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EIGHT Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 6, 2000 Sheriff's Report The Morrow County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) reports handling the following business: -MCSO cited Jared Dean Eckman, 19, Shane David Matheny, 19, Riley Jack Tingue, 20, and a 16-year-old juvenile for MIP alcohol July 24: BFD, MCSO received report of a fire at the Boardman canal east of highway 730. Several fires were located due to 'sparks thrown from the train. -MCSO received report of a suspicious vehicle following the fire units as they put out the fires. -MCSO received report of a utility trailer missing from a shop in Boardman. Caller later advised that son-in-law had it and to disregard call. -MCSO received report of locks on bathrooms at Imgon Manna damaged. -MCSO received request for deputy regarding parking at Homer's Fruit Stand. -MCSO received report of a dog running loose on Hwy. 707. -BFD received report of a brush fire on 1-84 at the Boardman rest area. -MCSO received report of a motor vehicle accident on Little Butter Creek. It was a non-injury, non-blocking. -MCSO received report of audible burglar alarm in Boardman. -BPD, MCSO received report from a child in Boardman that two big boys were fighting in front of his house. They left. -MCSO received report from a Boardman man that his wife had taken their kids and won't let him see them. A restraining order was in process of being served. -BPD received report of a lab running through the streets that knocked a kid off his bike. -MCSO received report of a suspicious male in his 50's following little girls around the pool. Suspect was caught in the woman's changing area the previous week. -MCSO received report of gun shots heard coming from a vehicle at Irrigon Mobile Court. -MCSO received report of two males banging the door and ringing the bell at a Boardman residence. July 25: MCSO, BPD received report of the sound of glass breaking at an upstairs from a Boardman residence. -MCSO, BPD received report from a Boardman woman that another female was screaming and trying to get in her residence. -MCSO received report from an Imgon woman that the goats are out of her yard. -MCSO received complaint about a truck parked in the road way in front of Greg's Tavern. -OSP received report of a deer hit that needs to be put down on 1-84. -MCSO received report of loud music at a Boardman residence. -MCSO received report of a possible DUII all over the road on 1-84. -BPD received report of 5 to 6 juveniles throwing rocks at the windows of a Boardman residence. -BFD, MCSO received report of a motor home on fire at the Boardman rest area. -MCSO received report of people m a car that wouldn't let the caller pass and was making obscene gestures. -MCSO received report of a semi taking up both lanes on 1-84. -MCSO received report that a subject 86'd from the Imgon Manna was back again being vulgar and rude. -Pendleton Shenffs Office arrested Tony Edward Williams, 40, on an Heppner Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Failure to Appear. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $1,388 bail. -MCSO received report of a vehicle blocking the road by the fruit stand across from city hall on Hwy. 730. -BPD received report of a fight between three males in the parking lot at Columbia View Apartments in Boardman. -Jeremy W. Bradford, 20, was arrested for resisting arrest and disobeying parole. He was lodged at Umatilla Couny Jail with $15,000 bail. -Arlington FD received report of hot spots on Hwy. 74 at county line. -MCSO received report from a Boardman woman that another woman keeps calling her residence and threatening a restraining order had been served. -HPD received request to get a statement from a subject who may have witnessed an assault between a woman and her brother. -MCSO received report from an Imgon woman that her roommate was at the residence causing problems and refusing to leave. -MCSO received report of a picture stolen from and Imgon residence. July 26: MCSO received report of a well house broken into and a well damaged. -Eugene PD arrested Robert Craig Maker, 24, on warrants for Probation Violation/Rape III with $20,000 bail, Failure To Pay Fine/Theft II with $671 bail, Failure to Pay Fine/Fumishing Alcohol to a Minor with $620 bail. He was lodged at Lane Co. Adult Corrections with additional warrants through Umatilla Co. Providing False Information to a Police Officer with $672 bail. July 27: Hermiston PD arrested Thomas Clavis Chavis, 46, on an Heppner Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Harassment. He was lodged at Umatilla Co. Jail with $496 bail. -Irrigon Ambulance received request for ambulance for an Irrigon woman with a history of asthma having trouble breathing. -OSP received report of dogs attacking another dog in Imgon. Caller knew dogs owner. -MCSO