Heppner Gazette-Times,
Sheriff's Report
The Morrow County S heriff s
Office (MCSO) reports handling
the following business:
-MCSO received a report that
a MCGG fertilizer truck located
at the fertilizer plant in lone had
its lights on. ITte manager at MCGG
was contacted and took care o f it
-MCSO received a report from
the Hermiston Police Dept, that
Trav is Calhoun, 20, was arrested
on a Heppner Justice Court warrant
for failure to Pay Fine/Waste of
Game Animal and on two local
charges. He was lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report from Boardman
that there were about 10 juveniles
involved in a fight.
-MCSO received a report that
Efrain Vela-Placencia, 32, was
arrested on a Morrow County Circuit
Court warrant for Assault IV and
Harassment and on a local charge
for Failure to Present and Carry
License and on a separate Marion
County w arrant. He was lodged at
the Umatilla County Jail.
-MCSO received a report of a
51 -year-old woman in lone who
was having back pain and was faint.
An ambulance was not requested
at that time.
-MCSO, Oregon State Police
received a report of a Volkswagon
towing a trailer with two
motorcycles that was speeding
excessively on 1-84 eastbound.
June 4: MCSO, Boardman
Police Dept, received a report of
a DUII. Oregon State Police was
contacted after an officer was unable
to locate the vehicle.
-MCSO deputies detained three
subjects on Potlatch property. They
cited Guadalupe Futy-Zavala, 20.
Samuel Martinez Esquivel, 33, and
Fernando Caldera Flores, 25, for
Criminal Trespass II.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report o f an alarm
activation at the Sam Boardman
Elementary School in Boardman.
The alarm had been accidently set
off by the janitor.
-MCSO received a report of a
large, vicious dog acting very
protectiv e at the gazebo off Patterson
Ferry Road on the Umatilla Wildlife
Refuge.
-Boardman Police Dept, officer
reported heading to the Chevron
Station in Boardman to talk to an
irate customer who was refusing
to leave. The customer left.
-MCSO received a report from
the Umatilla Chemical Depot
advising of a status update on a ton
container. The plug was tightened
and filtering and monitoring of
igloo was continued with no release
o f air.
-MCSO, Oregon State Police
received another request for
assistance regarding possible live
ammunition found earlier.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report o f a vehicle
traveling extremely slowly and
swerving on 1-84 eastbound. The
driver took an exit to Boardman.
The elderly male driver was
contacted; he was tired and was
going to rest at the 76 Station.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report from a woman
that children were taking toys from
her yard in Boardman.
-MCSO received a report from
a caller in Boardman that a stray
dog that was possibly ill or
abandoned keeps eating her dog's
food.
-MCSO, Boardman city crew
received a report that someone
spilled a slick substance on the road
at the junction of Main and Wilson
and it was requested the city crew
sand the area.
-MCSO received several reports
from the Chevron and 76 stations
regarding a possible mentally ill
person in the area.
-MCSO received a report of a
domestic situation in progress in
Boardman. The caller's uncle was
hitting her aunt. While on the line,
the aunt advised all was okay; it
was a verbal disagreement. An
official responded to check.
-MCSO, Heppner Police Dept
received a report of a E ground level
motion detector alarm at the
Heppner Elementary School.
-MCSO received a request for
assistance in Imgon regarding a
road the caller has on his property
that the neighbors have an easement
for and there was farm equipment
from the neighbor traveling on it.
The caller wanted to know what
he could do about it.
-MCSO received a report of a
juvenile problem in Imgon. The
neighbor kids keep getting into the
caller's dog kennel where she had
new puppies.
June 5: MCSO received a report
from the Albany Police Dept, that
Robert Mark Hamman was in
custody on a Heppner Justice Court
warrant for Failure to Pay
Fine/Driving while License
Suspended. He was lodged at the
Linn County Jail.
-MCSO received a report o f a
prowler in Imgon. The caller said
she could hear someone throwing
what sounded like wood around
outside her residence to the west.
The call was unfounded.
-MCSO, lone Fire Dept, received
a report from a caller who had driven
through a large amount of thick
gas/smoke on Highway 74 by the
Jordan Elevators and almost passed
out from the smoke. The lone Fire
Dept, responded and determined
it was anhydrous ammonia. A deputy
determined unknown subject! s) was
attempting to steal the ammonia.
Good Shepherd Medical Center was
contacted in case someone came
in with bums on their hands or arms.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report from Boardman
that a theft just occured. A subject
was cited for Theft III
-MCSO received a report of a
hang-up 911 call. Everything was
okay. A child had been playing on
the phone.
