o f a lost B eagle puppy at Country Garden Estates. M C SO received a request to watch a home in Im gon. M C SO received a report o f a man cutting his neighbor’ s fence in Im gon, saying he had a right to do so. M C S O received a report o f missing car ramps at an Im gon residence. M C SO received a report o f a woman in Lexington who said she was sleeping on the couch when her husband grabbed her arm, twisting it and leaving red marks. M C SO received a report o f two Shetland ponies on W ilson Road by the elem en tary school in Boardman. M C SO received a report o f a security alarm at a residence in Boardman. M C SO received a report o f a lost Boston bull terrier in Imgon. M C SO received a request o f a house check in Boardman. M C S O dispatched to the Gilliam County S h e riff s office a report from a small child that his uncle was beating up his dad. Child hung up, so call was traced. Everything was okay; no assault occurred. M C S O received a report o f dogs coming in the neighbor’ s yard and attacking a dog. M C SO dispatched to the Hepp ner Police Dept, a report o f an apartment broken into in Hepp ner, w ith m oney, checkbook, bank cards taken. M C S O received a report o f loud music at the Irrigon M obile Court. M C SO received a report o f a man refusing to leave Dodge City Restaurant in Boardman. M C S O received a report o f neighbor’ s dogs barking for hours in Boardman. N ov. 27: M C SO received a re port o f a cow out on Basey Can yon at the top o f Heppner Hill. M C SO dispatched to the Hepp ner Police Dept, a report o f ju ve niles throwing pine cones at a door at Mt. Glen Apts, in Hepp ner and refusing to stop. M C S O received a report o f someone in a house in Boardman while people were out o f town. Turned out to be family members. M C SO received a report o f a i ¿ Sa n ta a H Sxeai... C litiO íL ». wers! Xu u i eUliuex youx g ift o f a c in tt x b it c t , fioin xettia , t AFS 97-C1 ox cM obcLay ^W xiatft, in town ox acxoxx tfit m ile i. The AFS Christmas Traditions Bouquet is a lovely way to say Merry Christmas y7Ae * 3 3 N M aim fiai» O x á tx E a x [y fox X a it in y Enjoym ent P x O m C 0 7 0 - 9 4 * 0 w e * . O mcoom 9 7 0 3 0 a ls S E E YOU N E X T YE M i! FOR COMPLETE IONE M D HEPPNER SPORTS SCHEDULES s suspicious man at the Boardman Texaco. The man was dressed all in blue with a blue stocking cap with an orange stain on it; he was skinny and scruffy. He was hang ing around the station for a long time asking questions. He finally went to the church to get some thing to eat. M C S O depu ty, Boardm an Emergency Medical Technicians responded to a report o f a man who said he had low blood sugar and hypertension and was going to die. The patient was trans ported to Good Shepherd Com munity Hospital in Hermiston. M C S O received a report o f loud music at a residence in the West Glenn area. M C SO received a report o f a person in a car with the lights out vandalizing mail boxes in Imgon. N ov. 28: M CSO received a re quest from Dodge C ity Inn in Boardman for assistance in the removal o f a very loud truck. No one in the truck responded and the truck had been running since the previous night. N o one was dis covered inside. It was determined that the subject had rented a room and had been there for two days. The subject was located and moved his truck. M CSO received a request from a man for a welfare check on his brother whom he had not been able to contact for two weeks. The subject was contacted and ad vised to call his brother. M C SO received a report o f ha rassing phone calls in Boardman. For the past two weeks, a woman had called and said, “ W e ’re gonna get you.” M CSO received a report o f a mail box destroyed in Im gon. M CSO dispatched to the Hepp ner Police Dept, a report o f civil problems between a man, his sis ter and brother-in-law in Hepp ner over the sale o f a car. M CSO dispatched to the Hepp ner Police Dept, a report o f miss ing g o lf clubs from a woman in Heppner. M CSO deputy, Boardman Po lice Dept, responded to a report o f an attem pted b reak -in in progress at the Outback Apts, in Boardman. M C S O received a report o f hunters shooting behind Tidew a ter in a no-huntmg area. M CSO received a report o f a missing bottle jack taken from B & C repair shop. M C S O dispatch ed to the Boardman Police Dept, a report o f a man in a Datsun trying to hit a pedestrian in Boardman. MCSO dispatched to the Hepp ner Police Dept, a request for a welfare check on five children in Heppner. M C SO received a report from the Hermiston Police Dept, that six members o f the south side AAA/B row n Pride Gang were arrested and other members o f the gang left the police dept, threat ening the police. M CSO received a report o f a fender-bender in Im gon. M C S O received a report o f overdue hunters who were to have returned home at Crooked River Ranch on Wednesday. The hunt ers returned later. M C S O dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a report o f a possible break-in attempt at a residence in Boardman. M C SO dispatched to the City o f Im gon crew' a report o f a slurry spill on Division Street in Imgon. M C S O dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a report o f a large dog threatening a woman’ s Pomeranians. M CSO received a report o f a person in a small w hite car shooting while heading towards lone. The person