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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 19, 2001 - FIVE Sheriff's Report The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) reports handling the following business: -MCSO received a another repon o f the missing 4-wheeler reported earlier. It had been found in the middle of Highway 206 two miles from Shaniko. July 29: MCSO received a report from Oregon State Police that Robin Cheryl Klein, 41, was arrested on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Appear/Giving False Information to a Police Officer. She was given a court date and released. -Boardman Police Dept, officer cited Arielle Felicia Cumbie, 20, for DUD (BAC was .12). Her vehicle was impounded. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report o f a vehicle parked behind GD’s Restaurant in Heppner with a person passed out at the steering wheel. -MCSO received a report from the Multnomah County Sheriffs Office that James Rodney Clement, 51, was arrested on a Morrow • County Circuit Court warrant for Parole Violation/ Possession of a Controlled Substance, and for • charges out o f Umatilla County. He was lodged at the Multnomah County Jail. -Heppner Police Dept, received a repot of a dog barking all the time in Heppner. The caller wanted the owner notified. -MCSO received a report from the city of Heppner that a female brown german short-hair dog was found. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report o f an Impala with four juvenile males playing loud music. Cesar Armando Gutierrez, 25, was cited for Unreasonable Sound Amplification. -MCSO received a report o f a black Ford pickup burning rubber and throwing rocks in Irrigon. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept., Umatilla Electric received a report from a caller in Boardman that the electricity was out; his wife is on oxygen and has only enough tanks to last three hours without electricity. The caller would call back if assistance from an ambulance crew was needed. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report from a deputy at Sam Boardman Elementary to watch for a black Celica with possible MIP passengers. -Boardman Police Dept received a report of a black Cadillac drive-off from the Chevron station in Boardman. The caller wanted to press charges. -MCSO received a report of a suspicious vehicle in Lexington driving around at a slow rate of speed. -MCSO received a report from the Tigard Police Dept, that Gabriel Garcia-Escobedo, 27, was arrested on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Appear/Driving while License Suspended-misdemeanor and on a Malheur County warrant. He was lodged at the Washington County Jail. 1 Aug. 4: Boardman Police Dept, received a report that the caller's father's vehicle was stolen. The owner o f the vehicle was not concerned about the situation and declined to file a report. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept., Boardman Ambulance received a request for an ambulance dispatch to Sam Boardman Elementary School. An older man was suffering chest pains. One patient was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report from Boardman that the horn in her husband's pickup was honking for no reason. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, officers arrested Geoffrey Ellsworth Camine, 20, for MIP-Alcohol. He was cited and released. -Boardman Police Dept, received a request from a subject that her 13- year-old daughter be picked up by the police and brought home to teach her a lesson. An officer made arrangements for the daughter to be picked up at the police dept. -MCSO received a report from Boardman that the caller's daughter had been assaulted in Hermiston. The call was transferred tq the Hermiston Police Dept. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a commercial burglar alarm at the Imgon Learning Center. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a sprinkler pipe in the left lane o f 1-84 westbound. -MCSO received a report of illegal dumping. The caller found a pile of auto parts dumped along the Columbia River. Papers with I a name on it were found among the auto parts. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Irrigon that her pickup was either stolen or repossessed. -MCSO received a request for assistance for a vehicle that was out of gasoline on 1-84 westbound. Devin's Tow was contacted. -MCSO, Irrigon ambulance received a request for an ambulance in Irrigon for a 41 -year-old female who had fallen and hit her head. She was in and out of consciousness. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. -MCSO received a request for deputy contact from Boardman regarding an ongoing problem with a vehicle. The caller called three times on the 911 line wanting the vehicle back. The caller was advised the vehicle is registered in her boyfriend's name and the boyfriend's son has permission to drive it. She was warned that if any additional 911 calls were made about this issue, she would be cited for misuse of 911. The caller was also advised that this is a civil matter and that the sheriffs dept, cannot get the vehicle back for her. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a garbage can in the fast lane o f 1-84 westbound. -MCSO received a request for deputy contact regarding an abandoned vehicle in the caller's driveway. The owners were located; it was the neighbor's vehicle. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a speeding vehicle on 1-84 westbound. The vehicle was located and stopped. -MCSO received a request for deputy contact regarding an eviction in Irrigon. -Boardman Police Dept received a report from the Nomad restaurant in Boardman that two teenage males left without paying for their meals. -MCSO received a report that the radios were down. Backup radio was prepared and agencies advised. -City o f Heppner received a request that the city be contacted regarding a sewer problem. -MCSO received a request for assistance from Morgan regarding a rattlesnack at the caller’s residence. -MCSO received a request for deputy contact from Irrigon regarding the caller's girlfriend breaking a window. The caller slammed a cupboard door that hit her in the head. She received a cut on the head and left the residence. She was located and transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. -MCSO received a request for deputy contact in Irrigon. The caller came home and found his wife had moved in. The caller said his wife's boyfriend expected her home and now doesn't know what he will do. -MCSO received a report from Irrigon o f a neighbor's little girl running around the neighborhood naked. -MCSO received a report from the Oregon State Police of a possible DUII on Highway 730 headed towards Boardman. An officer was unable to locate the vehicle. -MCSO received a report from Union Pacific of a suspicious vehicle with a male subject outside the vehicle near the tracks. The vehicle was stuck. -Boardman Police and Fire depts. received a report of a smoke detector alarm in Boardman. It was a false alarm. -MCSO received a request for a deputy in Irrigon regarding juvenile problems with the caller's daughter. -MCSO received a report from security at Potlatch of a suspicious vehicle trespassing. -MCSO received a report from Oregon State Police that a male subject almost ran the caller off the road. The caller knows who the other driver is and wanted to sign a complaint. The incident occurred in Umatilla. -Boardman Police Dept, officer arrested Kenneth Harrison, 30, on Marion County charges of Contempt o f Court. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -MCSO received a report of an open door and lights on at the Western Empire shop. -MCSO received a report o f a roll o f carpet lying across the freeway on 1-84 eastbound. An officer was unable to find die carpet. Aug. 5: MCSO deputies cited Mike Arthur Ferguison, 19, and Kacy John Childers, 19, for MIP by Consumption. -Boardman Police Dept, received a 911 call reporting about some kids in the Boardman area. The caller and his wife were frightened. The kids left so the caller hung up. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report from a Boardman subject that his neighbor's garage door was open, rhis was in the same area as the previous report about kids in the area. -MCSO received a report from Potlatch secunty that four subjects were in custody for trespassing. Their vehicle was just inside the tree line on Potlatch property near Patterson Ferry Road and 1-84. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a dog running loose in Boardman. The dog was located and returned to its owners. -MCSO received a report o f a man and small boy walking eastbound on 1-84. TTiere was a vehicle off the road behind them. -MCSO received a report of a disabled vehicle on 1-84 westbound. A deputy located the vehicle and gave the occupant a courtesy ride to Boardman. -Heppner Fire Chief received a report of someone burning at the propane plant. The bum was outside the Heppner city limits and was being watched. -MCSO received a report that a citation was issued to Daniel D. Vanboven, 36, for No Personal Flotation Devices on two boys. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a $27 drive-off from the Boardman Chevron. -MCSO received a report from the Yakima Police Dept, that David Duane Cox, 32, was arrested on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for Delivery of a Controlled Substance and for a warrant out of Kennewick, WA. He was lodged at the Yakima County Jail. -MCSO received a report o f finding doors and windows open at a residence in Lexington. Nothing was taken. -Oregon State Police received a report of a white Infinity weaving in and out o f traffic and speeding 90-100 mph on 1-84 eastbound. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a residence paint-balled in Boardman. -MCSO received a report that Dean William Withey, 56, was cited for DUII (BAC .08). -MCSO, Hermiston Police Dept, received a report of a large plume o f smoke, possibly coming from the Umatilla Depot. It was a wheat fire in Umatilla and was not by the depot. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report that a husky-malamute dog got out. If the dog was found, the owner requested to be notified. -MCSO received a report from Heppner Police Dept, that Craig Richard Heng, 44, was arrested on a Deschutes County work center warrant. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report from the Boardman Texaco that an intoxicated male subject just shoplifted something, then walked across the road to the Chevron station. -Boardman Police Dept, officer arrested Adolfo Maestas Carrillo, 30, on an UCSO warrant for Failure to Appear/DUII and a Hermiston Police Dept, warrant for Violation o f Release Agreement. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report of teenaged vandals on Gregg's Tavern property who were asked to leave but refused. Officers were unable to locate the subjects. -MCSO received a report from Heppner of a male subject yelling threats to someone. A deputy was unable to locate the subject. -MCSO received a report o f a possible DUII enroute from Umatilla to Irrigon. A deputy was unable to locate the vehicle. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Irrigon that a vehicle driving without lights parked in the area, went to the back of a residence and came back out on a bicycle. The subject returned and left the bicycle in the caller's front yard. Aug. 6: MCSO, Boardman Police Dept received a report of a dnve-off from the Boardman 76 station. The driver left without paying for $10 o f gasoline. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report from Boardman that the caller's truck was broken into the previous night. -MCSO received a report from Irrigon that a storage area was broken into last night. -MCSO received a report from Imgon that mail was found in the middle of the road which appeared to have come from mailboxes vandalized during the night. The caller requested that a deputy pick up the mail. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report o f a semi-truck on 1-84 westbound that had been weaving and crossing over lines \ since Portland. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Boardman that batteries were stolen from forklifts the previous night. -MCSO received a report of a motion detector burglar alarm at the Imgon Learning Center. -MCSO received a report from Oregon State Police in LaGrande that Craig William Dooley, 28, was arrested on an Imgon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Possession o f Less than One Oz. Marijuana. He was lodged at the Union County Jail. -MCSO received a report o f a male subject in his 20s and a small child throwing rocks/harassing a large bird (possibly a hawk) just off Highway 207 near the Boardman Junction. The caller said the subjects put the bird in a pickup and were headed to Lexington. It was determined that the call was unfounded; the bird was injured and the subjects were bringing it to the ODFW for assistance. -Boardman Police Dept, officer cited Latoya M. Norwood, 26, of Boardman, for Tampering with Drug Records and Possession of Less than One Oz. Marijuana. -Boardman Police Dept, officer cited Vanessa V. Hill, 19, o f Boardman for Permitting a Dog to Run at Large. -Boardman Police Dept, officer cited Fred E. Stephens, 41, of Boardman, for Permitting a Dog to Run at Large. -MCSO received a request for deputy contact regarding obtaining belongings from a residence the caller left the previous night. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, officers responded to a disturbance at the Marina's park and recreation building. -MCSO received a report of a large fire on the south side of the John Day River. The U.S. Forest Service was working to put the fire out and had helicopters responding. -MCSO deputy cited Rodney Paul Langlitz, 34, o f Irrigon, for Negotiating a Bad Check (x3). -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report o f a domestic situation on 1-84 westbound. A male subject in a vehicle was assaulting a female. The male subject had the female by the hair and was weaving all over the road. -Boardman Police Dept, officer cited Ruben Gonzales-Velasco, 26, of Boardman, for Careless Driving. -MCSO received a report from UCSO that Dean Curtis Polston, 32, o f Hermiston, was arrested on Morrow County Circuit Court .warrant for Failure to Appear- Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance SC 2, Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance SC 3, Possession o f a Controlled Substance II and Attempt to Elude, and on a UCSO warrant. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -MCSO received a report from the Irrigon ambulance that they were transporting a five-year-old female who had a high fever and abdominal pain to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a request from a Boardman subject for officer contact regarding the her son who broke into her neighbor's residence that belongs to her brother-in-law. A citation was issued for Criminal Trespass I. -MCSO received a report from a caller that her two sons were fighting and one cut his leg. The caller did not want an ambulance. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report of a possible DUD. A deputy was unable to locate the vehicle. Aug. 7: MCSO received a report from the Lebanon Police Dept, that Armando Vera-Gonzalez, 27, was arrested on an Imgon Justice Court warrant for Providing False Information to a Police Officer. He was lodged at the Linn County Jail on that and on local charges. -MCSO received a report of a male subject cut on the forehead by a window falling at the Heppner High School. He also fell backwards and hit the back of his head. The Heppner ambulance was called, but the patient went by private vehicle to the hospital. -Heppner Police Dept, received a request for officer contact in Heppner regarding a neighbor's dog getting into the caller's garbage on a daily basis. -MCSO received a request for deputy contact regarding a restraining order question. -lone Fire Dept, received a report o f smoke south o f lone off Gooseberry Road. The fire dept, was unable to locate the fire. -MCSO received a report o f a stolen four-wheeler; it was taken the previous night from a field along the Bombing Range Road. -MCSO received a request for the owner of a van parked on Marine Drive to be contacted to move the van. MCSO attempted to contact the owner. -Boardman Police Dept, received two hang-up 911 calls from the pay phone on West Marine Drive in Boardman. It was kids playing on the phone. -MCSO received a request for deputy contact in Imgon regarding the caller's wife trying to get into the residence. -MCSO received a report from the Polk County Sheriff's Office that Javier Alvarez Herrera, 23, was arrested on an Imgon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Appear/Dn vmg while License Suspended and Unreasonable Sound Amplification. He was lodged at the Polk County Jail. -MCSO received a report from Imgon of a man who was depressed, left his home early in the morning and hadn't been seen since. An "attempt to locate" order was sent out. -Heppner Police Dept, received a hang-up 911 call from a residence in Heppner. On recontact, a male subject answered and hung up. There were phone problems; all was okay. -MCSO received a request for deputy contact in Imgon regarding a male subject threatened by another male subject who then left in a vehicle. -MCSO received a report o f a vehicle parked off the road at Potlatch with the keys left in the vehicle. The caller requested the vehicle be checked out. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report from a caller in Boardman that his vehicle was paint- balled while he was driving in the area of Paul Smith Road and Wilson Road in Boardman. Aug. 8: MCSO received a report from a caller in lone that someone had pasted a fake bullet hole on his pickup. The caller later called back and said he did not need a deputy contact as he found out who had did it as a joke. -MCSO deputy arrested Richard Sams, 51, on a Heppner Justice Court warrant for Criminal Trespass II. -MCSO received a report from a caller in lone that someone has been tampering with her and her husband's medicine. -MCSO deputy advised of debris on Highway 730. The deputy had a prisoner so could not take care of it. -MCSO received a report that Lisa Gutierrez, 38, was arrested on a parole and probation detention warrant. She was lodged at the Umatilla County Sheriffs Office jail. -MCSO, Boardman Fire Dept, received a report o f a fire alarm sounding at a residence in Boardman. It was a false alarm. -MCSO deputy reported being flagged down at the Imgon Post Office regarding an altercation that had just occurred between two men. Juan M. Bedolla, 19, was arrested for Criminal Mischief D, Menacing, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Use of a Firearm, Pointing a Firearm at Another, Carrying a Concealed Weapon, on a Pendleton Police Dept, warrant for Failure to Appear/MIP and on a UCSO warrant for Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -MCSO received a report of a juvenile shoplifter detained at Brown's Auto Truck Stop. The juvenile was cited for Theft III and released. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report o f a fawn at a residence in Heppner. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report o f a verbal altercation between a female and a male at the Heppner City Park. Steven Clayton Rollis, 28, was arrested for Rape I and lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -Heppner Police Dept, arrested Sarah Monahan, 21, for Assault IV. She was cited and released. -MCSO received a hang-up 911 call from Boardman. On recontact, everything was determined to be okay. -MCSO received a 911 call from a child in Heppner reporting an injury at Anson Wright Park. The child hung up. When the parents were contacted it was determined the child was playing on the phone. -MCSO received a report of campers at the fish hatchery going through the caller's backyard in Imgon. -Im gon Fire Dept, received a report of smoke in Imgon. The fire was located - people were burning weeds. The fire was out. -Boardman Ambulance received a request for an ambulance for a 30- \ year-old male having chest pains. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. -MCSO received an abandoned 911 call in Boardman. When the residence was contacted, it was determined everything was okay. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report o f a vehicle with 6-8 juveniles in it blocking the roadway in front of a residence on Quaid Street in Heppner. They were also making a lot of noise. Aug. 9: MCSO received a report of a stolen chainsaw from the Umatilla Electric Co-op. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report of a vehicle peeling out from the Imgon Mobile Court where children were playing. It left going towards Umatilla. -MCSO, Boardman Police and Fire depts., Boardman Ambulance received a report o f a two-vehicle accident on Tower Road. One patient was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. -MCSO, OSP, Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a panic alarm at a building in Imgon. It was a false alarm. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report o f neighbors in the caller's yard in Imgon who wouldn't leave. -MCSO received a report from a caller in lone that his sister believes he stole her stereo. -MCSO received an abandoned 911 call from a pay phone in Boardman. An officer was unable to locate anyone. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report from a caller in Hermiston that a woman and her children had been evicted from an apartment in Boardman and the landlord wouldn't let the woman get her things from the apartment. The woman was advised that it was a civil matter. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report from a caller at the Riverfront Lodge in Boardman that a vehicle hit another vehicle and drove off. The driver was possibly DUII. Upon recontact, it was determined the caller had left and could not be contacted. Aug. 10: MCSO received a report of a possible DUII in a Toyota 4- Runner on 1-84 eastbound. Another possible DUII in a Jeep Grand Cherokee in the same area was also reported. -MCSO received a report of a vehicle in a ditch on Highway 730 eastbound. A tow truck had been contacted and Umatilla Electric Co op advised that part of a power pole had been broken off. -MCSO received a report of an audible commercial intrusion alarm in Boardman. The call was cancelled; there was a problem with the alarm system. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a loud music coming from the vicinity o f the 76 Station in Boardman. -Boardman Police Dept, received a request for an ambulance for a 14- year-old female with abdominal pains. The sore area was swollen and she had chills. One patient was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. -MCSO deputies served a restraining order on a man in Imgon and stood by while a woman removed a child from the residence. -MCSO received a report o f a truck that jackknifed and was blocking both lanes o f traffic on Highway 730 at the I-84junction. -MCSO received a report of a white Ford Explorer on Highway 730 that passed five vehicles on the right, slammed on the brakes in front o f the caller then flipped her off. There were three people in the vehicle. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report of a semi-truck speeding 70 mph on Tower Road that passed several vehicles on a blind straightaway. The vehicle turned onto 1-84 eastbound towards Hermiston. -MCSO received a report from a Boardman Police Dept, officer that he was heading to the Boardman Christian Center to respond to a non- mjury motor vehicle accident. -MCSO received a report from the Pendleton Police Dept, that Daniel Dewayne Brasel. 39, was arrested on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for Failure to AppearForgery 1 (x2). Theft II. and on local charges. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report of a possible DUII on 1-84 westbound who was unable to maintain lane travel. -MCSO. Boardman Police Dept, received a request for an officer response to a residence m Boardman The caller's 16 year old son was out of control and physically attacking her 14-vear-old son.
