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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 5,1999 M .C . Sheriff's Report . The Morrow County Sheriffs office (MCSO) reports handling the following business: March 23: Heppner Police Dept, responded to a Heppner residence to have the occupants turn down their stereo as it was waking the neighbors. Heppner Fire and Police depts. received a report of a fire at the Heppner High School track. It was a controlled bum. Oregon State Police received a report of a green Ford pickup taking gravel from the county gravel pile at Wilson and Bomb ing Range roads. MCSO received a report of an injured cat under a house in Irrigon. MCSO, Boardman Police and Fire depts. received a report of an out-of-control bum at Paul Smith and Kunze roads near an orchard and fiberglass tanks. MCSO received a report of someone in a vehicle throwing a rock through a window at an Irrigon residence. MCSO received a report of a vehicle dumping garbage at a cabin. Oregon State Police officer arrested Terry Lynn Jones, 36, on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for Burglary I, Theft II, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon and Carrying a Concealed Weapon. Jones was lodged at the UCSO jail with a hold for Mor row County. MCSO received a report from a woman in lone that her neigh bors were intoxicated and block ing the street so traffic had to go around them. MCSO deputy gave a man who ran out of gasoline a ride into a eastbound rest area. The man, Patrick Drew Rufty, 39, was ar rested on a UCSO warrant for Failure to Appear/Driving while under the Influence of Intoxicants. Rufty was lodged at the UCSO jail. M arch 24; MCSO and the Morrow County Road Dept, re ceived a report of a sign down at Wilson and Miller streets. MCSO received a report from a woman that her vehicle had two flat tires and she thinks she knows r who did it. MCSO received a report of a man going to a neighbor’s house in Irrigon and being verbally abu sive. MCSO, Heppner Police Dept., Heppner ambulance received a report of an 86 year old female at St. Pat’s Senior Center who fell down in the shower. She was con scious but not very alert and un able to get up. The patient was transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. Oregon State Police received a report of a black Bronco with a female driver and three unbelted juvenile passengers who was driv ing erratically on 1-84, speeding up and slowing down. MCSO received a report of items stolen out of a motorhome some time in October. Oregon State Police received a report o f an alarm at A.C. Houghton Elementary in Imgon. Boardman Police Dept, re ceived a request to speak to an officer from a woman at the Boardman Texaco station. Oregon State Police received a report from an Imgon woman that her daughter was run off the road and then the subjects fol lowed her to an unknown resi dence. The daughter was unwill ing to talk. Boardman Police Dept, re ceived a request for an officer from two Marines at the Nomad in Boardman. Boardman Police Dept, re ceived a request for an officer concerning information about a funeral. MCSO received a report of a suspicious vehicle that comes and goes in Irrigon. Boardman Police Dept, re ceived a report that three juveniles took a street sign at Mt. Adams and Faler in Boardman. An of ficer was unable to locate anyone. MCSO received a report from a woman in lone that she was being harassed by a man and a woman in person and on the phone. March 25: MCSO received a report of a suspicious vehicle that comes and goes and sits without its lights on in Irrigon. MCSO received a report of a truck parked at the city park that was running and keeping people awake. MCSO received a report from a woman that a man was dump ing dead cows and not burying them. The cows were starting to stink and were attracting coyotes. MCSO received a report from a woman concerned about her son spending spring break with his dad in Irrigon. MCSO received a call from an uncle in the previous entry con cerned about trouble. Dallas Police Dept, arrested Michael L. King, 29, on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Driving while License Suspended. King was lodged at the Polk County jail with a hold for Morrow County. Boardman Police Dept., Boardman ambulance received a request for a 67 year old man who was conscious and breathing, but who was down and vomiting blood. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a do mestic situation between the caller’s aunt and uncle. MCSO received a request for an officer from a woman who said her nine year old son was out of control. Oregon State Police received a report of an erratic driver on I- 84 westbound. MCSO, Irrigon ambulance re ceived a report of a 34 year old man having seizures, but who was conscious and breathing. Boardman Police Dept, re ceived a report of an alarm at a Boardman residence. March 26: Boardman Police Dept, received a report of two kids in a Taurus squealing around and leaving marks at the Boardman BP station. One of them threat ened a person at the station. Boardman Police Dept, re ceived a report of a loud party. The person reporting the party said when he knocked on the door, he could smell marijuana. Officers responded to the report. MCSO received a