said they fired at a pheasant. M C SO received a report o f a deer down near Heppner. M C SO received a report o f a woman who locked her keys in her car at Country Garden Estates in Im gon. M C S O dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a report o f minors having a party, possi bly fighting and a car which may have been hit by another vehicle at Sandpiper Apts, in Boardman. M C SO deputy, Oregon State Police, Boardman Police Dept, and Boardman ambulance re sponded to the Sandpiper Apts, in Boardman. Tw o people called to say that officers needed assis tance. An ambulance was re quested and capstun had been used. Vincent Muniz, 20, was ar rested on M orrow County and BPD charges for assaulting a po lice officer, resisting anest, inter fering with police, disorderly con duct, menacing and BPD charges o f interference /governmental process. Maria Caraveo, 47, was arrested on BPD charges for fur nishing alcohol to minors, resist ing arrest, assault on a police o f ficer, disorderly conduct and in terfering with police. John A. Muniz, 18, was arrested on BPD charges o f interfering with a po lice officer. N ov. 30: M CSO received a re port o f a puppy barking at a resi dence and people were not be lieved to have been home for days. M C SO received a report o f a man and woman fighting at a resi dence in Imgon. M CSO dispatched to the Hepp ner Police Dept., Heppner ambu lance a report o f a woman lying in the street on the west end o f Pioneer Memorial Hospital. M CSO received a report o f a theft o f equipment in Imgon. M CSO received a report o f a missing person. M CSO received a report from a person at the senior center that a woman was having numbness in her left arm and irregular breathing. CPR was initiated and the woman was transported to M C SO received a report o f a civil dispute over a car. Owner gave the car to be repaired and the person who was to have repaired it refused to return it. Dec. 3: M C SO received a re port o f a suspicious vehicle at Country Garden Estates in Irri gon. A van had turned o f f its lights and stopped behind a heat ing and air conditioning service truck. When the person stepped out o f her house, the van took off. M C SO dispatched to the Or egon State Police a report o f a transient carrying a plastic bag wandering around B eef N.W . M C S O dispatched to the Boardman ambulance a request for an ambulance at a Boardman rest area because a driver o f a freightlmer had injured his back. M C S O dispatch ed to the Boardman Police Dept, a report o f a suspicious car at M orrow Estates, Boardman. M C SO received a report o f 30 head o f cattle on the highway be tween Heppner and Condon. M C SO received a request to check a load on a truck parked at the eastbound rest area. M C SO received a report that cattle were run o f f the road onto C RP land. Unable to contact the owner. M C SO received a report o f a camp trailer broken into. M CSO received a report o f sur round-sound stereo missing from a Boardman residence when the owner woke up. Pioneer M em orial Hospital in Heppner. M C SO received a report o f a man who hadn ’ t returned hi s chil dren to his ex-w ife by the ap pointed time. M C SO dispatched to the Uma tilla Police Dept, a report o f a man wanted for Driving While License Suspended felony seen driving in Irrigon. Dec. 1: M CSO received a re port o f a student at Riverside High School in Boardman that was out o f control. Dec. 1 : M C SO deputy found a wallet on Second St. in Im gon. M C SO received a report o f a pickup wrecked and a rifle miss ing or stolen. M C SO received a complaint against a landlord in Imgon. Ten ant said landlord was giving her citations while everyone else was doing the same thing. M C SO received a report o f a suspicious male walking south on Third St. in Irrigon. M CSO received a report o f a woman earlier reported missing located at her mother’ s house. M CSO received a report o f a suspicious male who came up to a house and asked about the oc cupant o f the house in Irrigon. Dec. 2: M CSO dispatched to the Heppner Police Dept, a report o f a vehicle running bus lights at Heppner Elementary School. M CSO received a report from an Im gon resident o f a possible credit card scam over the phone. M C S O dispatched to the Boardman ambulance a report o f a man on 1-84 milepost 151 east- bound who said he was dizzy and has tightness in his chest. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital. M CSO received a report o f a vehicle hit by another vehicle. The driver was reported to be un insured. MCSO received a report o f an alarm at the M C Planning Dept, in Imgon. Turned out to be a false alarm. MCSO dispatched to the State Forestry a report o f a forest fire south o f Cutsforth Park on W il low Creek highway. Four fires topped trees on the east side o f the highway. The fires ended up being on Kinzua Resources land; they were slash pile bums that got out ofhand. M C S O received a report o f possible animal abuse at a resi dence in Im gon. The neighbor didn’ t believe the dogs were be ing taken care o f properly. M C S O received a report o f possible sexual abuse. M C S O received a report o f deer hit on 1-84 milepost 168 east- bound. The deer blocking the road was removed. Visit Our WEB SITE At www.beobank.com M C SO received a report o f a stolen van in Boardman. M C S O received a report o f