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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 4, 2001 Sheriff's Report The Morrow County Sheriffs Office (MCSO) reports handling the following business: -MCSO received request for deputy contact regarding a subject who showed up at ACH to pick up his kids. Caller told the subject about about a restraining order that the subject was given when the children were enrolled in school. The subject left without the children and stated that he was never given any paperwork. Union County was contacted and confirmed that they had not received the paper work yet. -Irrigon Fire Department advised that they were en route to a residence in Irrigon in reponse to an illegal bum. -MCSO received request to speak to deputy regarding a vehicle that the caller purchased. The caller said the seller took it back. -MCSO received request for contact regarding hang up phone calls. -HPD received request for officer assistance as the caller had locked herself out of her house. -Oregon State Police received report that the caller met her ex-husband in Boardman to exchange their children and he left from there to Lewiston, Idaho. The children, three and five-years-old were not in child seats and were not seat belted in. The caller said her ex-husband lets them lie down in the back of the cab. February 9: Boardman Police Department received report of a minor motor vehicle accident east of the Boardman fire hall. Deputy advised no one was around the vehicle. -OSP received report of a semi off the road on 1-84 westbound. The driver was out checking the vehicle. It was ossibly the same MVA as previous entry. -HPD received report of a vehicle off the road at Slaughterhouse Hill. It was a non-injury and a tow was called to pull the vehicle out. -HPD received report of a Carter-type dog with blood around its neck near the Heppner City Park. -HPD received report of a cash box jimmied and items missing at Brannon's Auto. -HPD cited six people for failure to use seatbelts. -HPD received report that a Dodge vehicle key was found at the Heppner Cemetery. Caller turned the key into the Morrow County Sheriffs Office. February 10: MCSO received report of a group of males playing loud music in Irrigon. Caller did not want contact and requested subjects be advised only. Subjects were contacted and advised to turn music down. -MCSO received report of a man who didn't have money to pay for gas received at the Boardman Chevron Station. -MCSO arrested Cory James Koertje, 20, on an Irrigon Justice Court Warrant for Failure to Appear/Driving While Suspended, Driving Uninsured. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $6,000 bail. -HPD cited two people for failure to use seatbelts. -MCSO, Medic 2 received request for ambulance in Irrigon for caller's 79 year old mother who was extremely weak, and had nose bleeds earlier and her left side was swollen. -MCSO cited a subject for three counts of failure to use seatbelts and Driving While Suspended infraction. -BPD, Boardman Ambulance received report that a female security guard at Columbia River Processing Plant fell on to a concrete slab and suffered trauma to her right leg from the ankle to the knee. She had severe pain and swelling, but was conscious and breathing ok. She was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center. -MCSO received report that the hood of the caller's pickup was keyed in Irrigon. February 11: HPD received report of loud music coming from the fairgrounds. -BPD, MCSO received report of a break in at the laundromat in Boardman It had just occurred and the subject was running. It was a third party call and the caller had no other information. -Heppner Ambulance received request for ambulance for a 78-year-old female who had passed out. She was conscious but not feeling well and had surgery on Wednesday. She was transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital. -HPD received report of an audible alarm/lobby motion alarm at Klamath First Federal Bank in Heppner. An employee advised the alarm company it was a false alarm. -BPD received an open 911 call from a toddler. It was confirmed that a child was playing on the phone. -HPD cited a subject for failure to use seatbelts and having expired plates. -MCSO, BPD received a report that a man threatened the caller’s family with a gun and was outside arguing with her brother. -MCSO received report that caller's neighbors have visitors who have been parking their cars on her side of the property. The caller also said that the neighbors were rude when approached about the subject. -Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife requested assistance with three subjects at the refuge on old highway 730. The subjects were uncooperative and drugs were possibly involved. No MCSO deputy was available and OSP was contacted. -MCSO cited Maximino Landeros Cardenos, 48, and Jose Isabel Escobedo-Cervantes, 36, fo r m en acin g /u n law fu l possession of a firearm. They were cited and released. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon man that his stepson had been crusing in his mother's car all day without permission and they wanted to have it signed stolen. The subject was believed to be in the Irrigon, Boardman or Hermiston area with a friend. -HPD received report of a motion detector burglary alarm at Heppner Elementary School. It was a false alarm. -MCSO received report of a general entry motion detector burglary alarm at Riverside High School. It was a false alarm. -BPD received report of a horse running in the roadway at Boardman. Horse was located and put back in the field. -MCSO received report of three black cows in the road. Caller advised owner and the cows were placed back in the field by deputy. February 12: MCSO, OSP received report of an '84, silver Honda Accord located in Irrigon. The vehicle was driveable and released to the owner. -MCSO arrested three juveniles on charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. They were lodged at the NORCOR juvenile facility and then released to their parents. -MCSO cited a juvenile for interfering with a police officer. -Umatilla County Sheriffs Office arrested Eulalio Silva, 36, on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for DUII. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $6,000 bail and additional UCSO charges of Posession of a Controlled Substance. -MCSO, OSP received report from a woman that her neighbor's cows were out and were approaching the freeway. Caller said that she did not know her neighbor's name. Deputy advised that there were no cows at 1-84 eastbound. The caller called back advising that the cattle had turned back and that she was going to herd them towards her neighbor's residence. -Heppner Fire Department received report that flames were coming from a residence in Heppner. -MCSO received request for contact from an Imgon woman regarding a stalking order against a friend's boyfriend who shows up at her residence while she's sleeping and removes his clothing. -OSP received report of a red Chevy Suburban with a female driver all over the road going 75 mph. Caller later advised that the vehicle pulled off at a viewpoint. -Hermiston Police Department arrested Leslie A. Bursell, 36, on an IJC warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Failure to Appea r - Dr i v i n g while Suspended. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $1,149 bail. He had an additional warrant from UCSO. -MCSO received request for contact from an Imgon man who said his wife slapped him. The parties were separated and the female left the residence.The female had a restraining order against the male. -MCSO arrested Ruben Gutierrez, Jr., 37, on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for parole violation/Assault IV. He was lodged at UCJ with no bail. -OSP, Hermiston, arrested Harlan Glen Sandbeck, 32, on an IJC warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Driving While Suspended. He was lodged at the UCJ. -HPD cited two subjects for failure to use seatbelts. -MCSO received request from an Irrigon woman for a deputy to respond to her residence. The man who she wanted a stalking order placed on was at her front door. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon woman that a subject was at her residence and she wanted to talk to a deputy because she was afraid to go home. -MCSO received a report from an Imgon woman that her neighbor was harassing her because she tried to put up a fence to separate the two property lines. The caller said the neighbor started yelling and throwing garbage over the line. -BPD received report that caller has been receiving prank phone calls from people in Boardman. -MCSO received report of cows out in Lexington. Cows were placed back in field by deputy and owner notified. February 13: BPD arrested Rachael Heidi Alexander, 22, for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. She was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $7,500 bail. -MCSO received report of loud yelling and four shots fired just north of Gun Club Lane, Hermiston. Subject said he was shooting at area dogs chasing his chickens. -MCSO received report of a letter received by a Boardman woman that she thought was a scam. -HPD received report of a possible theft. Caller requested contact. - Boar dma n Fire Department, MCSO received report that the rear tires of a semi truck were on fire on 1-84. -HPD received request from a Heppner woman calling from work for a welfare check on her 14-year-old child who was home sick and not answering the phone. Deputy advised that the son called his mother. -MCSO received request for deputy contact regarding a threatening letter a student received at Columbia Middle School in Imgon. -MCSO received request for contact from an Imgon subject because she had questions regarding her renter's possible drug use. -OSP received report of a large semi tread in the middle of the road. -MCSO received report that a cadet had possibly spotted a wanted subject walking down the roadway on Hwy. 730 in Irrigon. -MCSO received report from a Heppner woman that a man wearing a heavy coat was walking north on Willow Creek Road near the Blake Ranch Road carrying a long arm (rifle or shotgun) and had a Rottweiller dog. The man was attempting to wave down traffic, but caller had observed to vehicles broken down between Hepner and that location. -Hermiston PD received report that the subject of a confrontation that occurred at Irrigon had gone to Hermiston High School and threatened a woman's son. The