report of three horses out on Hinton Creek. The owner corralled them. MCSO received a report of a door at Brown’s BP station in Irrigon forced open. Heppner Police Dept, received a report of four boys throwing rocks at the cemetery. MCSO received a report from someone in Heppner who said they received a call from a per son claiming they were fund rais ing for the Oregon State Police. Someone from OSP said it was not a number they would be us- WOU releases honor roll A total of 121 students has been named to the president's List and another 626 students have been named to the honor roll for winter term 1999 at Western Oregon University. President's List students achieved a perfect 4.0 grade- point average, while Honor Roll students earned a 3.5 to 3.99 average. WOU, with an enrollment of more than 4,000 students, is a four-year, liberal arts university within the Oregon University System. Local honor students include: Mark A. Medel, Imgon. Heppner Elementary spring program May 18 The Heppner Elementary School spring music program, featuring band and vocal students in kindergarten through sixth grade, will be held Tuesday, May 18, beginning at 7 p.m. Registration for incoming kindergarten students will be held Thursday, May 20, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Outdoor school at Tupper for HES and lone sixth graders will be next week, Monday May 10, through Thursday, May 13. I mg. Heppner Police Dept, received a report from a woman in Hepp ner that their neighbor’s puppy barks all the time and she had made contact with the owner about it previously. MCSO received a report of a burglar alarm at A.C. Houghton Elementary in Irrigon. It was a false alarm. MCSO received information concerning a funeral procession that will travel from Hermijton to Imgon. MCSO deputy arrested Rob ert G. Morley, 30, on a UCSO warrant for Failure to Appear/ Possession of a Controlled Sub stance and Carrying a Weapon. Morley was transported to the UCSO jail. MCSO received a report of a stolen cell phone. MCSO received a report of a burglar alarm in Irrigon. The build ing was secure. Heppner Police Dept, received a report of a woman at Yaw’s in Heppner who would not leave. MCSO, Heppner Police Dept, received a report of a possible domestic situation in Heppner. The parties were separated for the night. March 27: Boardman Police Dept, received a report from a man who said his neighbor arrived home and the trunk to her vehicle is still open several hours later, plus her front door is still ajar and no one answers. Everything was okay. MCSO and Boardman ambu lance received a report of a 41 year old man who was having sei zures. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. Boardman Police Dept, re ceived a report of a Coke machine broken into at the Sentry Market in Boardman. Heppner Police Dept, received a request for the police to see if there were any warrants on a woman who was requesting aid. MCSO received a report of kids throwing pop bottles at cars ne^r the BP station in Boardman. MCSO received a report of possible items stolen from rental property fnlm'goh. Boardman Fire Dept, received a report of a structure fire in Boardman. It was not a structure fire but was an illegal bum. MCSO received a report of harassing phone calls and some one entering a house and chang ing the answering machine mes sage. MCSO received a report of a runaway juvenile in Irrigon. March 28: Heppner Police Dept, received information from a woman that in the event of a medical emergency involving her children, she will be partying and spending the night in a residence by the creek. The children were with their father. Heppner Police Dept, received more information from the above mentioned woman who called back and said she would stay at the dam because a person at the previously mentioned house wouldn’t let her stay there. MCSO deputy cited Jose H. Fernandez, 65, for Driving under • the Influence of Intoxicants. MCSO received a request to deliver a message of a death in the family to a Boardman man. Oregon State Police received a report of a vehicle driving er ratically. MCSO received a report of someone locked out of their ve hicle in Heppner. Someone was called to assist. MCSO, Oregon State Police, Boardman Fire Dept., Boardman ambulance received a report of a motor vehicle accident. Two or more patients were transported to Good Shepherd Community Hos pital in Hermiston. MCSO, Morrow County Road Dept, received a report of hay lay ing on the side of the road for the last three days and the caller wanted to know if she could have it. MCSO, Boardman Fire Dept, received a report of heavy smoke on Kunze Road in Boardman. A brush fire threatened structures. MCSO, Irrigon ambulance re ceived a report of an elderly fe male unconscious and non-re- sponsive. The patient was trans ported to Good Shepherd Commu nity Hospital in Hermiston. March 29: Boardman Police Dept received a request for an J , ' : officer to accompany a person at an apartment complex to an apart ment where the music was too loud. MCSO received a report of vandalism at Columbia Middle School in Imgon with a library window broken. Oregon State Police, Heppner Police and Fire depts. responded to a report of a fire at a residence on Highway 207. The fire was coming out of the roof. MCSO