TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 31,1997
Sheriff's Report
The Morrow County Sheriffs
office reports handling or
dispatching
the
following
business during the past several
weeks:
MCSO received a request for
an officer concerning a man who
alleges that the Imgon Fire Chief
was harassing him.
Boardman Police Department
received a report of a man
planning to repossess a car in
Boardman.
MCSO received a report of
three suspicious persons at a
residence in Irrigon.
MCSO received a request for
an officer from a man concerning
his wife and possible drug use.
Boardman Ambulance received
a report of a woman who had too
much to dnnk and was passing
out at Boardman Texaco. The
woman was having trouble
breathing and was transported to
Good Shepherd Hospital in
Hermiston.
MCSO received 4 report of a
lost Doberman puppy near
Lexington.
The owner was
contacted and the dog was
returned.
MCSO received a report of an
alarm at Boardman Health Care.
MCSO received a report of a
power outage to Morrow County
at 3:40 p.m.
Boardman Police Department
received a report of a man
running from a vacant house in
Irrigon.
Boardman Police Department
received a report of a man who
took a TV from a residence in
Boardman.
Heppner Police Department
received a report of a possible
Driving Under the Influence in
Heppner.
The vehicle was
reported to have left Lexington
and traveling toward Heppner at
a high rate of speed.
MCSO received a report of the
flood computer alarm going off,
but no change in stream or
precipitation.
Dec. 15, MCSO received a
report of a van on its side on
Highway 74 milepost 40 with the
lights still on. The driver was
not injured.
MCSO received a report of a
head on, non-injury accident at a
railroad overpass on Highway
730.
MCSO received a report o f a
property line dispute in Board-
man concerning a fence.
MCSO received a report of a
man and a woman hitting each
other at the Irrigon Post Office,
then getting into a green Blazer
and heading north toward the Ir
rigon Annex. Officers were un
able to locate the vehicle.
Boardman Police Dept, ad
vised the MCSO of a criminal
mischief complaint in the county.
MCSO received a report of a
missing person.
MCSO received a report that
the clock stopped on the flood
computer. The com puter was
rebooted.
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MCSO received more informa
tion on a missing dog complaint.
MCSO received a report of a
motor vehicle accident on High
way 26, milepost 48-54. A semi-
truck had run into the guardrail
and blocked part of the lane. The
road was reported to be very slick.
MCSO patched to Poison Con
trol a report of a four year old who
had put compound jell on her lips.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, and am
bulance a report of an 80 year old
woman who was sweaty and feel
ing dizzy. She had had heart prob
lems previously. The patient was
transported to Good Shepherd
Community Hospital in Hermis
ton.
Dec. 16: MCSO sheriff was
advised of a suspicious vehicle
with no lights on turning onto
Wilson Road from the Bombing
Range Road. When the sheriff
caught up with the vehicle, its
lights had been turned on.
MCSO sheriff and the lone
Emergency Medical Technicians
responded to a request for an
ambulance for a woman who had
fallen out of bed and her husband
could not get her up. The woman
was dead on arrival of the ambu
lance.
MCSO received a report of a
sensor coming on at a home. The
owner determined it was probably
just her cat.
MCSO received a report of a
suspicious phone call. Someone
had contacted a woman about a
secretarial job and said they were
sending someone to her house
I right away.
Columbia Middle School in Ir
rigon requested an officer to cite
a juvenile for Minor in Posses
sion-Tobacco.
MCSO received a report of sus
picious happenings at a residence.
The owner said someone had bro
ken her outdoor water lines and
then she noticed her prescription
medications were mixed.
MCSO and the Oregon State
Police responded to a report of a
drunk driver on 1-84 eastbound.
MCSO dispatched to the Or
egon State Police a report o f a
whole tire on the road causing a
hazard.
MCSO officer reported that he
was passed by a vehicle at a high
rate o f speed on 1-84 east o f
Patterson Feny Road. The vehicle
was stopped.
MCSO received a report o f
gunshots behind a residence in
Irrigon.
MCSO received a report that a
man had information about guns
stolen from his residence.
MCSO received a report o f an
intrusion alarm at the Boardman
Auto Repair.
MCSO received a report of two
newer style pickup 4x4s racing
each other and going 80 mph and
higher.
MCSO received a report o f a
residence broken into in Board-
man while the owners were gone.
MCSO received a report o f a
suspicious vehicle around a resi
dence and Greg’s Tavern in Irri
gon.
MCSO received a report of a
car broken into at the Irrigon BP
station and an amp was taken.
Brian Rystedt, 19, was cited for
Unlawful Operation of an ATV
on the highway, Driving Unin
sured, and Reckless Driving.