-MCSO received a report from
a caller in Union County that his
soon-to-be ex-wife took their kids
out of school in Imgon and took
off with them
-MCSO received a report from
a caller in Heppner who found
multiple firearms in his storage shed
that were hidden.
-MCSO received a request for
a deputy contact regarding a call
the previous day about neighbor's
children and the caller's puppies.
The caller advised one of the
puppies died.
-MCSO received a report from
the Oregon State Police in Salem
that Robert Joe Palmer, 53, was
arrested on a Morrow County
warrant. He was lqdged in the
Marion County Jail on that and local
charges.
-MCSO, Boardman Police and
Fire depts. received a report of a
grass fire just east of Sailboard
Beach off the marina. It was a
controlled bum.
-MCSO, Imgon ambulance
received a request for an ambulance
for a 84-year-old male who was
having trouble breathing and other
unknown medical problems. The
patient w as transported to Good
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston.
-MCSO received a report of a
deer hit and injured in the road at
Patterson Ferry. An officer was
unable to find the deer to put it
down.
-MCSO received a report from
Boardman that a bobcat just ran off
with one of the caller's chickens.
-MCSO received a report from
a caller in Boardman that her
neighbor threatened her.
-MCSO received a report from
a caller in Lexington that a 12-
passenger transport bas had not been
seen since last Friday and was taken
from the bus shed in Heppner. The
bus was located.
-MCSO. Heppner Police Dept..
Heppner ambulance received a
request for an ambulance for a 69-
year-old male who possibly had
loud She wanted a deputy contact
to issue a citation
-MCSO received a report from
the sheriffs office in Butte,
Montana, that Randolph M oms
Scott, 42. was arrested on a circuit
court
warrant
for
Parole
Violation/Cnminal Non-Support.
He was lodged at the Butte Jail on
that and on local charges.
-MCSO received a report from
the Hermiston Police Dept, that
Travis Jacob Calhoun, 20, was
arrested on a justice court warrant
for Failure to Pay Fine/Waste of
Game Animal. He was lodged at
the Umatilla County Jail on that
and on local charges.
-MCSO received a request for
deputy contact regarding the caller's
daughters.
-MCSO received another report
from Imgon of neighbor kids
harassing the caller's puppies.
-MCSO. Boardman Police Dept
received a report from Boardman
of a woman who was locked out
of her car with a 2 '/ 2 -year-old child
inside.
-MCSO received a report from
the Oregon State Police at Hermiston
that Dean Curtis Polston, 31. of
Hermiston was arrested on Heppner
Justice Court warrant for Failure
to Pay
Fine/Giving
False
Information to a Police Officer. He
was lodged at the Umatilla County
Jail on Morrow and Umatilla County
holds.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a request for deputy
assistance regarding an unwanted,
intoxicated subject at a residence
in Boardman who was threatening
family members. The subject left.
Larry R. Dodson, 51, was arrested
for DUII. The BAC reading was
.18.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report of a neighbor's
dog chasing the caller's cat in her
yard in Boardman.
-Boardman Police Dept, officer
advised he received a report of a
stolen bicycle. A citation was issued
to a juvenile.
-MCSO, Heppner Police Dept,
received a report of two subjects
behind the caller's residence. One
may have had a pistol. They were
swearing and telling him to come
out. The subjects then headed to
the bowling alley.
-MCSO, Heppner Police Dept,
received a report <>f noises heard
towards the back of the caller's
house. She thought she knew who
it was.
June 7: MCSO received a report
of juveniles parked in a bad spot
just off the freeway on Tower Road.
-MCSO received a report of a
bike taken from A.C. Houghton
Elementary School in Imgon the
previous day.
-MCSO, Imgon ambulance
received a request for an ambulance
for a diabetic woman with high
blood sugar, who was vomiting and
couldn't walk. She had been released
from the hospital the previous day.
The patient was transported to Good
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston.
-MCSO, Boardman Fire Dept,
received a report of a grass fire that
just started on the Bombing Range.
-MCSO received a report that
the caller's son had gone to Penland
Lake for the night but had not yet
returned. The son was contacted
and all was okay.
-MCSO received a report of a
suspicious vehicle sitting in front
of the caller's neighbor's residence
in Imgon.
-MCSO, Oregon State Police
received a report of a blond female
on 1-84 westbound at the milepost
159 exit who was flashing truckers
and making obscene gestures.