deputy arrested Paul Lynn Brazeau, 36, on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Theft II. MCSO received a report from a woman that her ex-husband was harassing her by phone. Oregon State Police officer arrested Larry Allen Perrin, 22, on a MCSO warrant for Posses sion of a Controlled Substance, Parole Violation/Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle and Pa role Violation/Burglary II. Perrin was lodged at the UCSO jail. Heppner Police Dept, received a report of a subject left alone at home who shouldn’t be. A 12 year old was with him. MCSO received a report from an Irrigon woman that her 10 year old son was chased by three teen agers in a black full-size 4x4 in the turkey shoots. The 4x4 ran over a child’s bike as they were fleeing. MCSO received a request from UCSO that they check a resi dence in Irrigon for two missing juveniles. A 16 year old juvenile was confirmed as missing and turned over to her parents. MCSO received a report of a verbal argument in Irrigon. MCSO deputy assisted the Irrigon ambulance for an 11 year old with possible appendicitis. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Heppner by ambulance. March 30: Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a two- way portable handheld radio sto len in the Boardman area. Heppner ambulance received a report of a female in her 70s who had fallen. The patient was transported to. Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. . ^,, MCSQ received a report,of a domestic dispute at the Riverview Trailer Court in Irrigon. The of ficer was unable to locate anyone. One person left on foot and an other in a car. MCSO received a report of a dog hit in Irrigon. The dog was put down. Boardman Police Dept, re ceived a report of juveniles in an open field in Boardman with a bonfire going and either beer cans or paint cans in their hands. Heppner Fire Dept, received a report of a controlled bum that had rekindled. MCSO received a report of a Chevy Corsica speeding up and down Third Street in Irrigon. MCSO deputy cited Richard Hinz, 26, for Driving while License Suspended/Felony and the vehicle was impounded. MCSO deputy advised that he was trying to overtake two ve hicles on 1-84, one going 90 mph and the second at 120 mph. Fran cisco Atilano-Rivera, 20, was cited for Exceeding the Maximum Speed, 102 mph in a 65 mph zone. March 31: MCSO received a report of a prowler around a trailer at Riverview Trailer Court in Irrigon. An officer was unable to locate anyone. MCSO deputy cited Jolynn Cozy Kitchen, 43, Caldwell, ID. for Burglary I, Theft I. MCSO deputy arrested Kim berly Jean McGraw, 36, Board- man, on a circuit court warrant for Failure to Appear. MCSO received a report of a cow in the irrigation canal one mile east of the 1-84 junction. Officers were unable to locate the cow. MCSO received a report of suspicious activity at an Imgon residence. MCSO received a report of a motor vehicle accident in Irrigon. UCSO arrested Stephanie Elizabeth Corbett, 28, on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Appear/Driving while License Suspended. Corbett was cited and released. MCSO deputy arrested Wendy Lee Hill, 36, on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Assault IV. MCSO received a report from a man in Irrigon who said he saw his daughter at a residence and when he attempted to get her back, the owners of the residence not know the location or the name of the person giving the party. told him to go away. MCSO received a request for April 1: UCSO arrested Mark assistance with a motor vehicle Christoffer Duvall, 33, on an accident at 1-84 and Army Depot Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Road. One patient was trans Theft II. Duvall was lodged at the ported to Good Shepherd Commu UCSO jail on Umatilla County nity Hospital in Hermiston. charges with a hold placed for MCSO and lone Fire Dept, Morrow County. received a report from a woman Hermiston Police Dept, ar who said a loud rambling sound rested Gabriel Fuentes, 22, on an woke them up and it turned out to Imgon Justice court warrant for be a motorhome fully engulfed in Criminal Mischief II. Fuentes was flames. The occupants escaped, lodged at the UCSO ja il on but the motorhome was burned to Umatilla County charges with a the frame. hold placed for Morrow County. Oregon State Police received MCSO, Irrigon ambulance re a report that something flew off ceived a report of a truck driver from under a trailer and broke the with a head injury at the Irrigon caller’s windshield. Market. The driver, who fell off Boardman Police Dept, re his truck and was injured, was ceived a report of a burglar alarm transported to Good Shepherd at Bank of Eastern Oregon in Community Hospital in Hermiston. Boardman. It was a false alarm. MCSO received a report from The bank was having its grand an Irrigon woman that her 14 year opening and the bank president old son was out of control. . was on the scene. MCSO received a report of a MCSO received a report of burglary alarm at Heppner El cows out on Wilson Road. The ementary School. It was a false owner was already headed out to alarm caused by the maintenance put them back in. crew. MCSO received a report of a Portland Police Dept, arrested tractor burned at the Lexington Robert B. Baird, 28, on an