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Sheriff's Report The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) reports handling the following business: -M C SO receiv ed a report from a caller in Irrigon that several dogs were chasing and harassing her neighbor’s horses. -M C SO , B oardm an Police Dept, received a report from a caller in Boardman that a named male subject took their child. It was a possible restraining order violation. -M C SO receiv ed a report from Douglas County Sheriff’s Office that Robert Lauritsen, 31, was arrested on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Appear/Driving while License Suspended. He was cited and released. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report o f a pickup on H ighw ay 730 westbound driving erratically. D ec. 5: B oardm an Police Dept, officer cited Oscar Cota, 22, for Driving Uninsured and D riving while License Suspended-Misdemeanor. The vehicle was towed. -M C SO receiv ed a request for a records check on several subjects from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office. -Boardman Police Dept, officer cited Antonio Efrain Gomez-Montes, 18, for Driving w hile L icense S uspended Violation and Driving Uninsured -M C SO receiv ed a hang-up 911 call from a residence in Lexington. It was determined all was okay; it was kids on the phone. -MCSO deputy cited Monte Charles Emmons, 44, for Violation o f the Basic Rule, 71 mph in a 55 mph zone. -MCSO, Irrigoq f ir e Dept, received a repqpt fforp a c a lle r in Irrigon th at his neighbor’s garbage can was on fire and had had a m inor explosion. The caller called back and said the fire was out. -M C SO receiv ed a report from Pendleton Police Dept, that Leigh A. Sanders, 44, was arrested on a Heppner Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Driving while License Suspended. -Boardman Police Dept, officer arrested Marie Kegler, 47, on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/ Storage of Garbage. -MCSO deputy cited Craig Robert Benjamin, 55, for Improper Display. -M C SO deputy reported a cow on the road in Irrigon. The owners arrived to move the cow. -MCSO, Heppner Fire Dept, received a report from a caller that he was involved in a tw o-vehicle m otor vehicle accident at the golf course in Heppner. It was a non-injury accident but one vehicle was blocking traffic. -M C SO deputy reported of Theft II at Huwe’s Washboard. -M C SO , U m atilla Police Dept, received a report of a possible DUU on Highway 730 eastbound. Oregon State Police arrested the subject in Umatilla County. -Boardman Police Dept, o ffice r rep o rted a vehicle blocking a road in Boardman and requested that it be towed. Dec. 6: Boardman Po lice Dept, officer cited Raymond N. McKim, 20 for Unreason able Sound Amplification. -MCSO received a re port from MCGG in lone o f a theft of anhydrous ammonia last night; the suspects left some ma terials at the scene. Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 8, 2003 - SEVEN -MCSO received a re port from a caller in Heppner that a company called Lighthouse Communication called her home several times since yesterday; the caller asked them to stop calling. -MCSO received a re port from a caller in Irrigon o f a dog that had been tangled up in a chain all night. -Boardman Police Dept, cited Juan Artemo Martinez, 37, for Violation o f the Basic Rule, 42 mph in a 30 mph zone, and Failure to Carry Proof of Insur ance. -MCSO received a re port from the LaGrande Animal Shelter that a male subject from Lexington brought over 13 dogs and was going to bring several more over. The shelter could not handle that many animals at once and a phone number for the near est shelter was needed. The caller was also concerned about how many animals he was bringing, didn’t know if he had more and that they looked neglected. A check on the animals was re quested. -M C SO , B oardm an Police Dept, received a report of a loose chocolate lab running around near Dodge City in Boardman. -M C SO , B oardm an Police Dept, received a report of a garage alarm in Boardman. The garage was secure. -MCSO, Heppner Fire Dept, received a report that boys set a couch on fire with a torch in a back yard next door to the call er’s. -M C SO re ceiv ed a walk-in request to see a deputy in Irrigon regarding the person’s daughter buying cigarettes. -MCSO received a re port from a caller in Irrigon that a male subject was harassing her, then left, possibly intoxicated, in a vehicle to his residence in Irrigon. -Boardman Police Dept, officer cited Jose Silveria Vaigas, 47^|qr Failure to Carry Proof of MCSO circuit warrant for Pro tions. bation Violation/Assault IV and -MCSO received a re- DUII. He was also held on local port from