-MCSO, Oregon State Police
pneumonia. The patient was
transported to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital in Heppner.
June 6: MCSO deputy arrested
Patrick David Choin, 23, of
Hermiston for warrants on Failure
to Appear/ Assault IV. Harassment,
Criminal Trespass and Theft II. He
was lodged at the Umatilla County
Jail.
-MCSO received a report from
Hillsboro Police Dept, that Mason
James Carlson, 27. was arrested
on an Imgon Justice Court warrant
for Failure to Pay Fine/Open
Container He was lodged at the
Washington County Jail.
-MCSO received a report from
a caller in Imgon that her neighbor’s
kids were playing their music too
received a report of a vehicle that
passed the caller's vehicle on the
right while they were stopped for
kids crossing the crosswalk and
almost hit the kids The vehicle wu>
traveling towards Umatilla
-MCSO received a report o f a
panic alarm at a residence in lone
It was an accidental motivation.
-MCSO deputy advised he had
been flagged down by the 76 Station
and would be out w ith a suspicious
subject.
-MCSO received a report from
Oregon State Police that Christy
Lynn Whalen. 37, was arrested on
a Morrow County Circuit Court
warrant for Possession of a
Controlled Substance C Felony and
Endangering the Welfare of a Minor.
She was lodged at the Umatilla
County Jail with $20,000 bail.
-MCSO received a report of an
audible alarm at a residence in
Boardman. There was an unknown
female at the residence. It was the
resident's granddaughter checking
on him and the alarm should have
been reset.
-MCSO. Boardman Police Dept,
received a report of a gang fight
that just occured in Boardman ITie
suspects left on foot. Four or five
persons were involved
-MCSO received a report of a
sports car speeding at "extreme
speeds" on 1-84.
June 8: MCSO deputies arrested
Robert Clyde Robertson. Jr.. 33.
on a Umatilla County warrant for
Parole Violation/Felon in Possession
of a Firearm. He was lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail.
-MCSO. Heppner city crew
received a rejxirt of a leaking water
pipe in the cemetery that was
causing the caller's back yard to
flood.
-MCSO received a report that
a pickup almost ran the caller off
the road on the Western Route and
now she had chips in her w indshield.
-MCSO received two hang-up
911 calls from a residence in lone
It was a child playing on the phone.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report from Boardman
of a theft that occured the previous
day or night.
-MCSO received a request for
a deputy contact regarding the
caller's daughter doing drugs. The
caller was concerned for the
grandchildren's welfare.
-MCSO received a report o f a
vehicle speeding around in the
Imgon Mobile Court that almost
hit the caller's daughter.
-MCSO. Oregon State Police
received a report of a Ford Taurus
traveling at a high rate of speed on
1-84 westbound.
-MCSO received a request for
information regarding a warrant
on a subject. MCSO had a warrant
for a different subject with a similar
name.
-MCSO deputy advised he was
flagged down on Highway 730 and
told about a subject who failed to
obey a traffic device. The deputy
was unable to locate the subject.
-MCSO received a report from
a woman in Imgon who had fallen
down and possibly broken her wnst.
No transport was made.
-MCSO. Boardman Police Dept,
received a report of an intoxicated
person at the Boardman Texaco
station trying to buy alcohol.
June 9: MCSO. Imgon Fire Dept
received a report of a fire near the
railroad tracks.
-MCSO. Boardman Police Dept
received a report that someone put
a hole into the caller's screen door
in Boardman and took a wallet and
bag.
-MCSO received a report from
the Hermiston Police Dept that
Chen Sink, 29, was arrested on a
Morrow County w arrant and lodged
at the Hermiston Police Dept
Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 1, 2001 - FIVE
-MCSO received a report that
Eddie Joe Rios, 38, was in custody
on Umatilla County Sheriffs Office
charges and on various Morrow
County warrants for Parole
Violation/Felon in Possession of
a Firearm, Driving while License
Suspended. Driving Uninsured.
Violation of the Basic Rule He was
lodged at the Umatilla County Jail
with a hold for Morrow County.
-MCSO received a report of a
Chrysler vehicle heading to
1 exington that was all over the road.
The vehicle was located and a
citation issued.
-MCSO. Boardman Police Dept.,
Boardman ambulance received a
request for an ambulance for a male
diabetic with low blood sugar in
Boardman. The man refused
transport.
-MCSO, Umatilla County
Sheriffs Office received a report
from a woman in Imgon that money
was taken from her residence in
McNary.