Irrigon Elevator and the owner believed Justice Court warrant for Failure it was arson. to Appear/Boat Speeding. Baird MCSO received a report from was lodged at Multnomah County an Irrigon woman that her daugh jail with a hold placed for Mor ter who was reported as a run row County. • away juvenile had been sighted in April 2: Boardman Police Dept, Irrigon. received a report from a woman MCSO received a report from that she was hit by her boyfriend a woman that someone threat with his fists. When she tried to ened her boyfriend while they get back into the apt., she couldn’t were at a garage sale in Irrigon. get back in. He had a two week MCSO received a report from old infant in the residence with a man in Irrigon that his neighbor’s him. Moisés Castillo-Guerrero, 18, front door had been pried open. was arrested for Assault IV Do MCSO received a report from mestic and lodged at the UCSO a man at Oregon Hay in jail. Boardman that they found a small MCSO received a report of a white owl and wanted to contact controlled bum in Boardman ODFW. The attempt to contact headed for a power pole. them was unsuccessful. . MCSO received a request for Heppner Police Dept, arrested a welfare check from a woman Donite Elaine Petit, 23, on a who was concerned about her Umatilla County warrant for Fail mother in Boardman. ure to Appear/Assault IV. Petit MCSO received a report from was lodged at the UCSO jail. the Coast Guard in Portland that Sherman County Sheriff’s Of they had received a distress call fice received a report from a man from a hoat on the Qjluntbia in Wasco that his neighbor’s mo River. Officers were unablg, to tion detector on his back porch w£? on and his neighbor was out locate aoypwosvn MCSO received a report that of town. An officer responded and a missing person was located at found that a bunny rabbit had set it off. an Irrigon residence. MCSO deputy cited Seth Lee MCSO received a report of kids putting rocks and other things Osgood, 21, for DUII. Osgood in the gas tank of a semi in lone. was also cited for Driving while MCSO received a report of a License Suspended/Infraction, Driving Uninsured and Reckless dog lost at the dam. Heppner Police Dept, arrested Driving. MCSO received a report of a Daniel Joseph Coiner, 18, on a Hermiston Municipal warrant for white pickup that was all over the Failure to Appear/Minor in Pos road and headed towards the fish session. Coiner was cited and re hatchery in Irrigon. An officer was unable to locate anyone. leased. MCSO received a report of a MCSO received a report from a man that a towing company re door alarm at Kegler’s Market in moved three vehicles from his Irrigon. The person at the site was verified and the alarm disre place and he didn’t authorize it. MCSO received a report of a garded. Boardman Police Dept, re small hole in the back window at Morrow County Head Start in ceived a call from a nine-year old who said his mom was scared and Irrigon. Boardman Police Dept, re crying and a man had come to ceived a report of possible sex their house. The mother didn’t abuse with a car with a male and speak English. Boardman Police Dept, ar a juvenile female by the docks in rested Sergio Landeros Renteria, Boardman. Oregon State Police arrested 27, for Kidnap II, Burglary I. Heriberto Prado Gutierrez, 26, on Renteria was lodged at the UCSO a Morrow County Circuit Court jail. Boardman Police Dept, ar warrant for Failure to Appear/ Criminal Mischief II. Gutierrez rested Nancy Rodriguez, 19, for was also cited for Possession of Theft I. Rodriguez was released Less than One Oz. of Marijuana. and given a court date. MCSO received a report of He was lodged at the UCSO jail. Hermiston Police Dept, ar four rounds that had been fired rested Juan Diego Cardenas from a place on Depot Lane in Gonzales, 25, on an Irrigon Jus Irrigon. It was determined that tice Court warrant for Failure to someone shot at a skunk that was Pay Fine/Driving while License getting chicken eggs. Suspended. Gonzales was cited April 4: MCSO deputy arrested and released. German A guilar, 19, on a Heppner Police Dept, received Hermiston Municipal Court war a report from a woman who had rant for Failure to Appear/MIP. just purchased a car and heard it Aguilar was cited and released. was involved in drug trafficking. MCSO also cited him for MIP/ Boardman Police Dept, cited Consumption. Jose Sandoval, 18, Rosalio Torres, Jr. for DUD. and a 15 year old juvenile were MCSO deputy stopped a per also cited. son who appeared confused and MCSO received a report of a shouldn’t be driving. The subject was transported to Good Shepherd dead deer in the road on Highway Community Hospital in Hermiston. 74 which was a possible traffic hazard. An officer moved the April 3: MCSO received a re deer. port of a 14 year old assaulted at MCSO and Oregon State Po her house in Irrigon. Another 14 lice received a report of a pos year old was cited into juvenile sible DUII, with die subject, barely court for Assault. able to walk, opening containers MCSO received a report of in the car. An officer was unable mules out on the highway in Lex to locate anyone. Boardman Police Dept, re ington. ceived a report from a female sub- MCSO received a report of a MIP party that was possible in the Heppner/Ione area. The caller did continued next page i
