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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - FIVE Sheriff's Report The Morrow County S heriffs Office (MCSO) reports handling the following business: -MCSO received a report of items stolen out of the back of the caller's vehicle in Imgon and he thought he knew who took them. March 25: MCSO received a report of an audible alarm at Huwe's Washboard. It was an employee error. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a motor vehicle accident at the 1-84 eastbound exit of the Port of Morrow. Several femalejuveniles were walking around. The vehicle involved was determined to have been stolen from Pomeroy, Washington, although at the time the owner did not know it was missing. The vehicle was impounded. -MCSO. Boardman Police ,, , i •: : > I; ; * i ’ l * ! * ; Dept, received an incomplete 911 call in Boardman. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a trespasser at the Sandpiper Apts, in Boardman. Rita Modugno, 35, was cited for Criminal Trespass I. MCSO received an abandoned 911 cal from Imgon. A male answered the call back and said there was no emergency but hung up rather quickly. A deputy made contact and all was okay. MCSO received a report from a caller in Boardman that his pickup window had been broken out and the tape deck taken, but it wasn't known when. MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report from a caller in Im gon that his girlfriend's ex- husband was there. He was not wanted and he left, spinning the vehicle tires and throwing gravel. The ex-husband came back and the caller wanted assistance asap. MCSO deputy arrested Carlos Dommguez-Enves, 21. for DUII, Driving while License Suspended-infraction, and two Umatilla County Sheriffs office warrants for Criminal Trespass I and one Hermiston Police Dept, warrant for Failure to Appear/DUII. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail and the vehicle impounded. -MCSO received a report o f two older males riding motorcycles without helmets in the turkey shoots in Imgon. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report that a male had broken a window and entered a house in Imgon. The caller called back and said the man left in a Honda vehicle. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report from a caller in Imgon that a group of people at his neighbor's house was getting ready to have chicken fights. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept., Boardman ambulance received a report from the Nomad in Boardman that a 55-60 year old male was possibly having a heart attack. Transport was refused. -MCSO received a report of loose cows in Imgon. The owner could not be contacted and a deputy corraled the cows himself. -MCSO received a request for deputy to make a welfare check on an elderly woman in Imgon. She hadn't been seen in a week and her dogs were barking. -MCSO received a report of a lost dog in Boardman The dog was found in the city park. -MCSO received a report that the caller’s grandparents took her belongings from her old rented residence without her permission. -MCSO, Heppner ambulance, lone QRT received a request for an ambulance for a 60- year-old man who was possibly having a stroke. One patient was transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. M arch 26: BPD received report off two subjects attempting to pass a stolen check. -MCSO received report of a hit and run to a garbage can and the owner requested deputy contact -Oregon State Police arrested Arthur Ray Haskins, 42, on an Imgon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Appear/Dnving w hile License Suspended. The subject was lodged at Wallowa County Jail. -Oregon State Police received report of a disabled black pickup with a male and female attempting to flag help on 1-84 westbound. -MCSO received a report that propane tanks and vehicle parts were stolen the previous night in Imgon. -Heppner. lone and Lexington Fire depts., Heppner ambulance received report of a house fire in Heppner. The house was fully engulfed and lone and Lexington fire depts. were paged for mutual aid. -Heppner Fire Department received report of seeing and smelling smoke but no flames at a location in Heppner. Turns out it was an oil stove problem. -MCSO. Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a dnving complaint in Boardman; the male driver supposedly did not have an operator's license or insurance. -MCSO received a report from Yamhill County that Eric Correa-Espinoza, 21. arrested for a Morrow County Circuit warrant for Parole Violation/Assault IV w as released from Yamhill Prison due to overcrowding. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Imgon who saw three children under the age of five years old left alone in a locked vehicle at Sentry Market in Imgon. -MCSO received a request from a man in Imgon to have his girlfriend removed from his residence. She was breaking everything in the house and he believed she may have been on drugs. -MCSO received a report that the caller's niece ran away from Pendleton and was in Boardman. Hie caller was concerned for her safety. The girl was located. The Umatilla Tribal Police were also notified of the situation. -MCSO, Imgon ambulance received a report of an Imgon man with a history of high blood pressure who was having chest pains down his left side. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. March 27: MCSO received a report of a vehicle stolen in Imgon, possibly by the caller's stepson. The vehicle was returned. -MCSO, Boardman ambulance received a request for an ambulance for a child ih Boardman with something caught around his hand that was cutting off his circulation. The ambulance call was cancelled. -MCSO received a request from a caller in Imgon who wanted to talk to an officer about filing a restraining order. -MCSO received a request from Potlatch for an extra patrol as eco-terronst action may occur. -MCSO received a report from an Irrigon man that his neighbor's dogs deep coming onto his property and ruining his new yard. -MCSO sent an Attempt to Locate request to Nampa, Ida. to locate a subject there. -MCSO received a request for an officer for an Imgon woman who reported that a woman at the water dept, had yelled at her. -MCSO received a request for a deputy contact in Imgon regarding a restraining order and what the caller could do until it was served. -MCSO received another report from Imgon of a neighbor’s dogs in the caller's yard. Francisco Javier Nunez, 43, Imgon, was cited for Maintaining a Dog as Public Nuisance. -MCSO received a report from the Multnomah County Sheriffs office of the warrant arrest of Armando Valdez, 23, for Failure to Comply/MIP He was lodged at the Multnomah County Jail. -MCSO deputy cited a minor for No Operator's License and No Insurance. The vehicle was impounded. -MCSO received a request for a deputy from a man in Boardman to removed an intoxicated man from his residence. A minor was cited for MIP-consumption. March 28: MCSO received a report of an abandoned dog in Imgon. -MCSO. Imgon ambulance. Medic 2 and 3 received a request for an ambulance for a 93-year-old Imgon man who had blue extremities and feet. -MCSO. Boardman Police Dept, received a report that a motion detector had been set off at Riverside High School in Boardman. -MCSO. Boardman Police Dept, received a report that the caller's neighbor was making threatening phone calls. -MCSO received a report from an Imgon man that an unknown vehicle hit his pickup while it was parked in his driveway over the weekend. -MCSO, Heppner Fire Dept received a report from the Neighborhood Center in Heppner that the refrigerator was leaking freon and was smelling hot. The Hermiston. -MCSO, Boardman Police caller wanted someone to check Dept, received a request for an on it. -MCSO deputy cited Kevin officer for the caller's friend who Bond, 28, on two warrants, and had been assaulted by her boyfriend. released. -MCSO received a request -MCSO received a request to speak to a deputy about a personal for a deputy contact from Kegler's matter, Sentry in Irrigon concerning non -MCSO received a request sufficient funds checks. for a deputy contact from Beecher's -MCSO received a request Restaurant in lone w hose cook had for a deputy contact regarding not reported to work yet and the neighborhood children playing in caller was concerned. -MCSO deputy cited Mark an empty house. -MCSO received a report Feyder, 41, of Imgon for a Morrow from an Imgon woman that the male County Ordinance violation. -MCSO reeived a report subject w ho had been stalking her from an Irrigon caller that his was sitting in her driveway. neighbor's dogs were barking and Candelano Torres-Escalante. 44, of Imgon, was cited for Criminal the neighbors would not keep them quiet. Trespass II. -MCSO, Heppner Police -MCSO, Imgon ambulance Dept, received a report of a stray received a request for an ambulance dog in a Heppner yard that the caller for a 12-year-old male with a wanted removed. compound fracture to the shoulder. March 30: MCSO received One patient was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center in a report two steers got out of a pasture in Imgon and the owner Hermiston. -MCSO received a report was looking for them. -MCSO received a report from an Imgon man that a woman has called him after he told her not a possible fire in Imgon. The caller didn't know if it was controlled or to. -MCSO received a report not. -MCSO, Boardman Police of two vehicles traveling at a high Dept, received a report of a car rate o f speed in Imgon. broken into and money taken. -MCSO deputy arrested -MCSO, Oregon State Police Felipe Torres-Rodnguez, of Imgon for Criminal Possession of a Forged received a report of a red Ford Instrument, DUII, Failure to driving very erratically on 1-84. -MCSO, Oregon State Police Appear/Dnving while License received a report of a found ice Suspended, Driving Uninsured. chest containing murratic acid and Violation of the Basic Rule, 72 mph fire extinguishers at the Philippi in a 55 mph zone. He was lodged Canyon exit at the top of the grade. at the Umatilla County Jail. -MCSO received a report -Boardman Police Dept, from the Washington County officer cited a Boardman minor for Sheriffs Office that Jacob Gonzales- Criminal Mischief I. Morales, 25, was arrested on a -MCSO, Boardman Police warrant for Failure to Pay Dept, received a report from Fine/Driving while License Boardman of kids sniffing paint. Twojuveniles, and Estavan Lomas, Suspended and Violation of the Basic Rule. He was released due 20, were cited for Unlawful to overcrowding. Possession of an Inhalant. -MCSO, Oregon State Police March 29: MCSO, Heppner received a report of two men with Police Dept., Heppner ambulance received a request for an ambulance guns strapped to their backs who were crawling up an embankment for a 72 year old male who had on 1-84 eastbound. fallen and couldn't get up. He had -MCSO received a request been ill with the flu. One patient for a deputy contact in Irrigon was transported to Pioneer Memorial concerning a 50-foot section of the Hospital in Heppner. caller's fence in an alley that had -MCSO received a request been spray-painted sometime the for an officer to check an area in night before. Imgon. Someone was