-MCSO, Oregon State Police
receiv ed an abandoned 911 call from
Imgon. The line was busy on call
back. A second 911 call was
received from Bake's parking lot.
A woman reported she was fighting
with her boyfriend at the apartment
where the first call was received.
There was one child at the
apartment; the child was safe. No
weapons, drugs or alcohol were
involved. James Joseph Basaldua.
19, was arrested for Assault IV
Domestic Felony and Interfering
with Making a Police Report. He
was lodged at the Umatilla County
Jail with $6,000 bail.
-MCSO, Boardman ambulance
received a request for an ambulance
for a 67-year-old diabetic female
who was semi-conscious. The
patient was transported to Good
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston.
-MCSO received a report of very
loud music coming from a
neighbor's house in Boardman.
-MCSO. Morrow County Road
Dept, received a report of a deer
carcass on the Bombing Range Road
in the middle of the road.
-MCSO. Oregon State Police
received a report of a semi truck
with a trailer that w as all over the
road and crossing the centerline.
-MCSO received an incomplete
911 call from Boardman. A deputy
responded to check on the situation;
all was okay........
-MCSO received a request for
information from a woman in Idaho
concerning her fiance; she wanted
all the records MCSO has on him.
She was unset with MCSO dispatch
having to handle other tasks while
talking to her. She was advised a
release was needed from the subject
and was also advised no information
would be released without the
sheriffs
or
undersheriffs
authorization. The woman later
called back and was told the same
thing again.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report from a man in
Boardman that another man had
beaten him up.
-MCSO received a report from
Potlatch Security that four subjects
in a vehicle had been detained for
trespassing. Shelly Kae Salisbury.
37. was cited for Criminal I respass
June 10: MCSO. Boardman
Police Dept received a report from
Boardman that the caller’s daughter's
vehicle windows were broken out
while it was parked on Boardman
Avenue in Boardman
-MCSO received a report o f a
vehicle parked in the Columbia
Middle School parking lot m Imgon
with all of its windows broken oui
-MCSO. Boardman Police and
Fire depts.. Boardman ambulance
received a report of a garage on fire
in Boardman and that a home w as
threatened. Boardman Public Works
Umatilla Electric and American
Red Cross were also notified
-MCSO deputy advised that there
was a vehicle parked in a driveway
in Imgon with its lights on and
motor running.
-MCSO. Heppner Fire Dept..
Heppner ambulance received a
report of an overturned boat w ith
people in the water at the Willow
Creek Dam. The boat was towed
and the people pulled out o f the
water.
-Heppner Police Dept, reported
a open door at the Fleppner High
School on the east side ITiere w as
no sign of forced entry. Apparently
this door was usually left open
-MCSO receiv ed a report o f a
calf out on Highway 74 and a bull
in the caller's pasture. Another call
was received about the calf out. ITie
owner was contacted.
-MCSO received a report from
Irrigon of a neighbor’s dog going
into the caller's yard and getting
into the trash.
-MCSO received a request for
deputy contact regarding a
repossession the caller wanted to
do.
-MCSO deputy cited Shayne
Douglas Hoffman. 31. for
Maintaining a Dog as a Public-
Nuisance.
-MCSO, Imgon ambulance
received a request for an ambulance
tor a 80-year-old woman in Imgon
who was conscious and vomiting
blood.
-MCSO. Heppner city crew
received a report of a broken water
line by Fairview Way. The city
would work to fix the problem.
-MCSO, Heppner Police Dept,
received an abandoned 911 call
Everything was okay, it was a
possible glitch in the system.
-MCSO received a report that
the caller's boat had been tampered
with at the Imgon Marina
Subject!s) possibly tned to hot-wire
it. The caller wanted a deputy
contact for insurance purposes.
-MCSO received a repOTTof
possible criminal mischief at the
Columbia Middle School in Imgon
rhere was broken glass around the
school maintenance pickup, possibly
from a broken window-.
-MCSO, Oregon State Police
received a report of a possible DUII
on 1-84.
-MCSO received a report from
Boardman Police Dept, officer of
a vehicle at a Boardman residence
and the occupants refusing to leave
the area
-MCSO. Lexington EMTs.
Heppner ambulance received a
request for an ambulance for a
elderly female in Lexington who
was having trouble breathing The
patient was transported to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital in Heppner.
-MCSO deputy reported tires
in the lane on 1-84. He was picking
them up
-MCSO received a report from
Imgon of a dog hanging around
a residence.
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