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Heppner Gazette -1 imes, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, f-ebruary 19 , Z 014 • NlNt Sheriff's Report November 23: -Morrow and not responding. Heppner C ounty S h e riff’s O ffice Ambulance transported the received report o f a semi patient, truck and trailer west-bound -H eppner Am bulance on Hwy. 730 at a high rate receiv ed req u e st for an of speed. MCSO responded ambulance about a mile east and warned Gurbir Singh, of Heppner fora 25-year-old 38, for speed. female who had a seizure. -MCSO received report The caller advised that the of a lost hunter from a caller subject has a seizure disorder on Forest Service Rd. 21. -MCSO received report The caller said it should have from an Irrigon woman that taken only about two hours her dog got out and when the to walk out, but they had not kids went to the neighbor’s seen him. The hunter was to get the dog, she yelled at located. them. The caller said that the -MCSO received report child who went to retrieve ofa dark green 1993 Mercury the dog has a behavioral Villager stolen in Irrigon. disorder and the neighbor The vehicle was entered as yelled in his face. She also stolen. reported that the neighbor -MCSO received a hang- had their dog tied up and up 911 call from a cell phone, said she was going to call On call back, the caller the cops, reported a vehicle accident -MCSO received report on Hwy. 74, milepost 34. o f a Ford Focus driving at -M C S O re c e iv e d a approxim ately 100 miles report of a vehicle that had per hour on First and Utah in rolled and was in the ditch Irrigon. The MCSO deputy on Hwy. 74, milepost 34, was out on a dispute call and L exington. M CSO, lone OSP was advised. Fire Department, Heppner -MCSO received report Am bulance and H eppner from a female in Irrigon that Fire Department responded, someone had broken into her The subject inside the vehicle motor home and took a ring was conscious, but not able and a firearm, to get out o f the vehicle. -MCSOreceived request The ambulance was cleared from an Irrigon woman for with the patient’s refusal to assistance in locating her transport. MCSO arrested husband and son. She later Jeffrey Wayne Hams, 50, called back and said she for DUII with a BAC of .21. found them. He was released on his own -MCSO received report recognizance with a pending of a domestic disturbance in court date. progress in Irrigon. The caller -MCSO received a 911 said that the male had been call, but there was no answer, throwing bricks at a vehicle only background noise that and both the male and female sounded like a friendly get- had been throwing bricks together with no conflict. at each other. She advised -MCSO received report that the male was on top of of a domestic disturbance in the car kicking the window Lexington. The caller said while the female was inside she was being pushed around the vehicle. MCSO arrested and a male was trying to Lasaro Lauro Barra, 23, for handle her. There were no Disorderly Conduct. Bail attempts to hit her. was set at $3,000. -MCSO received report November 25: -Morrow from an lone woman that her County SheritT’s Office cited ex-boyfriend was intoxicated Charles Andrew Britton, 28, and trying to take their two- for Violation o f the Basic year-old daughter. Deputies Rule-driving too fast for resp o n d ed and a rre ste d conditions and No Operator’s Curtis Scott Thompson, 27, License, for Interfering with a 911 -MCSO cited Pete Haves call and Criminal Mischief Gonzales, 55, for VBR, 65 II. He was lodged at Umatilla mph in a 55 mph zone. County Jail with $12,000 -MCSO received report bail. from a male that he had lost -MCSO received report a black leather shell belt from a Heppner woman that with a .45 caliber Taurus a woman had come to her pistol during the first season residence intoxicated. The elk hunt in October at Kelly caller adv ised that the woman Prairie, does stay at the residence -MCSO received report and was currently in the from an Irrigon subject that a back bedroom not causing a dog had attacked a pig. disturbance. MCSO arrested -MCSO received report Sherry Lynn Nelson, 50, on from an Irrigon woman that a parole detainer. She was yellow Labradors had been lodged at Umatilla County bothering her dogs and were Jail. in danger of getting hit by - M C S O r e c e i v e d a car. MCSO cited Jessica report from a male on 1-84 Pearl Prosser, 33, on two Boardman that his vehicle counts of Maintaining a Dog had ju st been rear-ended as a Public Nuisance, west o f the 165 exit. The -MCSO Deputy advised caller advised that three he was out with a wanted people were in the vehicle subject, and all had headaches. He -M C S O re c e iv e d a also reported that the other request from the Walla Walla vehicle went o f the road. Police