people, who were kicked out o f their trailer because they were behind on payments, taking the washer, dryer and lawnmower with them. M CSO received a report o f ap proximately 20 males in a fight at the soccer field in Boardman. Three vehicles left in different direction and some o f the males took o f f on foot. M CSO received a report from Im gon o f a neighbor’ s obnoxious pheasants because o f their drop pings. M C S O received a report o f cow s out on H ighw ay 206 at Valby Road. M C S O received a report o f high school kids walking across a yard to get to school in Imgon. The owner was afraid his dog would bite them and was con cerned about liability. M C SO received a request for an officer concerning a group o f teenagers harassing a woman’ s grandchildren. M C S O dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a report o f a suspicious male at the Texaco Station and C & D D rive-In in Boardman. M C SO received a request for a mental health worker. Dec. 4: M C SO dispatched to the Hermiston Police Dept, a re port o f a man rubbing up against a woman on a bus and another man pulling her hair. The woman said the driver refused to ac knowledge there was a problem. The woman said she couldn’t wait for an officer because she was afraid the bus would leave with out her. H erm iston p o lic e checked on the situation and it was determined the man was a mental subject. N o action was taken. M C SO received a report o f a black cable believed to be a T V cable laying across a pickup in Heppner. Heppner T V was ad vised. M CSO received a request from Columbia Middle School in Irri gon for an officer to cite juveniles for Minor in Possession-Tobacco. M CSO received a request for an officer for a shoplifter at Sen try Market in Im gon. M CSO deputy reported that he was chasing a man who had taken o f f running at the C olu m bia Learning Center in Im gon. M CSO received a report o f a structural fire fully engulfed in Imgon. M CSO received a report o f a disturbance between sisters over their children at a residence in Ir rigon. M CSO received a report o f a missing border collie. M CSO received a report o f a Schedules: • Bovs • Girls JV * Junior Hip Member FDIC woman beat up by her sisters. The woman said she did not need an ambulance. A woman and her baby w ere taken by M C S O deputy to a relative’ s home in Hermiston. M C SO assisted the Heppner Police Dept, with traffic control for the light parade in Heppner. Heppner Police Dept, arrested Gary Francis Newkirk, 33, on six charges o f Sexual Abuse, two counts o f Attempted Rape 1 and one count o f Rape I. Newkirk was remanded to the custody o f the MCSO. M CSO received a request for a welfare check on a man’ s sis ter. M CSO received a report o f an audible alarm at C o lu m b ia Middle School in Im gon. It was a false alarm. M C SO received a report from a woman who said her husband, who has Alzheimer’ s, hit her. The family is trying to get him into a hospital to be cared for. M CSO deputy, Oregon State Police responded to a report o f a drive-off from the Boardman BP station. Dec. 5: MCSO, Boardman Po lice Dept, received a report o f a man possibly D U II at Nom ad Apts, in Boardman. The car was at a residence and the hood was cold. MCSO deputy, Heppner ambu lance responded to a report o f a man burned from the chest down when he fell into a tank o f hot water at Kinzua. Bryon Zumwalt, Lexington, was airlifted to a bum center in Portland. M C S O dispatched to the Boardman ambulance a report o f a five year old child bleeding at the Sandpiper Apts, in Boardman. N o transport was made. M C S O dispatched to the Boardman ambulance a report o f a clerk who had fainted for 10 m inutes at Lam b W eston in Boardman. Heppner Police Dept., Heppner ambulance responded to a report o f a man who had fallen and was unable to get up. The man, com plaining o f hip pain, had dned blood on his forehead. M C SO received a request for an welfare check on a man by His brother who was concerned. The man, who is medication, was last seen buying cigarettes at Brown’s just prior to his house burning down. M C SO received a report from a woman who said she had re ceived two phone calls from a man who threatened to kill her husband i f he didn’ t stop sleep ing with the caller’ s wife. M C SO received a report o f a missing Boston bull terrier. M CSO dispatched to the Hepp ner Police Dept, a report o f a wal let left in one o f Les Schwab’ s service rigs in Heppner. M CSO received a request from a woman who wanted to pick up her purse from the annex build ing in Imgon. M CSO , Oregon State Police responded to a report o f a vehicle driving erratically on 1-84 west bound, milepost 183-184. M C S O dispatched to the Boardman Police Dept, a request for an officer concerning forged checks. M CSO dispatched to the Hepp ner Police Dept, a report from the Oregon State Police o f a vehicle stolen from the Buttercreek area that may be heading to Heppner. Heating assistance Winter is coming and with it comes the high heating bills that always play havoc with budgets. You may be eligible to receive a one-time payment toward your heating bill through the Low -In come Energy Assistance Program operated by CAPECO. Appointments w ill be sched uled for Wednesday, Dec. 17 at the N e ig h b o rh o o d C en ter in Heppner. 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