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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 14 2001 - FIVE Sheriff's Report The Morrow County Sheriff s Office (MCSO) reports handling the following business: -MCSO, Oregon State Police, Oregon Dept. of Transportation, Boardman Ambulance, Imgon Rescue received a report of another vehicle accident on Highway 730. There were three people in the vehicle. Two patients were transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. It was reported that the road conditions on Highway 730 were very icy (ODOT was notified). - Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a burglar alarm at the Bank of Eastern Oregon in Boardman. The alarm was accidentally activated. -MCSO received a report of a rear-end motor vehicle accident. A woman and her infant were transported by private vehicle to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. The infant sustained unknown injuries. -MCSO received a request for a deputy regarding the caller's brother and sister-in- law and a dispute over mail. -MCSO received a report of a letter received by Boardman Foods that appeared to be a scam. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report of a calf out wandering near 1-84. MCSO. Heppner Police Dept.. Morrow County Health Dept, received a report from a woman in Heppner that her dog bit another woman on the leg. -Heppner Police Dept received a request for an officer contact because a small dog was attacking the caller's chickens. -Heppner Police Dept received a report of three to four juveniles hanging around the Red Apple Market by the pop machine. An officer was unable to locate the juvemlas. -MCSO received a report of a couch in the middle of the road on Highway 730, blocking the westbound traffic. -MCSO received a report of a deer hit near Patterson Ferry and a request to move it off the road. -MCSO cited Charles Wyatt Lockridge II. 51. for Theft III. -MCSO received a report of items stolen off a porch in Boardman. -MCSO, BPD received a report of a motor vehicle accident at the Port of Morrow/Laurel Lane. Two people with injuries were transported. -MCSO, Heppner Police Dept, received a request for an officer contact. The caller said her daughter had been harassed while at the high school. - Boardman Police Dept, received a report from a caller whose said her sister had taken her daughter's CD player. Dorantes, 25, on and Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Failure to Appear Driving While Suspended. He was lodged at Clackamas County Jail with $1,287 bail. -MCSO received a report of kids having parties at a rock pit near the caller's residence in lone. -Heppner Police Dept, arrested Jeremy Carroll, 19, on a Morrow County warrant for Parole Violation/Criminal Mischief II. Bail was set at $10,000. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -MCSO received a report from a woman that she found her front door was kicked open when she got home at Desert Springs Estates in Boardman. -MCSO received a report that the American West Property office in Boardman was heavily vandalized. The owner was contacted. -MCSO received a request for officer contact for a woman whose home was vandalized with obscene writing. -MCSO received a request for a deputy to check on a employee of a video store in Irrigon who had been missing for a week. His vehicle was still at his residence. Contact was made with the employee and contact would be made with the employer. -Multnomah County Sheriffs Office arrested Trisa Beth Hall, 24, on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Appear/Providing False Information to a Police Officer. Hall was lodged at the Multnomah County Jail with local charges and a hold placed for Morrow County. Jan. 11: MCSO received a report of an audible burglar alarm in Irrigon. It was a false alarm. -MCSO received a report from a Mid-Columbia bus driver in Imgon that a vicious dog was scaring kids and the driver was concerned for the kids' safety. -MCSO received a report from Boardman Foods that a vehicle was abandoned in the parking lot and had been there for several weeks. -MCSO received a request for a deputy contact from a man in Richland who says his ex-wife in Imgon always has marijuana and he is concerned that his two children live in conditions where people are always coming to the residence for the marijuana. -MCSO received a report from A.C. Houghton School in Imgon that a $1 counterfeit bill had just been confiscated from a student. The bill was copied on a copy machine but looked real. -MCSO received a request for a deputy contact for a man in Umatilla who said two vehicle titles had been taken by a woman from a residence in Imgon. The man thought the woman had forged his signature in an attempt to sell one of the vehicles. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report of two dogs in a woman's yard in Boardman. Jan. 10: MCSO, Oregon State Police, Boardman Fire Dept., Boardman ambulance Jan. 12: MCSO. Oregon received a report of a two-vehicle State Police, Boardman Police motor vehicle accident on 1-84. It Dept, received a report that a was a non-injury accident. male subject was trying to gain -Boardman Police entry into the office building at Department cited Marcus Campbell, 24, for DUII, reckless Boardman Foods. The subject's driving and failure to use vehicle was described and seatbelt. They also cited a 17- located. The occupants ran. year-old Hermiston juvenile for Gregory Bass. 20. was cited for MIP-consumption, failure to use Attempting to Elude and released. seatbelt. -MCSO received a -Clackamas County Jail arrested Rolando Valdivia- request for a deputy from a NEW TRIPLE WIDE ON 2 0 ACRES WITH A VIEW m New three bedroom, two bath triple-wide home with a great view. Twenty acres with trees; lots of hunting land near by. Finished shop with propane furnace and 1 /2 bath. Has a garage too. BIG 42x60 SHOP! Boardman woman who said she found a dead and skinned cat in her driveway two days earlier. -MCSO received a report of a gun stolen in Boardman It was unknown when the gun was stolen. -MCSO received a request for a deputy contact from a caller concerned about his father. The caller believed his father could do something drastic rather than go to jail if a possible sex abuse case was prosecuted. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Imgon who said a 67-year-old female had fallen and was having trouble getting up. The caller would call back if assistance was needed. -MCSO received a request for a deputy contact regarding neighbor's dogs wandering around in Boardman. -MCSO received a report from Morrow County Grain Growers that someone had tampered with anhydrous tanks at the Lexington Grain Elevator. -MCSO received an open line 911 call from Boardman. It was a child playing with the phone. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report of an audible burglar alarm at the Heppner Elementary School. -Oregon State Police received a report of a stranded 18-wheeler along 1-84. -MCSO received a report from a woman in Hermiston that a man threatened her on Dec. 26 in Lexington. -Oregon State Police received a report of a Ford 4x4 pickup pulling a horse trailer eastbound on 1-84 that was all over the road. -Oregon State Police received a report of a large piece of plywood in the first lane on I- 84 westbound. It was a road hazard. -Boardman Police Dept, received a call from Boardman City Hall that they received a report of someone abandoning puppies under the caller's porch. They requested officer contact. -Boardman Police Dept, received a request from a Boardman woman for officer contact regarding a Hermiston man who keeps harassing her. Cottage Grove Police arrested Jill Rene Christian, 32, on an Imgon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Negotiating a Bad Check. She was lodged at Lane County Jail with other warrants and a hold placed for Morrow County. Bail was set at $471. -MCSO received a report of a verbal dispute between a man and a woman at the 76 station in Imgon. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report of an intoxicated male subject lying on the sidewalk by St. Patrick's Senior Center. Officer were unable to find the male subject. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a group of juveniles at an apartment in Boardman who weren't supposed to be there. -Boardman Police Dept, received an incomplete 911 call from Boardman. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report of a male subject outside the caller's residence creating a disturbance. -M orrow County Sheriffs Office, Oregon State Police, Boardman Police Dept, advised that on a traffic stop, the vehicle driver and passenger jumped out. Aurelio Canare Rosas, 19, and Andnanna S. Leal. 19, both Hermiston, were cited for MIP-alcohol. J a n . 13: Eugene Police Department arrested Janice Fay Thonton, 34, on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for Justice Court Report The Justice Court office at the courthouse annex building in Heppner reports handling the following business: Lois White, 80, Heppner-Failure # 399,000 SEE MORE OF THIS PROPERTY AT: www.heppner.net Contact David Sykes, A gen t Heritage Land Co. www.heppner.net 1-800-326-2152 toll free (541) 676-9228 days, (541) 676-9939 evenings [ 3 . to Use a Seat Belt, $59 fine; Sandra Kay Day, 34, Heppner- Failure to Use Seat Belt, $59 fine; Kacy Childers, 18, Ione-MIP- $387 fine, probation with no further violation of law; Joseph Edward Kindle, 20, Heppner-MIP, $157 fine with probation with no further violation of law. Failure to Appear/Criminal Non- Support. She was lodged at Lane County Jail. -BPD received a report of six head of cattle out along a road in Boardman. The owner was located and the cattle put back in. -MCSO received a report from an Imgon woman that a horse was in her yard and she didn't know who the owner was. -MCSO received a request for a deputy contact from Imgon regarding visitation