D epartm ent for a MCSO, Boardman Police welfare check at an Irrigon D e p a rtm en t, B oardm an location. They advised they Ambulance and Boardman were out w ith a subject Fire Department responded, and would like his family MCSO searched for the other checked on to make sure they vehicle but was unable to were okay, locate it. The ambulance was -OSP advised MCSO cleared with patient refusal that they brought a subject for transport. A 23-year-old to the Boardman rest area subject was cited for No from the Stanfield rest area. Operator’s License. OSP said that the subject had -MCSO received report been causing a disturbance in of a small red Dodge pickup Stanfield, but would not be a driving at a high rate of speed problem now. and driving off the roadway -MCSO received report on Hwy. 730, Irrigon. MCSO of animal neglect in Heppner. responded, contacted the -MCSO received report owner o f the vehicle and from an Irrigon subject that found no sign of intoxication, when they arrived home, -H eppner Am bulance a person came out o f the receiv ed request for an vacant house next to them, ambulance for a 62-year-old jum ped on a m otorcycle female in Heppner who was and left. The caller did not breathing, but unconscious believe there was anything MAGNETIC DOOR SIGNS! * L o t* o f S iz e s * L o t s o f C o lo r s * * Free Quotes* (s£m T h e H e p p n e r G a z e t t e T im e s (541) 676- 9228 or stop by the office at 188 W Willow, Heppner today! V > in the house and did not think from a Boardman woman for -MCSO received request anyone should be there. an ambulance for her brother, for an area check between the -MCSO received report 39, who was unconscious, Turkey Shoots and Seventh from an Irrigon man that his M CSO and B o a rd m a n or Tenth streets for his 1981 15-year-old daughter was Ambulance responded and Blue Dodge dually that out o f control and fighting transported the patient, had been taken and listed with him, hitting him in -MCSO cited Martha as stolen. The caller said the face. MCSO responded V. Martinez Alixto, 28, for a friend advised him that and contacted all parties Violation of the Speed Limit, the vehicle had been left involved. 88 in a 65 mph zone. in a field outside Irrigon. -MCSO received report -M C SO re c e iv e d a A deputy checked the area from an Irrigon wom an request from an Irrigon but w as unable to locate the that her kids brought home wom an for a deputy to vehicle. a male black Chihuahua respond and a rre st her -MCSO received report mix. MCSO responded and daughter who was high of a commercial alarm in transported the dog to Pet on drugs. She advised that Heppner. A deputy responded Rescue. the daughter was not at the and secured the building. -MCSO received report residence at the time, but was November 28: -Morrow of a subject all over the road en route. The request was County S h e riff’s O ffice on 1-84 Boardman. The caller unfounded, reports freezing fog in the said the driver was working -MCSO received request area. on a laptop. Information was for agency assist for a fight in -MCSO cited Brigett passed on to OSP. progress in Boardman. Leagh St r ong, 19, for -M C S O r e c e i v e d November 2 7:-Morrow Violation of the Basic Rule, report that Las Vegas Metro County S h eriff’s O ffice, 75 mph in a 55 mph zone. Police Department arrested Irrigon Ambulance received -MCSO received report Florencia Maria Espinoza request for an ambulance for o f p r e s c r i p t i o n s t ake n Rojas, 36, on a M orrow a 49-year-old man in Irrigon sometime the prev ious night County Circuit Court warrant having trouble breathing, or early morning in Irrigon. for Custodial Interference The patient refused transport. -MCSO cited G erald I-Taking a Child out of State. -MCSO received report Richardson, 73, for Violation She was lodged at Clark from Moon Security of a of the Basic Rule, 65 mph in County Jail with $25,000 male subject, 5’9”, wearing a 55 mph zone. bail. a hat observed by a camera -MCSO received report -MCSO received report on Paterson Ferry Rd. Moon o f someone driving out in of a car with a large amount Security made contact with a wheat field in lone and ot drugs inside On Hwy. 730/ the company which advised wrecking a cattle guard, Pleasant View Rd. that it was an employee. leaving a huge hole in it. November 26: -Morrow Moon Security canceled the - MCSO received a C ounty S h e riff’s O ffice MCSO response, report o f someone in a red received a 911 hang-up/ -MCSO received report Volvo all over the road, either abandoned call. On call ofa trailer dropped oft'along tired or intoxicated on 1-84, back, the line was still busy, the river in Irrigon with Boardman. A deputy responded to a a couple jacks, an old arc -MCSO received a report Boardman address, but was welder and an old broken of