Dec. 17: MCSO received a re
port o f a m otion alarm at
Beecher’s Restaurant in lone. The
owner, who was en route, said that
there were a lot o f Christmas
decorations and the alarm was
probably false.
MCSO received a report of a
sorrel gelding with a white star
eating hay at a place on Paul
Smith Road.
MCSO received a report of a
missing 15 year old last seen on
Dec. 15. The girl’s six month old
baby was with her.
MCSO received a report of a
dog coming onto a neighbor’s
property and growling at a resi
dent. MCSO sheriff talked to the
dog’s owner.
MCSO received a report of a
car that ran off the road on 1-84
eastbound. The driver was okay.
MCSO received a report of a
dumpster fire out of control in the
back parking lot at Inland Empire
Bank. The fire was put out.
MCSO dispatched to the Fish
and Wildlife Dept, a report of a
deer hit at Three Mile Canyon.
MCSO received a report of a
man locked out of his pickup. The
man was advised that the MCSO
and Heppner Police Dept, don’t
unlock vehicles, and was referred
to Skaggs.
Dec. 18: MCSO dispatched to
the Arlington Fire Dept, and am
bulance a report of a man trapped
under dirt and concrete, but talk
ing to rescuers trying to dig him
out. The patient was transported
r
to Mid-Columbia Medical Cen
ter in The Dalles.
MCSO received a report of a
small red car on 1-84 traveling in
excess of 85 mph and refusing to
yield for the ambulance.
MCSO received a report of an
emergency at Irrigon Planning
Dept. All was reported to be okay.
MCSO relayed an emergency
message to a woman in Irrigon
that her father was dying.
MCSO received a report of
glass and debris along the edge
of Wilson Road.
MCSO dispatched to the Hepp
ner city crew a report of an alarm
buzzing into St. Patrick’s Senior
Center.
MCSO received a report of a
child screaming at the Country
Garden Estates in Irrigon. MCSO
received a report o f suspicious
circumstances at the Buttercreek-
Echo junction. A man in a dark
blue Dodge Dynasty pulled in
front of another vehicle, slammed
on his brakes, got out of the rig,
put his hand in his vest like he was
going to pull a gun, then suddenly
got back in his rig and sped off.
MCSO received a report of a
theft in Imgon.
Dec. 19: MCSO received a re
port of a man sitting on a guard
rail at the junction o f 1-84 and
Highway 730. Officer was unable
to locate anyone.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, a report
of a car hit at Desert Springs Es
tates in Boardman. The mirror
was broken off the vehicle.
MCSO received a request for
a welfare check. A girl was to
have been on a plane to Colorado
Springs, but didn’t make it. The
girl was located and was okay.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Fire and Police depts.,
ambulance and the Oregon State
Police a report of a one vehicle
rollover with injuries at 1-84,
milepost 162.5. The vehicle was
in the median on its top with
smoke coming out of it. No one
was in the vehicle. One patient
was transported to Good Shep
herd Community Hospital in Her
miston.
MCSO received a report of a
silver Pontiac Grand Am swerv
ing on 1-84 westbound from the
Highway 730 junction.
MCSO received a request from
an lone woman to talk to an of
ficer.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, a report
of a dog problem at Wilson Road
Trailer Court in Boardman.
MCSO received a report of a
suspicious male harassing every
one at the Boardman 1-84 east-
bound rest area.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, a report
of a male possibly a vagrant bel
ligerent to customers at the Nug
get Inn in Boardman.
MCSO sheriff, Heppner Police
Dept, responded to a report of a
possible Driving while Under the
Influence of Intoxicants heading
northbound from Heppner in a tan
and w hite pickup. George
Hibbard, 42, was cited for Driv
ing while License Suspended
felony, DUII, Failure to Carry
Proof of Insurance. The vehicle
was towed.
MCSO dispatched to the Hepp-
ner Police Dept, a report of a bur
glar alarm at the Heppner DMV
office. All was secure.
MCSO received a report of sus-
picious circum stances at the
Texaco and then BP station and
possibly the man was involved in
an earlier incident.
MCSO received a report of a
man appearing to be trying to
force his way into a vehicle that
already had people in it.
Dec. 20: MCSO sheriff ar
rested David Anthony Ridgeway,
34, for Disorderly Conduct, for
causing a disturbance at Bake's
Restaurant.
MCSO received a report of a
man shooting too close to a bam
and frightening animals.
MCSO received a report of a
problem between a man and his
estranged wife.
MCSO received a report from
the wife in the previous entry that
her estranged husband wouldn’t
let her retrieve her property from
their home and tried to prevent
her from leaving by sitting on her
car.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, and am
bulance a report o f a man at
Lamb-Weston having seizures.