complainant was requesting a restraining order. -BPD received report from a Boardman woman that her neighbor told her who had tried to break into her residence while she was gone. -BPD received report of vehicle parked in and around the area where the trucks park near the CFN station in Boardman. The caller related that the subject in the vehicle acted very suspicious and the vehicle fled in the direction of the high school. February 14: MCSO received report from an lone subject that a gray Buick had been circling the lone area. The caller followed the vehicle to the B&C parking lot. -The Heppner Fire Chief received report that an alarm was activated for flood level at Balm Fork. The chief was unable to locate a problem. -MCSO received report of four horses in the roadway in Boardman. Owner was contacted and returned the horses to the field. -MCSO, HPD received report of a suspicious male subject dressed in black, lying down in weed cover, watching over lone with binoculars. It was confirmed that this was the vehicle reported the previous night. -MCSO received report that a dog came over into the caller's property and killed two of her goats this morning. The caller shot the dog but it ran off. -BPD received report that a woman reported that her two-year-old daughter had her foot stuck in the back of the neighbor's couch. No medical attention was needed. -BPD, OSP, MCSO received report of a suspicious incident with a Nissan entering the freeway while the car alarm was sounding. The car was headed eastbound on 1-84. -MCSO received report from an lone man that someone had tampered with his 500-gallon gas tank. A chain had been left on the scene where someone had tried to drag the tank. The caller believed it had occured the previous night. -Heppner Fire Department received report that a room at the Senior Citizen's Center was full of smoke from a pressure cooker. There was no fire and the pressure cooker was turned o f f , but too hot to touch. -HPD received report that there was a Rottweiler on the loose in the caller's neighborhood. -MCSO received request for deputy to attempt to look for the caller's small black 13-year old poodle which is deaf and blind. The dog was located. February 15: BPD received report from a Boardman woman of three gun shots fired near her residence. -MCSO received request for deputy contact from an Irrigon man regarding a stalking order. -Hermiston Police Department arrested Roy Castillo-Chairez, 20, on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Appear/Driving While Suspended, Failure to use Safety Belt. He was lodged at UCJ with $6,000 bail and additional charges of a violation of a restraining order. -Irrigon Ambulance, MCSO received request for an ambulance from an Irrigon woman who said her son had fallen off the bed and was bleeding from the mouth and tongue. -OSP received a report of a black Dodge pickup pulling a horse trailer that cut the caller off. -OSP arrested David Bradley O'Brist, 22, on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Harassment. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with additional charges from Umatilla and Benton counties. -MCSO arrested Frank B. Engelman, 40, on a Hermiston municipal warrant for negotiating a bad check. He was cited and released. -HPD, MCSO received request for officer response for an unwanted subject who was banging on the front door and screaming, cussing and threatening. While caller was on the phone the subject left heading towards Heppner m a green Ford pickup. The subject was located and was of no further interest to law enforcement. -BPD arrested Clifford Eugene Bradley, 34, on Boardman Police Department charges of Eluding a Police Officer, Reckless Driving, Reckless Endangering and Driving While Revoked. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $25,000 bail. -MCSO received report that Clarence Oliver Bean, Jr., 56, Mayville, was arrested on a Michigan/Reed City warrant for Homicide. He was lodged at NORCOR. -MCSO received request for deputy contact regarding and animal problem in Boardman.- -MCSO received report that a subject had dragged the caller's garbage cans across the street. The caller, who believed she knew the responsible party, requested deputy contact. -OSP received report of a light blue semi truck traveling at 69 mph on 1-84 eastbound. -MCSO received request for deputy appearance at a school dance at Columbia Middle School. M-CSO received report from a Boardman woman that the neighbor's dog was at her residence again. February 16: OSP recived report of a non-injury motor vehicle accident on 1-84 eastbound. -BPD cited Jose Solis- Monge, 36, for Driving While Suspended, No Insurance and Failure to Signal When Turning. -BPD received a report of a drive-off at the Boardman Texaco. The vehicle had Connecticut plates. -MCSO received a 911 hang up call in Boardman. Upon call back the subject advised no emergency. The call was made by a five-year-old. February 17: HPD received report that the caller's dogs had not returned after they had been let out five minutes ago. Caller advised that he would be gone, but if the dogs were located, the kennel was in the back and open. -HPD cited one person for failure to wear seat belt. -MCSO received report that her neighbor's boxer was