received report of mail stolen out of a mailbox in Boardman and subject was using their credit card. -MCSO arrested Timothy Hoyt Sherwood, 44, on an Heppner Justice Court warrant for Criminal Trespass H. He was released but also had a warrant out of Springfield PD. -BPD received request for an officer concerning a custody dispute. -MCSO received report of a subject who sold two computers to people who were using a forged or stolen credit card. Subjects who were traced to Imgon, gave a bogus name. -OSP received report of an erratic driver on 1-84 -MCSO, MC Fire Department received report from manager at Irrigon Marina that he had to chase a subject out of the park again. -Hermiston PD arrested Tami R. Ritchie, 35, on an Heppner Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Criminal Possession of rental property. She was cited and released. -MCSO received request for deputy concerning a person requesting money for use of a private pool. -BPD received request for info on a possible restraining order violation. -SCF received report from a Boardman woman who says she has another subject’s son. -MCSO received report of a dispute over belongings in Irrigon. -MCSO received report of a custody dispute from both persons in the dispute. Male says the female won’t let him pick up his daughter. Female says daughter has the flu and says male identified himself as a police officer to get heT address. She also said he had a gun. -BPD, Morrow Co. Behavioral Health received report of a woman missing from Boardman. -MCSO received request from a female for someone to pick her up in Ruggs. But then she said never mind. She was a possible missing person. -MCSO received report from a female in Imgon that another female with an eight- year-old boy said her husband beat her up and dropped her and the boy in a field. The alleged victim left the residence before deputies arrived. July 28: BPD received report of a light green T-Bird driving erratically with a loud muffler. -BPD, MCSO received report of an attempted break-m of a car at the Outbacks. -Hermiston PD received report that the missing person reported earlier was located. -MCSO received report of lines stolen from a boat at the Imgon Marina the previous night. -MCSO received report of six head of cattle found m a pasture in Imgon. -MCSO received report of a subject lying back in his pickup on Wilson Rd. It was a disabled vehicle. -MCSO received report of an audible burglar alarm at A.C. Houghton. The security company said that someone claiming to be Ron Anthony, the principal, was at the school. It was confirmed and everything was okay. -MCSO received report of a VCR stolen in Boardman. -MCSO received a report of a dead fawn in the road on Washington in Imgon. -BPD received report of a back hoe that hit a power pole. -MCSO received request for a security check. -MCSO received a 911 hang up call from a Boardman residence. Everything was ok. -MCSO arrested Gary Leone Jones, 41, for Assault IV/Harassment. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $10,000 bail. -OSP received report of a Plymouth Voyager driving fast on 1-84. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon female that an ex-boyfriend, whom she has a no-contact order against, has been calling her. -MCSO received report of a dog in Irrigon chasing kids. -MCSO received report of a restraining order violation in Boardman. -MCSO deputy, while out on a dog call, heard a domestic situation in Irrigon. The female left the house with the children and no arrests were made. -MCSO received request for deputy concerning an obscene message left on an answering machine. July 29: MCSO received request for a deputy from a woman who says she is separated from her husband and is locked out of their house and wants to get her belongings. She said her lawyer said she could break a window to get them. -Umatilla PD arrested Jose Luis Sanguino, 34, on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Driving While Suspended. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $489 bail. -MCSO received report of trespassers on Hardman area property cutting wood with extreme fire danger. -MCSO received report of a possible field fire east of Butte Creek in Umatilla Co. Hermiston PD were advised of situation. -MCSO received report of problems with a restraining order. -MCSO received report of a male dog in an Irrigon yard trying to get to female dog. -MCSO received a 911 hang-up call at an Irrigon residence. Everything was ok. -Irrigon FD received report of a truck on fire in Irrigon. Fire was out. -MCSO, OSP received report of a dodge Neon going 90 mph, weaving. There were no officers available in the area. -OSP received report of trucks "flying" by an Irrigon house fighting, trying to run each other off the road. -M CSO, Irrigon Ambulance received request for ambulance for a possible broken leg. There was no