MCSO received a report of a
man digging on a woman’s prop
erty trying to hook up the
neighbor’s TV cable without per
mission.
MCSO received a report of a
shoe, sock and what appeared to
be a leg on the side of 1-84 east-
bound, milepost 163-164. Turned
out to be a boot.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Fire Dept, a report of
grass clippings on fire in a field
between two houses. The fire was
put out.
MCSO dispatched to the Hepp
ner Fire Dept, a report of a large
field fire less than one mile up
Upper Rhea Creek, just out of
Ruggs.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Emergency Medical
Technicians a report of a woman
having trouble breathing at DSE
in Boardman. The patient was
transported to Good Shepherd
Community Hospital in Hermis
ton.
MCSO received a report of a
house broken into and guns miss
ing from a house on Kunze Road
in Boardman.
MCSO received a report of a
car vandalized at Little
Buttcrcreek.
MCSO received a report of a
cow in the road on Paul Smith
Road.
MCSO received a report of a
motor vehicle accident at an em
bankment at Wyoming and First
in Imgon.
MCSO received a report of a
dead dog across from Sentry Mar
ket in Boardman.
Dec. 22: MCSO dispatched to
ODOT a report of a deer hit on I-
84 eastbound near Boardman.
Boardman Police Dept, ad
vised MCSO that a .22 pistol with
a pearl handle had been found and
returned to owner.
MCSO received a request for
a welfare check on a woman in
Irrigon. Her grandson said he had
not been able to reach his grand
mother and was concerned be
cause his grandfather who has
Alzheimer’s, had hit her before.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police and Fire depts.
a report of smoke from a garage
area of a duplex on Wilson Lane.
It turned out to be steam from a
dryer.
MCSO received a report of a
male digging a hole along 1-84,
exit 147. The male was reported
to have a blue taip. MCSO deputy
located the subject and gave him
a ride to Irrigon.
Dec. 23: MCSO dispatched to
the Heppner Police Dept, a report
of a German Shepherd with a red
collar dragging a chain walking
behind Bucknum’s Tavern.
MCSO received a report of
someone driving through a cable
fence and causing damage at Co
lumbia Middle School in Imgon.
MCSO dispatched to the Or
egon State Police a report of a
disabled car with a flat tire parked
over the fog line at 1-84 east-
bound, milepost 146. The OSP
towed the vehicle because it was
a hazard by blocking part of the
fast lane.
MCSO deputy, Boardman Po
lice Dept, responded to a report
of a motion alarm at a residence
in Boardman. There was no sign
of entTy and all the doors were
secure.
Dec. 24: MCSO dispatched to
the Heppner Police Dept, a report
of a John Deere tractor vandalized
in Heppner.
MCSO deputy, Boardman am
bulance responded to a report of
an ill person at the Boardman BP
station. The patient was trans
'Savings
ported to Good Shepherd Com
munity Hospital.
MCSO deputy responded to a
call of a man beating a woman in
Imgon. A woman said her chil
dren saw the man hit the woman
and heard her crying loudly, but
the woman was refused entrance
to the residence. Walter Emest
G erard, Jr. was arrested on
charges of Assault IV (Domestic)
and lodged at the U m atilla
County Sheriffs office jail.
MCSO received a report of
people planning to be away from
their residence on vacation.
MCSO dispatched to the Hepp
ner Police Dept, a report of an
intrusion alarm at Klamath First
Federal bank. The call was can
celled as a courier had set the
alarm off.
MCSO received a report o f a
person speeding past a home in
Imgon.
MCSO received a report of
people who were to be at a cabin
at Blake’s Ranch, but who had not
shown up. They were discovered
on the Western Route stuck in the
snow.
Dec. 25: MCSO received a re
port of a vehicle driving in the
Marina after closure. An officer
was unable to locate anything.
MCSO received a report o f a
harassment complaint.
MCSO received a report of an
intrusion alarm sounding at the
west door of the Boardman Medi
cal Clinic. It was set off by the
cleaning people accidently.
MCSO dispatched to the Hepp
ner Police Dept, a report of an
alarm at Les Schwab in Heppner.
MCSO received a report of a
cow dog who followed someone
home.
MCSO responded to a report of
a man who was chasing a woman
and having a verbal dispute. The
officer was unable to locate any
one. The woman was later located
and given a ride home.
MCSO dispatched to the Hepp
ner Police Dept, a report of a pos
sible child dbuse.
MCSO dispatched to the
Boardman Police Dept, a report
of a 15 year old girl who had run
away while visiting with her fa
ther at his brother s house in
Boardman. The daughter was lo
cated and decided to go home.
Dec. 26: MCSO received a re
port of an intrusion alarm at a resi
dence in Boardman.
MCSO received a report of a
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