suspicious circumstances unable to locate anything. kerosene lamp, but no license from a subject who does -MCSO received report plate, security’for the Army Depot, from an Irrigon man that he -M CSO recovered a She advised MCSO to call if had been woken up from a stolen vehicle at an Irrigon it looked like any cables had vehicle driving by fast with location, been cut, since they believe loud exhaust in Irrigon. -M C S O r e c e i v e d they have a few cut lines. She -MCSO deputy advised report o f an abandoned gave the deputy instructions a transport from Heppner to maroon-colored vehicle in to her location and a deputy the state hospital. Boardman. MCSO ran the responded. -MCSO received report vehicle plate and determined -MCSO received report from a Boardman man that that it had been reported of a vehicle off the road on he had his w allet stolen stolen by Hermiston Police Hwy. 74, Heppner. about a month ago with his Department. A deputy made -MCSO received report concealed handgun license contact, from law e n f o r c e me n t in it. -MCSO received report o f assisting others with -MCSO received report from circuit court in 1 leppner trespassing. from a female in Heppner that that a subject called the -MCSO received she had received a recorded circuit court ranting and report of a small white car phone call, allegedly from raving. Circuit court advised nosed into the ditch on 1-84 a local bank, concerning that they called a MCSO Boardman. Boardman Fire fraud security. She said they sergeant, Department responded and requested confirmation of her -MCSO received request determined that the driver ID and the last four numbers from a sex offender in Irrigon could not see in the fog, but o f her S ocial S e c u rity that he wanted contact to set was back on his way. MCSO Number. She was concerned up a time to register, and Boardman Ambulance that the call may be fraud/ -MCSO received report stood down before arriving phishing and w anted to from the Irrigon bank that on the scene. inform the sheriff’s office. they had som e change -MCSO received report -MCSO cited Alexander brought in that seem ed front an Irrigon man that his R ichard H ow e, 24, for strange. ex-girlfriend won’t let him Violation of the Speed Limit, -MCSO received request get inside to get his wallet. 90 mph in a 65 mph zone. from a deputy regarding an A deputy responded. -MCSO received report -MCSO received contact issue the Corps of Engineers from a sex offender in Irrigon was having near Tower Rd. o f a motorcycle swerving who had moved and wanted The caller requested deputy and changing lanes without to set up an appointment contact. A deputy advised signaling on 1-84 Boardman. November 30: to register for a change of that the ammunitions were address. dead and were just a big pile - Bo a r d ma n Amb u l a n c e -MCSO received report of scrap metal, received a request for an o f a suspicious person in -MCSO received report ambulance for a 22-year- Irrigon. The caller said that of an emergency in Heppner o ld f e m a l e w h o h a d she had someone on camera with a subject stuck in an overdosed on pills and was from the previous weekend elevator at a Main Street breathing but unresponsive, who had been going in and locatio n . H eppner Fire B o a r d ma n A m b u l a n c e out of the bathrooms and Department responded and and B o a r d m a n P o l i c e walking around all of the got the subject out o f the Department responded. She trailers. The caller requested elevator, was transported to Good th at M CSO look at the -MCSO received report Shepherd Hospital. camera to see if they could of a Norco oxygen bottle - Bo a r d ma n Fi re recognize the subject, so she stolen in Boardman. It was D e p a r t m e n t r e p o r t e d could have him trespassed. determined to be civil issue assisting Irrigon with a -M CSO cited Kevin and parties were to meet to structure fire. BFD stood down before arriving on D avid F e n n e ll, 48, for sort it out. Violation of the Basic Rule, -MCSO C o d e scene. -Heppner Ambulance 70 mph in a 55 mph zone. Enforcement received report -M C SO c ite d Jesu s o f garbage on a porch in recei ved report from a Duron Mejia, 37, for VBR, Irrigon. The code deputy was Heppner woman that a man was breathing, but it was not 68 mph in a 55 mph zone. to work on this. -M C S O c ite d Jo se - M C S O r e p o r t e d known if he was conscious, -Heppner Ambulance Galvan Granados, 41, for providing mental transport violating truck speed, 65 f r om G o o d S h e p h e r d received a request for an mph in a 55 mph zone. Hospital in Hermiston to ambulance for a 60-year- - M C S O , O r e g o n St. Charles Medical Center old female who was under D epartm ent o f Fish and in Bend. the water for a short time, Wildlife received request -MCSOreceived request breathing, but