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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 12, 2000 - FIVE Sheriff's Report The Morrow County Sheriffs Office (MCSO) reports handling the following business: -received report of a digital cameral reported stolen, recovered. -received report of a black lab mix, one year old, lost in Ely Canyon area. -OSP received report of an atlas Van Lines tractor trailer weaving. -received report of a stolen van in Irrigon. -Boardman Ambulance received report of a one-vehicle accident on Hwy. 730 at Patterson Ferry Road. Two patients where transported to Good Shepherd Hospital. -received request for a deputy to contact a man by phone for advice. -received report of two driving complaints on 1-84, a blue Ford pickup and a turquoise T-Bird. -received report from a woman that someone is in a trailer that should be unoccupied. -received report of a silver Monte Carlo leaving Lexington on Hwy. 207 northbound at a high rate of speed. Officer was unable to locate anyone. -BPD received report from a Boardman that 12-13 year old girls are harassing his daughter -MCSO, Heppner Police Department received a 911 call with a female reporting that a male was trying to break down her door to kill her in Hardman. -received report of 30 head of cow out on Ripple and Olson Roads in Boardman, officer was unable to locate anything. -received request from Pioneer Memorial Hospital to contact Morrow County Behavioral Health and have them respond to the hospital. M arch 8: received report of cows out on Bombing Range Road. Eighty to 100 cows were strung from Homestead Road to the potato shed. -received report that a truck hit a cow. They were unable to locate the cow. -received report of a bomb threat at Umatilla Army Depot at 7:03 a.m. Personnel were dismissed, all gates locked and no one was allowed in or out. -received report of cattle out on Bombing Range Rd. -received another report of 12- 15 cattle out. -received report of a dead cow on Bombing Range Rd. -Boardman Ambulance, Medic 3, Medic 2 received request for an ambulance for a 72 year old male. He was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital. -received report of a two vehicle accident blocking with no injuries near Oregon Hay. -received report from a Boardman man that he was receiving threatening phone calls. They started the previous night and three occurred that day. -MCSO deputy cited a 16-year old girl for harassment. -received report of three vehicles that tried to run another vehicle off the road. No one was in position to respond. -received report of a red Ford pickup outside a residence. -received report of two dogs in a pasture in Irrigon and caller reported that she shot at them. -received report of a hazard with a brown pickup on the shoulder over the fog line in Boardman. -Boardman Police Department, MCSO received report of a domestic dispute at a Boardman residence. One subject was charged with Assault TV Domestic-felony and lodged at Umatilla County Jail. -OSP received report of a disabled vehicle on 1-84 with a female on the hood of a dark grey sedan. -OSP received report of a tractor-trailer traveling 8-10 miles per hour in the middle of the road. -received report of a flashlight in the field across from the caller's residence with. Caller heard voices and yelling. It was the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife with workers in the field hunting pheasant around 7:19 p.m. -received report of a possible DUII with a vehicle headed toward Lexington from Heppner on Hwy. 74. The vehicle ran over a curb in Heppner and was all over the road. The vehicle was located and driver said he/she was headed to pick up son who broke down. The son was to drive the vehicle back to Heppner and officer was to take the driver over to the DMV for evaluation. -received report from a Boardman woman that when she went outside her residence she smelled a strong odor o f cat litter and onions and believes someone in the area is manufacturing drugs because the smell is so strong it burned her nose. It was from farmers fertilizing. -received a call concerning Burglary I and Theft II and also telephone harassment. -received report of a problem with a neighbor's dog in Irrigon. M arch 9: received request for a welfare check from a woman whose daughter, en route from California, is overdue. She was entered as a missing person. •received report of the garage door open at the senior bus shed and no one is around. -7:12 a.m. received report of a bomb threat at the Umatilla Army Depot. The employees were dismissed. -received report of cow out at Homestead Rd. -MCSO received request for deputy at A.C. Houghton Elementary in Irrigon. -OSP arrested Thomas John Yonker, 42, Umatilla, on a Morrow County warrant for Failure To Appear on a citation. He was cited and released. -MCSO received report from US West of an open phone line at a Heppner residence. Dogs were barking, but no one was on the line. Everything was ok. -MCSO received report of a small child riding his bike in the street on Church St. in Heppner. -City of Heppner, HPD, Heppner Ambulance, HFD received report of a vehicle that went over the hill at Morgan St. in front of the High School. Christopher Bridgmon, 18, was transported to PMH with injuries. The vehicle was towed. -MCSO received report of two traffic complaints in Irrigon. Traffic was speeding on Main and unsupervised children were crossing the street from the school. Caller said she spoke to the school. -MCSO received report of six to nine cows out on Bombing Range. -MCSO received request for deputy from an Irrigon woman who said she is receiving threatening calls from two Hermiston women. -BPD received report of a stereo stolen out of a 1995 Ford Ranger parked in a driveway in Boardman. -BPD, MCSO received report from a woman who said ,er ex-father-in-law has been making threats to hurt her, her husband and their baby since they have been helping her mother in-law since they split up. She was concerned since the father-in-law was released from jail that day and her husband was working graveyard -MCSO received report of loud music at an Irrigon address, a weekly occurrence and caller had to get up at 5 a.m. Deputy contacted parties and told them to turn down the music or they will be cited. -M CSO arrested Christopher Michael Swope, 21, Pasco on a Morrow County Circuit Court Warrant for Criminal Mischief, I, Initiating False Report, MIP/Purchasing Alcohol. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail. .Bail was set at $30,000. He was also arrested on a Hermiston PD warrant for DUII with $10,000 bail. -BPD, MCSO received report of juvenile drinking at the Sandpiper Apartments in Boardman. -Boardman Ambulance received request for an ambulance for a 29-year-old male having seizures. He was transported to GHS. -Heppner Amb, HFD, EMT, MCSO received report of a one vehicle accident up Rhea Creek Rd. Victims walked to a rest and said there is a possible second victim in the vehicle. One was transported to PMH. Officer was unable to locate second victim. First subject refused testing for alcohol and was cited for DUII and Driving While Suspended/misdemeanor. •Wasco Co. Sheriffs Office arrested Donald Howard Clark, 39, on an UC warrant for Failure To Appear/Driving While Suspended. Bail was set at $ 6 , 000 . -lone EMT, Heppner Ambulance, MCSO received request for an ambulance for an 83-year-old woman who was unconscious and was having trouble breathing. The subject, who regained consciousness and was breathing better, was transported to PMH. -MCSO assisted with security at A.C.Houghton Elementary. -MCSO deputy contacted a woman regarding a complaint about her dogs chasing children. -MCSO confiscated magazine pages and disposed of them. Officer was unable to locate suspect. -MCSO received report of vandalism done to a garage that was being leased from the Port of Morrow. -MCSO received request to deliver a message to a Heppner man driving to Portland what his father was being taken to the hospital, but then the father was flown to Portland. -MCSO received report of a porch on fire in Heppner. -MCSO received report of a 1970 red 4X4 at the refuge turning cookies and throwing gravel and making a dog chase him. Caller was concerned about the dog. -MCSO received report of a cow out on road on the Lexington side of Baseline. -MCSO received report of things missing around a residence near Heppner and a truck broken into . -OSP, MCSO received report of an out-of-control teen damaging the house. Juvenile was taken to juvenile detention. -MCSO received report of three-four juveniles yelling and cussing, perhaps getting physical in Irrigon. -MCSO received report of neighbors partying again in Irrigon. Music was turned down upon deputy arrival. -MCSO received request for welfare check at a Lexington address. -MCSO received report o f three big equipment seeder machines that tore up the caller's mail box he just put in. -Irrigon Fire Department received request for assistance for a nurse who needed help getting an obese patient up. -Boardm an Amb received report of a 69-year-old man with previous heart problems experiencing chest pains. -MCSO received report of two people in another person's field in Boardman. -HPD cited Elliot Strouse, 18, Heppner, for possession of less than loz. of marijuana. -HPD received report of a possible fight in front of Kates. One male subject was advised he had enough to drink and returned to his motel. -BPD, MCSO received report from a woman that they have received more threats from her ex-father-in law. He had been driving by threatening to do harm to the mother-in-law. -Irrigon Amb, MCSO received report o f an eight-year- old girl having a seizure. There was no transport. March 12: MCSO received report of a juvenile not yet home at 12:21 a.m. in Irrigon. Juvenile was located and returned home. -OSP, MCSO received report of an abandoned vehicle being vandalized. Owner was contacted and will move vehicle. -OSP, MCSO, ODFW, U.S. Forest Service received report of a vehicle possibly in a restricted area in Irrigon near the grain bins. -MCSO received request for deputy concerning juveniles up a tree at the Irrigon marina park. -MCSO received report o f a custody dispute between a woman and her soon-to-be ex- husband in Boardman. -BPD, MCSO received report o f several people in the driveway at a Boardman residence, possibly an altercation. It was just some people visiting. • Burns P olice Department arrested John Kenneth Todd, 30, on an IJC warrant for FTA/DWS. He was lodged at Harney Co. Jail with $6,000 bail. -MCSO received report of water leaking from a ceiling at the St. Pats. Senior Center. Caller thought the living room was also flooded. March 13: MCSO arrested John Dano Godinez, 41, on a circuit court warrant for DWS misdemeanor. -MCSO received report from a woman that a dog chased her son as he walked to school. -MCSO received a 911 hang-up/abandoned call. -MCSO received request for deputy contact concerning a burglary called in the previous week. -MCSO received request deputy concerning a violation of a stalking order. MCSO received three hang up 911 calls. Calls were from Columbia Middle School. -MCSO received request for a deputy concerning a burglary called in the previous week. -MCSO received request for deputy concerning a man violating a stalking order. -H eppner Police Department received report of checks stolen. The bank was already advised. -Hermiston Police Department arrested Juan Manuel Ibarra, 23, on a Heppner