transport. -BPD received report of males drinking and driving. -MCSO received report of a disturbance at a wedding at the Port of Morrow. -MCSO received report of a person who had hit a power pole at Kegler’s Sentry now attempting to leave. -MCSO received report of a possible burglar in process in Imgon. -MCSO received report from a woman that her daughter was being harassed by other juvenile girls. July 30: MCSO received report from a subject that she was harassed at the Watermelon Festival and when she left to go home the girls followed her and were at the front door. -MCSO deputy advised she was with an intoxicated male on Hwy. 730. She gave him a nde home. -MCSO deputy advised she was with another intoxicated subject who she gave a ride to the Irrigon 76 Station. -MCSO received report of a juvenile missing since 8 p.m. on previous night. Juvenile, who was at the Watermelon Festival, called home. -MCSO received report of suspicious activity with a car full of teenage boys using caller’s easement road to go back to a grove of trees and hang out in Irrigon. -MCSO received report of all four tires on a vehicle slashed the previous night. -MCSO deputy advised he was assisting in DUII arrest. -MCSO advised of a non-injury accident on Hwy. 730. -MC Behavioral Health received request for someone to speak to a male subject who was "contemplating." Caller called Sheriffs Office back and said he was feeling better. -BPD, MCSO, BFD received report of a vehicle fire on 1-84. -MCSO received report of someone locked out of his vehicle at Willow Creek Country Club. -MCSO received report of suspicious alarm with a garage door found open. -MCSO received report of a mail box smashed on Hwy. 74. -MCSO received report from a subject who said he'd gotten a message that his wallet was found and was at MCSO. -MCSO received report of a male "streaking" on the rocks at the Irrigon Marina. Subject left in a gray Toyota. -MCSO received report of a physical fight between a couple with a child present in Irrigon. -BPD, MCSO received request for officer from a man who said males confronted his wife and were saying things to her in Spanish. -MCSO received report of two teenage boys on one of the sail boats at the Irrigon Marina. -BPD received report of people at the lagoon behind Tidewater with a campfire, when approached were intoxicated and nasty. -MCSO received report of two subjects fighting with a female subject in Lexington. It was mostly verbal, but some physical. -MCSO received report of barking dogs in Boardman. -MCSO, BPD received report of two cars full of juveniles fighting. -MCSO received report of several vehicles in Boardman with loud music and subjects drinking beer. -MCSO received report from a subject who says his landlord's wife is in his residence breaking things and is refusing to leave. -Boardman Ambulance received report of a seven-year- old who fell off the top bunk of a camper and received a puncture wound to the head. He was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital. -BPD, BFD received report of an eight-year-old female with her knee stuck in the playground at the Boardman City Park. -MCSO received report that som eone took watermelon/cantaloupe from Last Chance fruit stand in Imgon without paying and another subject took $40. -MCSO arrested Juan Luis Villegas, 24, Boardman on a MC warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/lllegal Possession of Deer. He was cited and released with $211 bail. -MCSO received request for information concerning custody. -MCSO received report from a female that her ex has had a gun and was after her or her daughter. Subject was stopped. Deputy was unable to locate a gun. -BPD received report form a Boardman subject that some kids had pointed a toy gun at his kids. He requested an officer. -MCSO received report of five young subjects speeding through Irrigon Manna on wave runners. -MCSO received report from a subject who said he was co n cern ed for his granddaughter's welfare. -MCSO received request from a man to check on his daughter. -MCSO received report form a female subject that a neighbor is calling her kids names. She asked for a deputy. -MCSO received report that a neighbor was yelling at a subject in Irrigon. -HPD received report of a missing juvenile. -MCSO received report of a male bitten in the face by a stray dog in Irrigon. -MCSO received report from a Boardman woman that her daughter was struck in the face by a block of wood by a male subject. -MCSO, BPD received report of a subject who took an unknown amount of pills and locked herself in the bedroom. MC Behavioral Health was to assist. -OSP received report of a burglar alarm at the Imgon Learning Center. It was an employee error. July 31: MCSO received report from Hermiston PD that an Imgon woman was having trouble with her nine-year old son. -MCSO received report from a woman that a vehicle almost hit her at the Irrigon Police Office. MCSO received a report of a subject bitten in the face by a stray dog. Boardman Police Dept, re ceived a report of a female struck in the face by a block of wood. Boardman Police Dept, re ceived a report of a female who took an unknown amount of pills and locked herself in the bathroom. Morrow County Behavioral Health was called to assist. Aug. 1: Oregon State Police received a report of a burglar alarm at the Imgon Learning Cen ter. It was cancelled as it was an employee error. Boardman Police Dept, ar rested John Earl La Grow, 30, on a Gilliam County Circuit Court warrant for Attempting to Elude Police/DUII. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail with $20,000 bail. MCSO received a report from an Imgon woman of telephone harassment. A female tried to call their house collect. MCSO received a request to speak to a deputy concerning a domestic dispute that occurred in Lexington. MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report of three males at the Boardman Texaco and one took a pair of sunglasses. He was still in the parking lot. MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report from an Irrigon man that he gave two ju veniles a ride from the Marina to the Irrigon 76 station and he no ticed that his gun was missing. A 16 year old girl was charged with Theft I and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. She was lodged at the Juvenile Detention Center. The Morrow County Juvenile Dept, was notified. MCSO, Oregon State Police, Boardman Police Dept, received a report that there was a lot of screaming at a Boardman resi dence. All was okay, it was a party. MCSO received a request for a deputy concerning a custody is sue. Heppner Police Dept, received a report of three juveniles, two girls and a boy, spraying paint cans and lighting the fumes with a lighter. An officer was unable to locate anything. Aug. 2: Boardman Police Dept., Boardman ambulance re ceived a request for an ambulance for a 23 year old female possibly hallucinating. She was semi-con scious. There was no transport made. Boardman ambulance received a request for an ambulance for a 70 year old woman who was nau seous and having dizzy spells. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. MCSO received a report of dogs “doing their thing” in the caller’s yard in Irrigon. MCSO received a report of neighbor’s dogs getting into gar bage. MCSO received a report from an Imgon subject that he was as saulted by his brother. He called back and changed his mind, with drawing the report. Oregon State Police received a report of a motorhome all over the road and speeding. MCSO received a report of a pickup dumping garbage on the Bombing Range Road. MCSO received a report of trespassers at a gravel pit in Imgon. Oregon State Police arrested Hector Pacheco-Morales, 26. on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant on one count of Encour aging Child Sexual Abuse I. 13 counts o f Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse II and five counts of Official Misconduct. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail with $250,000 bail. MCSO, Boardman ambulance received a report of a 49 year old female who blacked out and was in and out of consciousness at Dodge City. She was complain ing of a severe headache. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. MCSO received a report of an erratic driver on 1-84 who was speeding and was all over the road. Heppner Police Dept, received a report from a subject who was pet sitting that he checked on the dogs and they were gone and things looked strange around the residence. MCSO received a report from an Irrigon man that while he was on vacation, his ex-wife broke i window to get into the house anc took stuff that wasn’t hers. MCSO deputy arrested Jeremv Wayne Bradford. 20, or Hermiston Police Dept, charge: of Assault IV Domestic. He wa: lodged at the Umatilla Count) Sheriff s office. MCSO deputy arrested Fran! David Battaglia, 21, on ap Umatilk County Sheriffs office warran for Failure to Appear. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jai with no bail. MCSO received a report of a possible DUII on Highway 730. Aug. 3: Irrigon ambulance re ceived a request for an ambulance for a female subject with an arti ficial hip who was in severe pain. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hos pital in Hermiston. Host an Exchange Student Make a new lifelong friend from abroad. 16 yaors old frtfoys ploying me otoño Monique 'ikes to log socKMize ono discuss Enrich your family with another culture. Now you can boat a high school exchange student (girl or hoy) from France. Germany, Scandinavia. Spain, England, Japan. Brazil. Italy or other countries. Becoming a host to a young international visitor is an experience of a lifetime! 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