chasing her calves. Caller advised this was a continual problem. -Boardman Ambulance, BPD received request for ambulance for a 40-year old female with hand spasms. One subject was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center. -OSP received report that an unmarked truck with a trailer was trying to play with drivers on the road by acting like he was exiting and would then swerve back into the road. The vehicle was driving very unsafely on I- 84 east of exit 165. -HPD received report that there was a group of male juveniles fishing on the spillway side of the dam in Heppner. -MCSO received report that a female subject came to the Condon Police Department reporting that she received a call from a residence in Irrigon advising of some kind of emergency there. When deputy made contact all was ok and there was no emergency. -MCSO received report from a female subject who was attempting to contact her husband and family in San Francisco as her father was terminally ill and wasn't expected to make it much longer. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon woman that two dogs had attacked her pig. -MCSO received report of horses out in the road. February 18: MCSO received report from an Imgon woman advising that her neighbors have a controlled bum an it was smoldering with flames visible at times. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon man advising that his neighbor was moving a fence that has been there for years. -MCSO, BPD arrested Rita Mane Modugno, 35, on three circuit court warrants out of Morrow County for Failure to Appear/Contempt of Court, Assault IV, Harassment. She was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $60,000 bail. -BPD arrested Gary Leon Jones, 42, on a Umatilla County Sheriffs Office warrant for Parole Violation. He also had local charges of Violation of Release Agreement. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail. -MCSO received report of loud music coming from the south side of an Irrigon woman's residence. -MCSO received report from an Imgon man that a subject had violated his restraining order by being on the caller's property. -Imgon Fire Department received report of a structure fire in Irrigon. It turned out to be a controlled bum. -MCSO received request from an Imgon man to have his son fingerprinted. -MCSO arrested Wesley Aaron Hendren, 23, on two Irrigon Justice Court warrants for Failure to Appear/Driving While Suspended. He was released due to overcrowding. February 19: -BPD received report of a cell phone stolen from M.C. Behavioral Health. -OSP received report that a Wal-Mart truck was all over the road on 1-84 eastbound. -MCSO received report from an Imgon woman that a subject had violated his restraining order twice that day. The caller requested phone contact. -MCSO received a 911 call from a Boardman woman, it was determined that she needed the Hermiston PD concerning an impounded vehicle. -MCSO, BPD received report from a Boardman woman that a subject was at her apartment harassing her. -Heppner Fire Department, ODOT, MCSO, OSP received report of a non injury two-vehicle motor vehicle accident. The MVA was blocking one lane and everyone was out of the vehicles. One subject was cited for unlawful stop at a MVA. -MCSO received an abandoned 911 call from an Imgon. When recontacted the residence everything was ok and a subject said the phone was acting weird. -MCSO, BPD received report of five juvenile males leaving the Outback Apts, in Boardman. Three were on bikes and the other two were on foot carrying a bag of some kind. -Boardman Ambulance, MCSO received request for ambulance for a 21 year old who was in and out of conciousness and stopped breathing. The subject was on no medication and has a history of panic attacks. One subject was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center. -MCSO received report of an audio panic alarm at a residence in Imgon. Deputy checked residence and all was ok. -MCSO received report that a subject who is always seen driving a green pickup in Heppner was driving while suspended. -MCSO received report that all the windows and some light signals in the caller's red Jetta had been broken out in Imgon. -MCSO received request for deputy from an Imgon man wanting to file a restraining order against his ex-wife's boyfriend. -MCSO received request for deputy to accompany the caller in picking up her three and four year old children from her ex-husband. Caller also stated she has custody papers. -MCSO received report of a TV, a breadmaker and a broken end table found on a gravel road in Boardman area. Local student in college choirs Matthew Jepsen of Heppner. a sophomore at the University of Idaho, is performing with both the Jazz Choir, and the Vandaleer Concert Choir this semester. The Jazz Choir program at the University of Idaho has some 200 members and performs music in a variety of styles. Directed by Dan Bukvich, the Jazz Choir is putting on nine concerts this semester. The Vandaleer Concert Choir, directed by Mark E. Fisch, is a smaller, more select choir of 30 students. This choir is performing three concerts of classical music from all eras and genres Jepsen is majoring in music education at the University of Idaho. He is the son of Bill and Nancy Jepsen of Heppner.