a caller in Irrigon re- charges and warrants. garding receiving harassing/ -MCSO, Oregon State threatening phone calls to her Police received a report from a babysitter. caller o f a vehicle with several -M CSO received an kids not in car seats on 1-84 east- abandoned 911 call from a resi bound. dence in Boardman. It was de -Boardman Police Dept, termined to be children playing. officer cited Maria Consuelo -MCSO deputy cited Reys-Ocejo, 67, for Vehicle as Javirer Olivas Marquez, 54, for Public Nuisance. Driving while License Suspend -M CSO receiv ed a ed. The vehicle was impounded. transferred call from a caller in -MCSO received a re Irrigon reporting a disturbance/ port from a caller in Irrigon that custody dispute. A female sub two male subjects were hanging ject took a child from the resi out in front of her residence. The dence and left on foot. caller said they had no reason to -MCSO, Irrigon ambu be there and thought it was sus lance received a transferred call picious. from a caller in Irrigon that a sub D ec. 9: M CSO, ject at a residence in Irrigon as Heppner and Lexington Fire saulted her. A subject may need depts. received a report from a medical attention. A deputy ad caller in Lexington that his house vised no medical attention was was on fire. needed. -MCSO received a re -MCSO deputy cited quest for a deputy contact at Geraldine Dodson, 33, was cit Columbia Middle School in ed for Endangering a Child. Irrigon regarding windows bro -MCSO deputy arrest ken by bb’s over the weekend. ed Gregory Carl Dodson, 41, on -MCSO received a re a Umatilla County Circuit Court quest for a deputy contact re warrant. He was cited and re garding livestock left on proper leased. There were no local ty the caller had purchased. charges. -MCSO received a re -MCSO received a re port from a caller in Heppner of quest for a deputy contact from a purse recovered that had fallen a caller in Irrigon regarding her from a vehicle. The purse was neighbor complaining about her returned to the owner. son playing basketball. -Boardman Police Dept, -MCSO deputy cited officer cited Jose Isidro Montoya Michael Howard Jenkins, 37, for Mejia, 28, for No Operator’s Failure to Carry Proof o f Insur License and No Insurance. The ance. vehicle was impounded. -MCSO received a re -MCSO deputy cited quest for a ride to Boardman Fernando Madrigal Cervantes, from a caller on 1-84 westbound 30, for Endangering a Child Pas whose vehicle had run out of gas senger. oline. -M C SO , B oardm an -M C SO , B oardm an Police Dept, received a relayed Police Dept, received a request report from Benton County Sher for a deputy contact in Boardman iff’s Office of a broken 911 cell regarding a house that was phone call. The caller advised egged. someone was trying to kill her. D ec. 8: M CSO re -M C SO , B oardm an ceived a report from Milwaukie Police Dept, received a report Police Dept, that Michael Steven ffonva caller in Boardmanof a W M fc w tW u arnraH M oore,'f9, was -arrested'©w‘9 shed dn fire at a rteighbbr’sfbsi- -MCSO received a re Morrow CountyCircuit Chart dence. The fire chief advised it port from a caller in Irrigon that warrant for Failure to Appear/ was a controlled bum that was she loaned her vehicle to her son Burglary I-Theft III (x2), and was out o f control and that no struc who was suppose to return it by arrested on a Heppner Justice tures were on fire. 2 p.m. and hadn’t. An Attempt Court warrant for Forgery II. He -MCSO received a re was lodged at the Clackamas port from a subject who was to Locate was sent out. -MCSO received a sta County Jail. looking for a couple who was -MCSO deputy arrest bringing her vehicle to her. The tus check request from Intertrib- al Police for an officer on ed James L. Harley, 24, on an couple was located. Patterson Ferry Road. A deputy Irrigon Justice Court warrant for -MCSO, Oregon State Failure to Appear/Driving while Police received a report o f a made contact and all was okay. -Boardman Police Dept, L icense S uspended, No large pallet causing a hazard in officer cited Ladonna Marie Seatbelt. He was cited and re the road on 1-84 eastbound. Haviland Patterson, 38, for Fail leased. -MCSO received a re -Boardman Police Dept, port from a caller in Boardman ure to Carry Proof o f Insurance and Failure to Carry Registration. officer cited David Scott Eilmann, that someone broke into his bam 19, for Failure to Carry Proof of and tools were taken. -M C SO , B oardm an Police Dept, received an aban Insurance. -MCSO received a re -MCSO received a re port from OSP o f a possible doned 91 1 call from a residence in Boardman. Dispatch was un quest for an ambulance from a DUII in Irrigon. A deputy was able to confirm if it was an emer caller in Irrigon for a 12-year-old unable to locate the vehicle. gency. Officers determined all juvenile who was having seizures. -MCSO received a re The juvenile is epileptic, on med port from a caller in Boardman was okay. -Boardman Police Dept, ication and has an electrode im that a male subject was calling her officer cited Maria Elena Aguilar, plant. No transport was made. in violation of a restraining order. -MCSO received a 911 29, for Violation o f the Basic -M C SO , B oardm an Rule, 52 mph in a 40 mph zone. hang-up call from a residence in Police Dept, received a report of Dec. 7: MCSO deputy Irrigon. It was determined to be a male subject at the Boardman cited Eric Shawn Pokorski, 24, kids playing on the phone. 