Justice Court warrant for Failure To Pay Fine/Providing False Information to a Police Officer. Subject was given a court date and released with $363 bail. -MCSO received report from a Boardman woman that her daughter made contact with her and is no longer missing. -MCSO received report of items stolen from an untouched building near Anson Wright Park. Jars of change and a miter saw were taken. -MCSO, OSP, Hermiston Ambulance, Fire Department received report of a one vehicle rollover with injury on 1-84 westbound with a power pole on fire. -MCSO received report of dogs allowed to run at a home day care. Caller was concerned about children. -B oardm an Fire Department received report of flames and a large cloud of smoke on 1-84 west of Boardman. It was an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife bum. -MCSO received request for Oregon State Police concerning an incident the previous night. Caller was not happy with officers' actions. -Heppner Ambulance, Heppner Police Department, Medic 3 received report of an 84- year-old in and out of consciousness. She was transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital. -MCSO received report of a 23-year-old and a 19-year- old out with a 15-year-old juveniles -MCSO received request for a deputy concerning the sale of a vehicle that was on another subject's property and subject would not give car back. -HPD received request for an officer concerning telephone harassment. M arch 14: MCSO received report of two juvenile boys standing on a neighbor's porch smoking pot in Irrigon. Officer was unable to locate anything. -BPD, MCSO received report of an alarm at a Boardman residence. The woman of the resident was upstairs locked in her room and reported hearing a noise before the alarm went off. The wind had blown the garage door open. -MCSO received report of neighbor dogs chasing cattle in Irrigon. -Road Dept, received report of a pothole on Wilson at Rippee Rd. -MCSO received report of a vehicle speeding in a construction zone in Irrigon. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon man that his roommate had been missing for approximately 12 days. His vehicle and personal items were at the residence. The subject was found in Pasco. -MCSO received request for a deputy concerning identification of a weapon in a possible burglary. -MCSO received report of a gas or water truck 1/4 mile east and north of the Umatilla Army Depot. It was possibly stuck and left out in the sage brush. -MCSO received report of possible trouble at a Boardman residence. -MCSO received report of parties most nights at an Imgon residence and extra patrol wanted. -MCSO received request for deputy concerning a burglary the previous week. -HPD received report from a Heppner woman that her son had received a death threat. -BPD, MCSO received report from a woman who said her husband had just left the house and was followed by two men who had gotten into an alteration with him earlier. It was ok, just a verbal dispute. -MCSO received request for officer from a Heppner woman who said another woman made a death threat against her. -HPD received request for an officer from a woman who says she wants to press charges against a Heppner couple because they were driving by and flipping her off. -BPD received a 911 call from a Boardman subject who said he dialed the wrong number. He was calling by Braille. -MCSO received report of a house burglary with forced entry and guns missing. -MCSO received request from an Irrigon woman to sign a complaint on her neighbors. -HPD received request for officer at Heppner Chevron to discuss an earlier incident. March 15: OSP received report of a possible scream by the Irrigation District office in Irrigon. Caller said it could have also been a chicken, she wasn't sure. -MCSO received report of cows out on comer of Wilson and Miller. -MCSO received report of another bomb threat at the UAD. Non-essential employees were released. -MCSO received request for a deputy from a woman concerning visitation with her son who lives in Boardman. -MCSO received request for a house watch in Irrigon. -MCSO received report of a car dolly on Hwy. 74, possibly a hazard. -MCSO received request for a deputy from a woman who said she was assaulted by a male subject. -MCSO arrested Matthew Weatherford, 24, for Assault IV. -BPD cited Floyd Edwin Glenn, 59, for aggravated animal abuse. He was also cited for unlawful use of a weapon. -OSP recovered a boat stolen earlier. -MCSO received request from Irrigon Sentry Market to pick up bad checks. -MCSO received request for deputy concerning credit card fraud. -MCSO received request for security check. -HPD received request for officer from a woman who said another subject wouldn't giver her things back. -MCSO received-report of an audible alarm at the Riverside High School shop. It was an employee getting something out of the shop. -BPD, MCSO received report of parents arguing in the Boardman 76 Station parking lot with juveniles over a possible stolen bicycle. -BPD, MCSO, Boardman Ambulance received request for an ambulance for a subject having difficulty breathing. One was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital. -HPD received request for officer concerning a loose dog. One person was cited for dog at large. MCSO received request for deputy concerning strange telephone activity. Artist holds workshop in Heppner Dean Handbury puts the finishing touches on a painting completed at a workshop by artist Betty Crosswhite, sponsored by the Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts Club, Saturday. April 8. Camille Sykes (right) gets some pointers from artist Betty Crosswhite at a workshop sponsored by the Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts Club Saturday. April 8.