times with the caller's children. -MCSO received a report of a found black lab in lone. -BPD, MCSO received a report of an audible burglar alarm at Sam Boardman Elementary School in Boardman. -MCSO received a hang up 911 call from Imgon. The residence was contacted and all was okay. -MCSO. Heppner Police Dept, received a request for officer contact regarding the caller's daughter who said her step-dad grabbed and bruised her. -MCSO received a report of a lost horse in Imgon. The horse had been reported found earlier in the day. -Sherman County Sheriffs Department, Oregon State Police received a report from the Pasco Police Dept, of a possible homicide suspect believed to be on the Greyhound bus heading to Biggs. The suspect was not on the bus. -Heppner Police Dept., Heppner ambulance. Morrow County Behavioral Health received a report of a subject possibly suicidal. All was okay. -Boardman Police Dept received a report from a subject in Boardman that her car was scratched and she knows who did it. -MCSO received a report of a female subject banging on the door and threatening the caller in Imgon. -MCSO, Heppner Police Dept., Morrow County Behavioral Health received another report of a possibly suicidal subject from a different caller. All was okay and Morrow County Behavioral Health made contact with the subject. -MCSO deputy confirmed property recovered previously was stolen property from the Tigard Police Dept. -MCSO received a report of a wedding party in lone. -Heppner Police Dept.. Morrow County Behavioral Health received a report from a male subject that a female subject was at his home destroying property. The subject was arrested on two counts of criminal mischief. She was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $12,000 bail. -MCSO received a report of a white pickup driven by a male subject traveling between the Imgon Learning Center and Imgon Mobile Court that stopped occasionally and was using a flashlight by the road. MCSO. Oregon State Police received a report of a possible DUII on 1-84 at the Boardman rest area. Officers were unable to locate the vehicle Jan. 14: MCSO received a report from Oregon State Police of a $10 driveoff from a truck stop lh Umatilla. The vehicle was suspected to be in Imgon. -MCSO received request for phone contact from a deputy concerning a civil custody issue regarding caller's ex-husband, who has failed to return her three and four-year-old daughters on time. -OSP received report of a 35 to 40-year-old male at the Boardman rest area acting strange, then leaving westbound in a U-haul truck, with the driver's window broken out. -MCSO received an abandoned 911 call. When caller was recontacted he then said two red cows were tearing down his fence and were on his property -UCSO received report of a pickup and trailer possibly dissabled blocking the Umatilla Bridge -MCSO received report of a suspicious male in the Wildlife Refuge restricted area. Subject was located walking on railroad tracks. Deputy was unable to make contact and the subject wasn't observed doing anything wrong. -H eppner Police Department received report of someone breaking into caller's shed and subjects got into his reloading equipment Caller also reported seeing the subjects leaaving the shed. The caller's liquor was also stolen about a week ago. -HPD cited two juveniles for Burglary II and Criminal Trespass I, concerning the previous call. All were cited and released. -HPD cited one subject for MIP/Tobacco. Subject was cited and released. -HPD received report of an audible burglary alarm with lobby motion at Klamath First Bank in Heppner. Turned out to be painters who would be working that day and the next. -MCSO received report of a black lab puppy in Boardman coming over to caller's house. Puppy belonged to the neighbors and caller wanted them only warned. -MCSO received report that the same dogs that were in caller's cows last year were in them again. Caller wants the deputy to respond. -MCSO received report from a woman who said she was involved in stealing her grandmother's checks with her boyfriend and her boyfriend is now calling her and threatening her life. -BPD received report from a man that his wife blacked out for a short time. She is not pregnant, doesn't take any medication and doesn't want ambulance response. Caller wants a deputy to check on his wife but refused any medical response that night. -Boardman Ambulance, MCSO, BPD received request for an ambulance for caller's 45 year old husband who was experiencing severe pain in the left side of his face. He has no medication, was conscious and was breathing fine. Subject was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital. -Irrigon Ambulance. MCSO received request for an ambulance for a female who was experiencing trouble breathing. The subject was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital. HPD arrested Joseph Edward Kindle, 20, on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for Parole Violation/Assault IV and Theft II. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $30,000 bail with no local charges. -MCSO received request for contact regarding the caller receiving rude phone calls. Jan. 15: MCSO cited Ruth M. Bemal-G, 21, for Driving While Suspended- I/Motor Vehicle Accident involved. She was also cited for No Insurance/Motor Vehicle Accident involved. -MCSO received report of kids throwing rocks at caller’s horse and hitting the horse in the eye. -MCSO received report of theft of the caller's livestock panels. -HPD received report of an audible burglary alarm with lobby motion at Klamath First Bank in Heppner. Turned out it was just painters. -BPD received report of a suspicious person behind Habdoc Apts. Upon response deputy was unable to locate anyone -HPD received report of a subject locked out of a vehicle. -MCSO received report of a Hazmat incident with 65 gallons of oil spilled in a driveway in Boardman. -MCSO received report from deputy that he was giving a subject a courtesy ride to Boardman 76-Station -MCSO received report of a subject that broke into a location, took some stuff and trashed the place -MCSO received report of a neighbor's dog howling in Boardman -MCSO received report from a deputy saying a bone a man had found earlier at the marina in Irrigon turned out to be an animal bone -Devin Towing. Road Department received report that a blue Chevy Cavalier had slid off the road near Shaw Creek due to the road conditions. There were no injuries, they just needed towed. -MCSO. OSP received report of a semi on the westbound ramp of I-84/Hwy 730junction had its trailer roll on its side blocking There were no injuries. -BPD. MC SO, Umatilla County Sheriffs Office. OSP. Hermiston PD received report of a burglary suspect who was reported to have robbed a subject o f $40. Jan. 16: MCSO received report of a continual barking problem. Animal was located, but unable to determine if resident was home, will attempt contact at a later time. -BPD received report of a car alarm that has been sounding for five minutes. Location of vehicle was unknown. The locks on the vehicle were frozen. -BPD received report of impounded vehicle due to subject Driving While Suspended-1 and Driving Uninsured. -MCSO received report of a panic alarm. It was a homeowner error. -HPD received request for officer for caller's neighbor who plays loud music every night until 10 or 11 pm and caller's daughter couldn't sleep. -MCSO received request for officer from a subject who said someone just drove*by and threw a rock at caller's window . No damage was done to house or window . There was no suspect or vehicle information. -MCSO received report on 1-84 westbound there is an older four-wheel drive vehicle off the road w ith flashers on and no one around. -MCSO received a 911 call from an unknown female saying that she needed police help, then left the line open and said nothing more. Dispatcher could only hear another female saying, "You're not taking the baby." -MCSO received report of a dark red Firebird follow ing caller all over Imgon for 10-15 minutes. When caller was able to lose the vehicle he phoned in. -MCSO cited Beverly A Cragun, 42, for Harassment. -HPD received report of a person seen inside Peterson's Jewelry store 10 minutes ago. Subject was tall, wearing a baseball cap. Caller advised subject did not appear to be owner. It turned out the owner was removing items from window display Jan .17: MCSO received report of a suspicious vehicle in Boardman Sentry parking lot without lights on. -MCSO, Boardman Ambulance received report from a man that his wife was not •concious or breathing. He declined to perform CPR Per deputy she died of natural causes and had a history of diabetes -Eddie Joe Rios, 37. was served a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for a parole violation/Felon in Possession of a Firearm. He was already lodged at Umatilla County Jail. -MCSO received report from a woman who said she was involved in an incident the previous night and was remov ed from a household, even though she was a victim. She said she needed to get her belongings and wanted to speak to deputy regarding this issue. Caller called back shortly after and advised that she was leav ing and will call back the next day. -MCSO received request for contact from a woman regarding telephone harassment by her husband's ex-wife -BPD. Boardman Ambulance. Boardman lire Dept.. MCSO. received report of a single vehicle Motor Vehicle Accident with injuries and blocking traffic Vehicle was a semi pulling a crane One subject was transported to ( iood Shepherd Hospital -MCSO received report of a subject wanted by Me I aren home for boys. Caller believed that she knew where subject was living in Boardman Caller said the subject was a runner, a registered sex offender, w ho had not registered since December 1999 -MCSO received report that caller's 13-year-old daughter would not listen to her and is doing bad things \ t