76 station who was staggering -MCSO received a re and having trouble driving. Paul for Violation o f the Basic Rule, port that a male subject parked Collett, 47, was cited for DUII/ 58 mph in a 35 mph zone. -MCSO received a re his semi truck on Riverview Av Drugs. The vehicle was im port from MCGG in lone o f a enue in violation o f a city ordi pounded. theft of anhydrous ammonia last nance. The subject advised he -MCSO received a re would move the truck. night port o f an alarm at Huwe’s Gas -M C SO , B oardm an Station in Irrigon. It was deter -M C SO , B oardm an Police Dept, received a report of Police Dept, received a hang-up mined all was okay. 30 cattle out on West Wilson 911 call from a residence in -MCSO deputy advised Road. The owner was located Boardman. On callback, a fe he gave a courtesy ride to a fe- male subject said her parents and the cattle put back in. -M C SO , B oardm an were fighting and she was con- n,alX c en"C,"|liP 60n'MCSO, Police Dept, received a report of cemed for her mother’s safety.Boardman Police and Fire depts., three young juveniles (12-13 Antonio Sandoval-Arellano, 33,Boardman ambulance received a re- years old) throwing rocks at was arrested on a M orrow portofa single vehicle accident on gravestones. The juveniles were County warrant for Failure to Pay I-84/Highway 730junction. It was Fine/Driving while License Sus-a non-injury accident, given rides to their residences. -MCSO received a report -MCSO received a re pended. -MCSO deputy citedfrom a caller in Irrigon of horses out port from a caller in Irrigon that her grandson was shot in die face Juan M. Bombela, 33, for Vio-next door and they cannot get them with a bb gun. No ambulance lation o f the Basic Rule, 76 mphback into the pasture, in a 55 mph zone. -MCSO received a report was needed. -MCSO deputy citednf a Tidewater Barge stuck in a -MCSO received a re port o f a minor motor vehicle Zachary J. Barresse, 23, for Fail-sandbar in the Irrigon Marina area, accident at the Heppner Elemen ure to Obey a Traffic ControlThe company was taking care of the situation. tary School. A deputy contact Device. -MCSO received a re- -MCSO received two hang- was requested for a report. -MCSO received a re quest for a deputy contact andup 911 calls from Columbia Middle port from Oregon State Police in an extra patrol from a caller inSchool in Irrigon. The school was Pendleton that Jerry James Fos Heppner regarding vandalism tocalled and everything was okay, ter, 21, was arrested on a downtown Christmas decora-They would handle the situation. I -M CSO , B oardm an Police Dept, received a report from the Texaco station in Boardman that a vehicle drove off without paying for $7.60 in gasoline. The vehicle was escort ed back to the station. -MCSO, Oregon State Police received a report from a caller that another semi driver backed into his and a dispute was involved. -MCSO received a re quest for a locksmith for a vehi cle lock-out in Heppner. -M CSO , B oardm an Police Dept, received a 911 hang-up call in Boardman. It was apparently a phone problem. -MCSO received a re port from a caller in Irrigon that her husband had been missing since yesterday morning after leaving for a class in Tri-Cities. The subject later returned home. -M CSO , B oardm an ambulance, Senior and Disabled Services received a report o f a disabled male adult, possibly ne glected, in Boardman. A 70-year- old patient with heart problems was transported to Good Shep herd M edical C enter in Hermiston. -MCSO received a 911 hang-up call from a residence in Heppner. It was determined all was okay. The call was unfound ed. -MCSO received a 911 hang-up call from a residence in Heppner. It sounded like a child was playing with the phone be fore it was hung up. On several call-backs, the phone was busy; then ajuvenile female advised all was okay and that a one year old was probably playing with the phone. -MCSO deputy report ed an unattended vehicle at the Columbia Middle School with its doors open. The owner was lo cated. -MCSO received