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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - FIVE Sheriff's Report The M orrow C ounty S h e riffs Office (M CSO) reports handling the following business: -Oregon State Police received a report o f a small car on 1-84 going 55 mph alongside a truck and not letting anyone pass. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a suspicious vehicle along the side o f 1-84 with a little girl running toward it. Several other people were around the vehicle also. Aug. 23: MCSO received a 911 hang-up call from Dodge City Inn in Boardman. The ow ner was contacted and said the call may have come from one o f the rooms. The owner called back and said she thought a Turkish couple attempting an international call accidentally dialed 911. -MCSO, Oregon State Police, Boardman Police Dept, received a com plaint from the Boardman Texaco that an individual did not pay for a 12-pack o f beer valued at $9.50. An "attempt to locate" was issued for 1-84, Idaho and Washington. Another complaint was received from the Boardm an 76 station. Jose Angel Rodriguez, Jr., was arrested and lodged at the Um atilla C ounty Jail. -M CSO received a report that the Heppner go lf course was vandalized som etim e during the night. -M CSO received a report o f a lost dog, last seen about 10 miles outside o f lone on Gooseberry Road. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a burglary alarm at an Irrigon residence. The front door was secure and no one was around. -M CSO received a report from Im gon o f a juvenile shooting dogs and houses w ith BB guns. -M CSO received a report o f a speeding car on 1-84. -MCSO received a report o f an orange life vest on Bombing Range Road. -Oregon State Police received a report of a rake lying in the middle o f the interstate. -MCSO received a request for area checks in Irrigon at the park regarding unknown persons walking through the park late at night. -MCSO, Oregon State Police, Boardman Police Dept, received a report o f a Ford Taurus on 1-84 with a male driver carrying a gun in his lap. A vehicle matching the description was stopped at the Boardman Post Office. No weapon was located. -Oregon State Police received a report from a caller at the Boardman rest area o f a truck on 1-84 that had passed on the shoulder going 80+ mph and was now at the rest area. -MCSO received a report o f a residential burglary alarm in Imgon. -MCSO received a report from Irrigon o f a dog biting the caller's daughter. Rebecca Lee Selz, 46, was cited for M aintaining a Dog as a Public Nuisance. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report from Kegler's Sentry in Boardman o f the theft of a bag o f ice. Lueann Rose Jones, 28, was cited for Theft III. -MCSO received a report from Boardman o f a juvenile throwing golf balls. One hit the caller's wife. -M CSO, M orrow County Behavioral Health received a report from a caller in Boardman that he was feeling suicidal. The caller, who was bi-polar, was out of medication. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report o f juveniles throwing rocks at a house in Heppner. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report o f loud music in Boardm an near Kunze Lane. Aug. 24: MCSO, Oregon State Police, Boardman Police Dept, received a report o f an erratic driver on 1-84 that was all over the road. The caller also said that while at the Boardman rest area, the driver o f the vehicle said he had picked up a deranged hitchhiker and the driver himself was acting very strange. Jack Lee Vanderburg, 38, was arrested for DUII and his vehicle was impounded. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report o f a disturbance at the Boardman Texaco. Jack Lee Vanderburg, 38, was removed from the station and ordered not to return. -MCSO received a request from Imgon City Hall for a deputy contact regarding a dog at large. -M CSO, Oregon State Police received a report from a caller on 1-84 o f a possible sighting o f a man wanted in California for several murders. Oregon State Police made contact with the man. -MCSO received a report o f a border collie dog lost somewhere in Heppner. -MCSO received a report from Anson W nght Park o f four to five males arguing about staying there. They wanted to hook up a freezer and were asked to leave. -MCSO deputy assisted a citizen with a nde to Boardman from his disabled vehicle. -MCSO received a report o f a careless driver on Highway 730 that forced several cars o ff the road. -MCSO deputy issued a citation for the City o f Irrigon. -MCSO received a request for information on a restraining order. -Boardman Police Dept, issued two citations tojuveniles for Failure to W ear Bicycle Helmet. -MCSO received a request for background inform ation from an Army recruiting station on a male subject. -MCSO received a report o f a hitchhiker on 1-84. The caller wanted to know if hitchhiking is legal. -Boardman ambulance received a request for an ambulance for a 85- year-old female with a history of stokes who was having a possible heart attack. One patient was transported to Good Shepherd Medical C enter in Hermiston. -MCSO received a report o f a black car on 1-84 that was driving erratically and inciting road rage. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report o f a hunting bow taken from a fifth-wheel trailer in Heppner. An "attempt to locate" was sent out on a male suspect for Burglary I/Theft. -MCSO received a request for assistance fora caller whose vehicle ran out o f fuel 10 m iles west o f Boardman. A deputy took gasoline to the stranded motorist. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report o f neighbor kids throwing rocks at the caller's residence in Heppner. -MCSO received a report from Hood River Police Dept that Bradley Charles Wyer was in custody on an Im gon Justice C ourt warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Crim inal Trespass II. He was lodged at NORCOR. Aug. 25: M' »O, Irrigon Fire Dept, received a report o f a vehicle on fire on Highway 730. The caller did not see anyone around the vehicle. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report o f telephone harassm ent in Heppner. The caller thought she knew who it was. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a small car w ith two subjects that was weaving all over 1-84 westbound. The vehicle turned onto Tower Road. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Imgon that her purse was taken from her residence the previous day. She found it outside and requested deputy contact. Money in the form o f $2 bills was taken and gas stations and markets in the area were advised. -M CSO, M orrow County Behavioral Health received a report from a caller in Boardm an that behavioral health sent a female subject to Yakim a earlier in the month and now she was back at the caller's trailer and he didn't want her there. Behavioral health advised she was sent to Yakima to a shelter that she was denied adm ittance to. A MCSO deputy escorted the female subject to a motel where she was advised she had a room until she could make contact with a friend. -Oregon State Police received a report o f an erratic driver on 1-84 eastbound. -MCSO received a request for information from a caller in Imgon on a possible restraining order on a male subject. -MCSO received an abandoned 911 call from a residence in Imgon. MCSO was unable to reconnect and a deputy was requested to respond to the residence. All was okay. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dfcpt. received a request for assistance from the female subject involved in an earlier incident who needed a place to stay. The Christian Center was non-accessible. M orrow County Behavioral Health was contacted. Lodging was arranged for two nights and a possible bus ticket out o f the state to the location o f the female subject's choice. -MCSO received a request for a deputy contact regarding trespassers. The caller said he has property near Anson W nght Park he had been having trouble with. -Heppner Police Dept, received a request for officer contact regarding a current case. -Oregon State Police received a report from a caller that his wife is intoxicated and running up and down 1-84 somewhere between The Dalles and Biggs. The caller took the keys to the vehicle so his wife couldn't dnve. -MCSO received a report from Oregon State Police-Bend that Juan Carlos Comejo-Gonzalez, 28, was arrested on an Imgon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Theft III. The subject was lodged at the Deschutes County Jail. -MCSO received a request for deputy contact in Imgon regarding a pickup the caller purchased. The person in possession o f the vehicle would not turn it over to her. -M CSO, Oregon State Police received a report o f a white pickup with Coca-Cola decals on the doors that was driving erratically on 1-84, throwing objects out the windows and making obscene gestures to other drivers. The vehicle was located. -MCSO received a request for deputy assistance for a caller in Hermiston who said her 17-year-old daughter was out of control and had a knife. A citation was issued to the juvenile for Menacing. -MCSO received a report o f an illegal bum located behind the caller's residence in Irrigon. The Irrigon Fire C hief was unable to locate the fire! -M CSO, Im gon Fire Dept, received a report o f an illegal bum in Irrigon. The fire was located and extinguished. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report o f a bicycle stolen from the caller's residence the previous night. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report o f loud music coming from a residence by the old Court Street Market in Heppner. The residence was contacted and the music turned down. -MCSO received a report o f loud music from a residence in Boardman. -M CSO received a report o f a possible DUII on 1-84. The pickup was unable to maintain lane or speed control. A deputy was unable to locate the vehicle and thought the caller may have m isjudged the onginal location. Oregon State Police were contacted. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report from Boardman o f a suspicious vehicle just down the street from the residence the caller was keeping an eye on. The residence was secure. Aug. 26: MCSO received a report from Boardman o f a young male subject that jumped over the caller's fence and was in her yard. A deputy was unable to locate the subject. -MCSO received a request for assistance from Boardman Police Dept, officer on breaking up a MIP party in Boardman. Geoffrey Camme, 20, was cited for Allowing Consumption o f Alcohol to a Minor. -MCSO received a request from a caller in the Irrigon-Hermiston area to remove his wife from the residence. She was being loud and violent. -MCSO received a report relayed from UCSO o f a prowler trying to get into the caller's back door at a residence on Bombing Range Road. A deputy was unable to locate the prowler. -MCSO received a request for information. The caller was taking care o f her brother's residence in Irrigon and the landlord posted a 72-hour notice. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a request for information. The caller was interpreting for her aunt who wanted to know why two Boardman Police officers were at her residence the previous night and also mentioned four possibly misstng juveniles. -Oregon State Police received a report from a caller who said his wife called on a cell phone and said he had a flat tire on the John Day Bridge and needed assistance. The subject called back and said to disregard the call as a trucker stopped to help. -Oregon State Game Dept, received a report from a caller in Hardman who said someone just shot a doe and fawn. -M CSO received a report from a caller in Boardman that someone got mto her vehicle. It was not known if anything was taken and she had left everything as it was. -MCSO received a report o f a tool box stolen out o f the back o f a pickup in Boardman. -MCSO deputy contacted a person in Irrigon about the theft o f a rototiller. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a pickup on 1-84 eastbound whose driver was not paying attention and was a potential hazard. -MCSO received a report from Imgon of a neighbor's vehicle parked on the caller's property. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a Datsun driving erratically on 1-84 eastbound. -Boardman Ambulance received a request for an ambulance at the Boardman eastbound rest area for an elderly female who fell in the restroom and hit her head. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd M edical C enter in Hermiston. -MCSO received a request for deputy contact in Boardman regarding a female subject who wanted the caller to assist her in picking up property. -MCSO deputy arrested Lawrence Allen Pemn, 25, on a MCSO circuit warrant for Possession o f a C ontrolled Substance II. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Boardman that someone had gotten into her car and stole items. -MCSO received a report from another caller in Boardm an that someone got into her vehicle. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report o f a burglar/ intruder alarm at the Boardman Health Clinic. It was an employee error. -MCSO received information on routine maintenance at the Umatilla Army Chem ical Depot. -MCSO deputy advised he was en route to check the location o f a cam per on C orps o f Engineers property from last Wednesday. The camper owner had a warrant out on him. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report o f loud music in Boardman. -UCSO received a report o f a vehicle stopped along the side of the road on 1-84 east o f Boardman. -Umatilla Army Depot received a request from a male subject to relay a message to his brother who works at the depot. -M CSO received a report that Jam es Benard Eastman, 47, was arrested on a Heppner Justice Court warrant for Failure to Comply/DUU. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report from a male subject in Boardman that he was assaulted by his wife. He related that his wife hit him and ripped the phone out o f the wall. He i d not need medical attention. -M CSO, Oregon State Police received a report o f a disabled vehicle on 1-84 eastbound. A tow truck was contacted. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Imgon that they had just returned hom e and were advised by a neighbor that a person was seen carrying property from the caller's residence. The caller wanted to consult with her husband and would call back if they needed a deputy to respond. -Boardman Police Dept, officer cited O m ar Lopez-Perez, 20, Boardm an, for No Operator's License, Driving U ninsured and Failure to Obey Traffic Control Device. His vehicle was impounded. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report o f a male subject loitering in the parking lot o f the Riverfront Lodge in Boardman. -M CSO received request for deputy contact from an Irrigon woman concerning items removed from her residence by her son. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report o f a pickup stolen sometime the day before from a residence in Heppner. It was signed stolen and an "attempt to locate" concentrated on Herm iston and Ellensburg, W ashington. The ow ner was contacted and advised of the situation and the Morrow County Juvenile Dept, was also contacted. -MCSO received a request for deputy contact in Boardman regarding the caller's horse that he keeps at a difference residence in Boardman. The caller said kids keep m essing with it. -MCSO received a report o f a white produce pickup that was speeding up and down a road in Irrigon and being loud. The caller called back and reported the vehicle parked at the Riverview Mobile Park Home. Aug. 27: MCSO receiv ed a report from a caller in Boardman that her 16-year-old brother took a possible overdose o f medication. Pioneer Memorial Hospital was consulted and advised the am ount was not harmful, but the subject should consult a doctor in the morning. The subject called back and said her brother also took several different types of medication in large amounts The caller was advised to go to the hospital. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a dark pile o f something on the south side o f 1-84. The caller said it looked like a body breathing -Im gon ambulance received a request for an ambulance for a 59- year-old diabetic woman who was conscious but having trouble breathing. She may have had a minor stroke. -MCSO received a report from a caller that her Malibu ski boat was stranded on rocks in the Columbia River 1/4 mile east o f the Irrigon Manna. Four adults were stranded No one was injured and they had water and food until help arrived -MCSO received a request for an officer contact from a caller in Hermiston regarding hernghts and retneving her possessions from her ex's residence. -MCSO received a report o f a hall motion detector set o ff at the Imgon Learning Center. A custodian accidently set it off. -Oregon State Police received a report o f four vehicles that appeared to be traveling together that were speeding, passing together, etc. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a speeding semi on 1-84 westbound. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept., Boardman am bulance received a request for an ambulance at the sheds o ff Tower Road on the south side o f 1-84 for a 32-year-old man who fell 20' to the concrete. The man was conscious and breathing but had a possible broken arm and leg. The patient was transported to the hospital. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Im gon that her husband had been harassed by gang members out o f Hermiston that were friends o f her brother's. There was a language barrier in communicating with the caller. A deputy investigated and found they were no longer at the residence. -MCSO received a call from a woman in Irrigon who wanted to report her daughter as a runaway. -Heppner Police Dept, received a request for officer contact regarding a strange dog in the caller's yard in Heppner. -MCSO received a request from an Army sergeant at Pendleton for a background check that he would pick up at a later date. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept., Boardman Ambulance received a request for an am bulance to the Riverview Motel in Boardman for the caller's wife who was bleeding from the ankle. The caller could not get the bleeding under control. The patient was transported to Good Shepherd M edical C enter in Hermiston. -MCSO received a report from the Hermiston Police Dept, that Carl J. Scott Gittings, 36, was arrested on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for Failure to C om ply/ Felony Possession o f a Firearm. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -Oregon State G am e Dept, received a report from a caller at Anson W nght Park who thought people at a camp were night hunting. The caller said the people leave at night and in the morning there are deer hanging. The caller later called back and said the people were bnnging a deer in at that time (9:46 p.m.). -Heppner Police Dept, received a report from a caller at the bowling alley that his pickup was m issing from the bowling alley parking lot. It was discovered that the pickup was not stolen; someone moved it around the side o f the building, hiding it as a prank. The involved parties were spoken to. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report o f juveniles throwing rocks at the back o f the hospital and thought they were at the Mt. Glen Apts. Possible suspects were named. -Heppner Police Dept, received a report from a caller who reported a vehicle stolen the previous day that it was located disabled at Stanfield. The owner was going to pick it up in the morning. -M CSO, Oregon State Police received a report o f an audible alarm at Greg's Tavern at the back door. The door was secure. The owner notified and would arrive shortly. -M CSO received a report of an audible alarm at Huwe's Washboard/76 station. All was secure and the owner was at the scene. A ug. 28: Oregon State Police received a report o f a burglar alarm activation at Kegler's Sentry Market in Im gon at the front door and a motion detector set o ff inside. -Heppner Police Dept, received a request for a welfare check from a woman in Kennewick. Wash, on her son. Contact was made and all was okay. -MCSO received a request for a welfare check on the caller's grandmother who lives in Im gon. All was okay. -MCSO received a report from a woman who was watching her brother’s residence His ex-wife keeps coming by the residence and taking items. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a single m otor vehicle accident on 1-84 westbound. It was a non-blocking, non-injury accident. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a semi speeding on Highway 730. -MCSO received a report o f two young children about eight years old driving a four-w heeler who were not wearing helmets. They were in a pasture south o f the Boardm an golf course. A deputy was unable to locate the children. -M CSO received a report from a caller in Im gon that her 13-year old son was missing. She thought he may be at the Im g o n M arina. -MCSO received a request for information from a caller in Imgon who had installed a new alarm system. He wanted to know the limit o f false calls. The caller was advised there was no set policy and it was by a case by case basis. -MCSO deputy cited a juvenile for Theft II and Criminal M ischief III. The juvenile was cited and released. -M CSO received a report o f a single m otor vehicle accident on Tower Road about one m ile from the Boardman Coal Fire Plant. The vehicle's passenger was taken to the Boardm an Clinic. -Boardman Fire Dept, received a report of smoke near Wilson Road. The smoke was from the Bombing Range and had been going all day. -MCSO received a report o f a speeding black Jeep on Sixth W est/Columbia roads. -MCSO received a request for deputy contact regarding a landlord dispute in Imgon. The caller called back and said to disregard request. -Boardman Police Dept, received a request for an officer contact regarding a juvenile getting into the pool at Dodge City Inn in Boardman. -Oregon State Police received a report o f a chair in the roadway on 1-84 westbound. -MCSO received a report from a caller at Imgon that a woman was not letting him get to his pumphouse. -Boardman Police Dept, received a report of a vehicle driving off from the Boardman Texaco without paying for $5 o f groceries. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Im gon that her son had spoken with a 13-year-old female in Imgon who stated she was very depressed and had no reason to live. She had access to three handguns. The residence and the juvenile was contacted. She said she was joking around. -MCSO received a report from a caller that someone broke into her residence in Irrigon and stole a computer. - Boardman Police Dept received a report o f a verbal dispute with a female customer at the 76 station in Boardman. The female left the premises and was told not to return. -MCSO received a report from a caller in Im gon that a neighbor child shot BB holes into the side o f her residence. -MCSO deputies arrested Frank D. Battaglia, 22, on a M orrow County Circuit Court docket for Failure to Appear/Show Cause/Parole Violation. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail on that and on a local charge o f Possession o f Less than One Oz. M arijuana. -MCSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report o f an unwanted male subject in an area in Boardman. -MCSO received an attempted 911 call from a caller in Heppner who was trying to report a domestic violence incident. The woman came to the MCSO office and related that her husband assaulted her and pulled the phone away from her when she was trying to call 911. He then pulled the phone line from the wall. David Dyer, 37, was arrested for Domestic Violence Felony Assault IV and two counts of Interfering with a 911 Call. He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. A ug. 29: M CSO, Boardman Police Dept, received a report o f loud music in Boardman. An officer was unable to locate the loud music -MCSO received a report from Hermiston Police Dept, that Robert Gene Motley, 33, was arrested on a M orrow C ounty Circuit Court w arrant for Failure to Appear/Menacing and Harassment He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -M CSO, Oregon State Police received a report o f five-six loose horses on 1-84 eastbound. -M CSO received a report o f a bike stolen from a residence in Heppner. -M CSO, Oregon State Police received several more reports of the loose horses along 1-84 eastbound. -MCSO received a report o f a 911 hang-up call. A deputy went to investigate and discovered Century Tel was hooking up a second phone line. All was okay. -MCSO received a hang-up 911 call from the Irrigon M arina's caretaker. On call back, it was discovered the line was disconnected US West was contacted for correction. -M CSO received a report that Kevin Daniel Helzer, 33, was arrested on an Imgon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/D nving while License Suspended/D nving U ninsured