not responsive. from a H eppner wom an from an Irrigon woman for H e p p n e r A m b u l a n c e to respond to an injured a deputy to respond to her responded, but the patient bird on Mai n S treet in residence to discuss items refused transport. H eppner. T here was no taken while being stored -lone Emergency answer at ODFW, but MCSO in som eone e ls e ’s barn, Services received request for responded and transported A deputy responded and an ambulance for a 76-year- the bird to ODFW. advised the woman to contact old man w ho had been -MCSO received report the property ow ner and feeling faint, had dizziness o f a threat at the medical Umatilla County Sheriff's and trouble breathing. lone center in Irrigon by a male Office because the bam was Ambulance and Heppner subject who had been refused in Umatilla County, Ambulance responded and medication. According to -MCSO received report transported the patient. the caller, the male had left o f an ongoi ng issue o f -M CSO, Irrigon Fire a voice male on their phone n eighbor’s music up too and Irrigon Ambul anc e advising that he was going loud. The caller said she and responded to a report of a to kill someone. The caller her children were trying to rollover accident on a farm said that he did not specify a sleep. A deputy checked the field, possibly on Depot particular person. area, but was unable to locate Lane. The passenger was -MCSO received request any noise. en route to the hospital in ) I I a private vehicle via his parents. I he driver was still on the scene, but uninjured, The ambulance was cleared with no patient, -Irrigon Fire Department, Irrigon Ambulance, MCSO and Boardman Fire received report of a house fire on Hwy. 730, Irrigon. The fire was in the attic, and every one was out of the house. Boardman Fire Department responded, but was canceled en route, -M orrow County SheritT’s Office reported an open door at the Amazing Grace Fellowship in Heppner with the door closed, but unlocked, -MCSO received report of a group of people driving around on four-wheelers in front of a Heppner residence on Riverside Ave./Sperry Street. A deputy responded, contacted several subjects and warned them to keep the noise down and not to ride four-wheelers on the street. -MCSO received report of a purse left at Bucknum’s in He ppne r . A de put y attempted to return to the owner, but he was unable to locate her, so the purse was left at the sheriff’s office, -MCSO received report that someone at the Irrigon Shell Station had their vehicle broken into while they were there. -MCSO received report o f a male subject at the motel in Heppner complaining about the hot water, screaming and yelling at subjects at The Gallery, MCSO cited Robert Dale Scott, 57, for Disorderly Conduct II. He was released on his own recognizance to be notified by the DA’s office for a court date. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon woman that someone had taken her purse, phone and car the previous night, -MCSO received report of a male in lone who had shot himself in the leg. The subject was conscious, -MCSO received report from a Heppner man that someone had hit their fence, which was pretty new, the previous night and took out the whole comer. He said that the person left tire marks, just missed the telephone pole, but took out an old gate pole. The caller said they did not hear the accident, but a neighbor told them about it. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon man that someone in a red Mazda has been driving by at high rates of speed, doing 70-80 mph both times. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon man that someone broke into his 1998 Ford FI 50 the previous night and damaged hit. MCSO responded an took a report for U nauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle, -MCSO received report of a dead deer in the middle o f the hi ghway t oward Heppner on Hwy. 74. MCSO responded and removed the deer from the highway, -MCSO received request from an Irrigon woman for contact with an on-call D e p a r t m e n t o f Hu ma n Resources concerning her great-grandbaby. -MCSO received a transferred 911 call f o r a house fire on Hwy. 730, Irrigon. -MCSO reported assisting Irrigon Rural Fire Department with a structure fire. -MCSO received report of a full-grown steer out on Olson Rd. between Kunze and Wilson in Boardman. A deputy responded, but was unable to locate any steers, -MCSO received report from a woman near Heppner who said that her husband, son, f at he r - i n- l a w and nephew were over due from a youth cow elk hunt. The woman said that they had left at 4:30 and it was around 9 p.m. and they had not been heard from since. She called back at 9:30 and reported that everyone was okay. She said they had a long hike in and out with no cell service. I