a re port from a caller in Irrigon of a theft of items: ' l - ' 1 ...... -MCSO deputy dited Amber N. Brownlie, 18, for Ex ceeding the Maximum Speed Limit, 80 mph in a 65 mph zone. -MCSO received a re port from a caller in Heppner of three male subjects yelling and swearing and one is “bawling”. Dec. 11: Boardman Po lice Dept, officer cited Roberto Jaime-Graxiola, 32, for Careless Driving, Passing in a No-Pass ing Zone and Failure to Maintain Lane. -MCSO received a re port from a caller in Boardman of a horse walking east on Wil son Road. A deputy was unable to locate the horse. -MCSO, Irrigon ambu lance received a request for an ambulance for a 62-year-old fe male in Irrigon who had had di arrhea for two days. It was re quested that the EMTs use uni versal precautions. -Boardman Police Dept, officer arrested Lynn Meredith Lewis, 39, on an ATF warrant and a Multnomah County war rant, and arrested on charges of Criminal Mistreatment of a Mi nor, False Information to a Po lice Officer, Failure to Carry and Present. Lewis was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -M CSO , Boardm an Police Dept, officers arrested Laura Ann Verseman, 40, for Hindering Prosecution. The ve hicle was impounded. -MCSO received a 911 hang-up call from a residence in Boardman. All was okay; the call was unfounded. -MCSO received a 911 hang-up call from a residence in Irrigon. All was okay; the call was unfounded. -MCSO received a re port from a caller that her son struck a dog on Wilson Lane with his vehicle. A deputy con tact was requested. -MCSO received a re port of an unknown subject in a pickup at the Oasis RV Park. It appeared the subject was trying to hide. -M C SO , B oardm an Police Dept, received a 911 hang-up call from a residence in Boardman. All was okay; the call was unfounded. -MCSO received a re port from a caller in Irrigon that her daughter snuck out o f the house and was missing. The call er thought she knew where she was. The juvenile was found and taken home. -MCSO received a re port from a caller in Irrigon that her boyfriend was assaulting her. No weapons or alcohol was in volved. -Boardman Police Dept, officer cited Mindy L. Valora, 34, for Failure to Obey Traffic Con trol Device. Dec. 12: MCSO re ceived a report from a caller in Irrigon that his jeep had been vandalized while he was at work. -MCSO received a re port of five calves out on road in Irrigon. -MCSO received a re port of a truant from the Irrigon Learning Center. -MCSO received a re port from the Hermiston Police Dept, that Delfino Juarado Jimenez, 38, was arrested on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Appear/Driving while License Suspended, Driving Un insured and Endangering a Child Passenger (x2). He was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. -MCSO received a re port from a caller in Boardman that a male subject threatened him Dec. 13: MCSO received a report of a domestic dispute. Peter John Lesbo, 51, was arrested for Assault IV. He is being lodged at Umatilla Co. Jail. -M CSO receiv ed a report that a subject will be admitted and transported to EOPC. -MCSO arrested John Dana K roeger; 41, on a Clackamas Co. warrant for Failure to Appear/Criminal Non Support. He lodged at NORCOR. -MCSO cited Patricia Morales, 19, for No Operator’s License, Driving Uninsured and Endangering Child Passengers x2. -M CSO receiv ed a request for deputy contact regarding the neighbor’s dog in his yard. The caller’s dog had just had pups and he had told his neighbor to keep his dog out of his yard. -MCSO, Boardman PD and ambulance received a report of possible victim hit by a car in B oardm an. S ubject was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center. -M CSO receiv ed a report from a caller that some one had called and said she had won a million dollars; she wondered what to do if they call back. -M CSO receiv ed a report o f a vehicle all over the road headed towards Heppner. -M CSO receiv ed a report from a caller in Irrigon that an unknown person was rude and that he asked them to leave the Marina. Caller wanted to know the rules and regulations of the Marina, MCSO advised him to contact the caretaker. -M C SO receiv ed a report of a vehicle rollover on I- 84 near mp 162. The parties refused transport. -M C SO receiv ed a report from OSP that they arrested Sergio Jiminez-Ventura, 22, on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for two counts ofFailure to A p p ear/D riv in g w hile Suspended and No Insurance and for Failure to Appear/Driving while Suspended and Failure to Dim Lights. Subject is lodged at UCJ. -M C SO receiv ed a report o f a young deer in the middle of Dee Cox Rd, Heppner, possibly injured. Deputies were unable to locate the deer.