walking behind the caller's pickup. -MCSO, Heppner Police -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report that kids Dept, received an abandoned 911 at the fairgrounds were riding their call from Boardman. On a call-back bikes on the bleachers and knocked someone would pick up, but not over a port-a-potty. Sewage was answer. No one was located at the spilling out. The area was secured residence. and Doug's Septic Service in -MCSO, Oregon Dept, of Hermiston was notified Transportation received a report -MCSO received a report of two bales of hay on Highway from a woman that her brother-in- 74, two to three miles out of lone, law received a DUII in Morrow westbound. The hay was removed. County and had also had a deferred -MCSO received a report DUII and a bench warrant out of from a caller in Imgon that a woman Wash. The woman wanted to get had violated a stalking order four him into rehab. She was referred times. The caller requested a deputy to the District Attorney. -MCSO received a request contact. -MCSO received a report for a deputy contact from a caller of a calf out on Highway 74 just in Imgon who wanted to reposess a vehicle he sold to another man. before Lexington. -MCSO, Imgon ambulance. -MCSO received a report that someone had shot the caller's Medic 2 received a request for an window with a pellet gun the ambulance for a 52-year-old man who was having a possible heart previous night. attack. He had a history of heart -MCSO. Heppner Police problems and high blood pressure Dept, received a report from a caller in Heppner that a Beaverton person The man refused transport. -MCSO, Boardman Police was using her Social Security number. The caller needed a police Dept, received a report of a domestic report for the Social Security situation in progress in Boardman -MCSO, Boardman Police Administration. Dept, received a report of some -MCSO. Boardman ambulance received a report of a juveniles trying to start a fire just medical alarm sounding at a north of the caller's residence at residence in Boardman. No one was another residence. -MCSO received a report at the residence. from Multnomah County of the -MCSO, Boardman warrant arrest of Robert Schoonover, ambulance received a request for an ambulance for a Boardman 37, for Failure to Pay Fme/Cnminal woman who couldn't breathe. One Trespass II He was lodged at the patient was transported to Good Multnomah County Jail. March31: MCSO received Shepherd Medical Center in a report of unknown people egging Hermiston. the caller's vehicle then leaving -MCSO deputy cited a driver -MCSO, lone EMTs, for Failure to Yield Right of Way. -MCSO, Heppner Heppner ambulance received a ambulance received a request for request for an ambulance for an lone an ambulance for a 75-year-old man who fell and couldn't stand Lexington woman who was on his own. The patient was conscious, but having difficulty transported to Pioneer Memorial breathing and had a fast pulse. The Hospital in Heppner -MCSO, Heppner patient was transported to Pioneer ambulance received a call from Memorial Hospital in Heppner. -MCSO received a report Pioneer Memorial Hospital in from Oregon State Police in Salem Heppner advising a doctor requested that Richard Benson, o f Irrigon, transport for a Heppner man as he was in custody for Morrow County had a high fever. The patient was Circuit Court warrant forTheft I. transported. -MCSO received a report He was lodged at Marion County from Oregon State Police-Medford Sheriffs Office Jail. -MCSO. Imgon ambulance of the w arrant arrest of Dale Davis, received a request for an ambulance 23, for Failure to Pay Fine/No for a 39-year-old woman who was Angling License. A hold was placed conscious and breathing but took for the MCSO; there was also a a large amount of antidepressants. UCSO warrant. He was lodged at Fhe patient was transported to Good the Coos County Jail. Shepherd Medical Center in -MCSO received a request for a deputy contact regarding several bales o f hay stolen in er. -MCSO received a report from a Boardman woman that two black puppies were dumped/ abandoned down the road from her. -MCSO received a request for a deputy contact regarding a theft in Boardman -MCSO received a request for an extra day patrol for vehicles running a stop sign m Boardman. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a large dog chasing children. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a driver driving around m a pickup with children in the back, and the day before had a child on a load of hay in the back of the pickup. -MCSO received a report that someone the caller knew stole two of her credit cards and had been using them. She wanted a deputy contact. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a vehicle being driven at high speeds and recklessly in the Desert Springs Estates area. The caller also said that the driver's speech was slurred. -MCSO received a request for a deputy contact in Boardman regarding neighbors harassing the caller's family. -MCSO, Heppner Police Dept, received a report that a vehicle had backed into another vehicle at the Chevron Station in Heppner. There were no injuries involved. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report of a fight in progress at the Columbia View Community Church in Imgon. Five people were involved. Responding units were unable to locate the people except two subjects who were believed to be involved. -MCSO received a report of a possible hit and run accident involving a juvenile in Imgon. No medical attention was required. -MCSO, Heppner ambulance received a report o f a 57 year old man having a seizure. The patient was transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. -MCSO received a report of a lost dog in Boardman. -MCSO received a report o f a possible reckless driver on Highway 730, Patterson Ferry Road. The driver was not located. April 1: the Umatilla Police Dept, arrested Jose Longona, 34, on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for Contempt of Court. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Boardman that while he was sitting in his car, another person opened the car door. -MCSO deputy arrested Rodney Hicks, 31, for Dnving while License Suspended infraction, and on a warrant for Failure to Appear/Driving while License Suspended, Dnving Uninsured and another charge. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. His vehicle was impounded. -Boardman Police Dept, officer cited Jose Solis Monge for Dnving while License Suspended misdemeanor and Driving Uninsured. His vehicle was impounded. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Heppner that his duffle bag was missing out of the back of his pickup. He had his military uniform and other items in the bag. -MCSO received a report from Imgon that someone had vandalized a vehicle about two days ago. The windshield was smashed, lug nuts loosened or missing and something was put in the gas tank. The vehicle's owner thought it was a retaliation for his job at the prison. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report that someone had broken into the caller’s vehicle and scattered paper all over the inside. -MCSO received a report from the Umatilla Police Dept, that Irma Garza, 28, was arrested on a Morrow County Docket for Failure to Appear/Dnving while License Suspended. She was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. MCSO received a report that a vehicle on 1-84 was being dnven in an erratic manner. -MCSO. Boardman Police Dept received a report from a Boardman woman that she received a call from her mother-in-law saying someone was inside her vehicle. -MCSO received a report o f a wTong-way dnver on 1-84. heading westbound on the eastbound lanes Oregon State Police located the vehicle. -MCSO received a report from Columbia Middle School in Imgon that possible stolen property was found. -MCSO received a report from an Imgon caller that a neighbor's dog killed her roosters and chickens. -MCSO deputy advised a tractor pulling a sprayer and tank was in the middle of the Bombing Range Road. Starvation Farms was contacted -MCSO received a report from a caller that while he was visiting Heppner, he found the gun he reported missing earlier. -MCSO received a request for traffic control in Lexington for a funeral procession from Heppner to Lexington -MCSO received a report from an Imgon woman that her husband, who has memory problems/possible Alzheimer’s, may be missing. He was last seen about an hour previous. The woman called back and said she found him sitting in his chair in the bedroom and he was fine. -MCSO received a 911 call from a cell phone with a male and female yelling at each other and children crying in the background. Several attempts were made to recall the cell number with negative results. -MCSO received a request for an extra patrol due to an increase of juveniles riding bicycles in an area in Imgon. -MCSO, Boardman Public Works received a report of a sewer manhole cover overflowing at Columbia and Mam streets in Boardman. -MCSO received a report of a juvenile with an air gun on school property. -MCSO received a report from Heppner of two stolen snowmobiles and trailer. -MCSO, City of Heppner received a request for assistance to contact the city crew as the water was turned off at the wrong house location. -MCSO received a request for a deputy contact regarding traveler’s assistance. -MCSO, Irrigon Fire Dept.. Imgon ambulance received a report of an unattended death in Imgon. A physician, the district attorney and Bums Mortuary were also contacted. -MCSO received a report that a 29-year-old had beaten up and kicked the caller's 12-year-old daughter. Deputy contact was requested. -MCSO received a report of an unwanted vicious dog at a home in Boardman. -MCSO received report from a caller m Salem that her ex-husband had picked up the children for visitation and had not returned them as scheduled. -MCSO received a report from the Roseburg Police Dept, that David Hamilton was arrested on Imgon Justice Court warrants for Failure to Pay Fine/Dnving while License Suspended, EMS, and Failure to Pay Fine/Driving Uninsured. He was lodged at the Douglas County Corrections Facility. -MCSO received a report from Imgon that the caller's son was missing again after being home today. -MCSO, Arlington ambulance received a request for an ambulance for a 78-year-old diabetic man at the I-84/Highway 74 Junction who was confused and possibly having an insulin reaction. Transport was refused and the man was given a ride to Dodge City Motel. The vehicle was towed to the motel. -MCSO received a report o f a repossessed vehicle in Imgon. but the owner didn't know -MCSO received a report from a caller in Imgon that a neighbor's dog got into the caller's chickens again. -MCSO received a report of grafitti vandalism at Columbia Middle School in Irrigon -MCSO, Imgon ambulance received a request for an ambulance for a 70-year-old Imgon male with a history of heart problems and diabetes who was conscious but vomiting. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Boardman that he was verbally harassed by a male jogger the previous day. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Boardman that her neighbor's chickens keep coming mto her yard and eating the birdseed
