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TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 15, 2016 DA’s Report Morrow County Dis- trict Attorney Justin Nelson has released the following report: -David Leroy Brown, 47, was convicted of Fail- ure to Appear II, a Class A Misdemeanor. Sentence of 180 days jail time was sus- pended and the defendant sentenced to 24 months bench probation, to include 40 hours of community service and no contact with the victims. Fines, fees and assessments totaled $850. In addition, Brown was found guilty of probation violation and sentenced to continued probation with the addition of 18 days of previously suspended jail time and a two-year exten- sion on probation time. Fine was $25. -Amber Dawn Dima has been ordered to show cause why bench proba- tion should be continued on two different counts due to failure to pay ines, fees, assessments, restitutions or court costs, and failure to complete the court-ordered community service. -Dalton Dale Booker, 26, was convicted of Crimi- nal Mischief II, a Class A Misdemeanor; execution of 180 days jail time was sus- pended and the defendant sentenced to 24 months bench probation, to include anger management evalua- tion and treatment and 40 hours of community ser- vice. Additional counts of Failure to Perform Duties of a Driver – Property Damage were dismissed. Fines, fees, assessments and restitution totaled $1,775. -In addition, Booker was convicted of Failure to Appear II, a Class A Misdemeanor. Sentence of 180 days jail time was sus- pended and the defendant sentenced to 24 months bench probation, to include 40 hours of community service. Fines, fees and as- sessments totaled $850. -Ethan Ray Ellis, 25, was convicted of Harass- ment, a Class B Misde- meanor; sentence of 60 days jail time was sus- pended and the defendant sentenced to one year bench probation. Fines, fees and assessments totaled $1,100. Justice Court Report Morrow County Justice of the Peace Ann Spicer has released the following Justice Court report: -Melody Lorraine Coake, 52, of Heppner was found guilty of Care- less Driving and was ined $260. -George Thomas Ayers, 73, of Kennewick, WA was found guilty of No Non- Resident Angling License and was ined $260. Sheriff’s Report -Continued from PAGE NINE -MCSO received report of a subject darting in and out of the roadway on I-84 east, Boardman. The caller said the subject was possi- bly trying to lag him down. He said he saw a couple of people and bags alongside the road. Oregon State Po- lice was advised. -MCSO received report of a disabled vehicle about two miles west of Paterson Ferry Rd. and also a male walking east-bound. -MCSO received re- port of a woman driving a vehicle with Texas plates at a high rate of speed in Ir- rigon. The call was relayed to OSP. -MCSO received report of a big ire by the fence at Parkside Rd., Boardman. It was a controlled burn. -MCSO received report of a Dish Network truck with Montana plates all over the road on Highway 74, Heppner. -MCSO received report from a subject in Irrigon that he had a tip of suspi- cious activity in which a man sent off information on his mother to get a credit card sent to him. The man’s mother died in December and as soon as the man gets the card, he and his girlfriend will be headed to Olympia, WA. He was stay- ing in a ifth wheel. -MCSO received re- port of a subject in a white four-door pickup racing down the road every single night for the last three or four nights on S.E. Utah in Irrigon. He said if MCSO needed to know if the ve- hicle went past more than once, MCSO will have to contact his neighbor Leo. -MCSO received report that a male subject was trespassed from a location on Sky View Drive Drive in Boardman, but the caller said that the male subject was planning on going to the residence to steal things. February 2: -Morrow County Sheriff’s officer reports a suspicious vehicle parked near Discount Tow- ing on Hwy. 74, Irrigon. -MCSO officer re- ceived report of a vehicle parked at the gravel pit on Bombing Range Rd./Hwy. 730, Boardman for the last two mornings. Might be catching a ride. -MCSO received report from a Heppner woman who said she received a call from a local number advising they were from the IRS and were threatening to arrest her if she didn’t pay. She said the call was from the main Sheriff ’s Office number. Dispatch advised that if it was from the sheriff’s ofice it would be different as they use dif- ferent phone numbers for outgoing calls. -MCSO received report of suspicious activity on S.W. Wyoming in Irrigon. The caller said she had just received a call from her husband reporting that someone was trying to get into a garage near the lo- cation. The subject was described as a white male, bald, wearing green army clothes and carrying a large duffel bag that appeared to be very heavy. MCSO responded. -MCSO arrested Brian Lee Ironbear, 44, on a Uma- tilla County Circuit Court warrant for Failure to Ap- pear/Disorderly Conduct II. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $20,000 bail. -MCSO received report that the Oregon Department of Justice wanted to speak with a deputy regarding two subjects. -MCSO received report that a subject with the city of Irrigon located a fish- ing license, a New Mexico driver’s license and a Bi- Mart card. -MCSO received report from a Heppner subject that he believed that the dump trucks for the new ire hall are over the weight limit. -MCSO received report of a white car with Califor- nia plates was tailgating and traveling at least 90-miles per hour on I-84 Boardman. The caller was transferred to OSP. -MCSO received re- port of a 26-foot Hornet travel trailer broken into while stored at Irrigon Min- Storage and multiple items were stolen from inside the trailer, including a desktop computer and a lot of ish- ing gear. -MCSO received re- quest for a welfare check at an Irrigon address. The callers reported they have two children in foster care who left and were reported as runaways. The callers said the children were pos- sibly staying at a location. -MCSO received report from a Heppner woman that an older Boston terrier attacked her dog at the mini park. The owner of the dog was described as a male in his 20s, scruffy, wearing sunglasses and a plaid shirt. The woman did not want contact, but wanted the leash law enforced. -MCSO received report of a small older grey Toyota that went by the caller’s residence, sliding sideways down the road and then going down Eighth St. The caller knew the residence of the driver. -MCSO received report of a car on I-84 Boardman facing east-bound on the west-bound shoulder on the off ramp. The caller be- lieved that the male driver might be passed out. The call was referred to another agency. -MCSO received report of criminal mischief at the Irrigon Skate Park with toilet paper and looding of the toilet. -MCSO received re- port from a female at the Sandpiper Apartments in Boardman that she was beaten up by her boyfriend. Boardman Police Depart- ment and MCSO responded and took the female into custody. Cristine Luzette Mendoza, 41, was arrested for Assault III Domestic Violence-felony. She was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $7,500 bail. -MCSO received report of a juvenile female about 14-years-old with blonde hair, green hooded sweat- shirt sitting on the edge of the road by Stor-4-U Mini Storage in Heppner. The caller said they stopped to ask her if she needed a ride or was lost, but she replied “No,” and then told her she should not be sitting next to the road. The caller said she did not believe the girl was local. MCSO was unable to locate the girl. -MCSO received report of a dark-colored Ford pick- up with a bright green strip down the middle was burn- ing its tires from Eighth St. to the caller’s residence and drove back and forth three times, moving “pretty good.” The caller requested extra patrol, but MCSO was unable to locate the vehicle. February 3: -Morrow County Sheriff ’s Office received report from an Ir- rigon man that he had made multiple complaints regard- ing a white Ford pickup racing up and down the road and spinning tires in front of his residence. He reported the vehicle’s plates and said it was parked on Tenth St. MCSO was unable to locate the vehicle. -MCSO received report of two dogs chasing kids on Seventh and Utah in Irrigon. -MCSO received report from a female on Paterson Ferry Rd. that someone broke into her car there, but left their Oregon Trail card. -MCSO received report from Union Pacific Rail- road that the track grinder is out in case anyone calls regarding a train on ire. -MCSO received report of garbage all over Wash- ington Ave. between Fourth and Seventh in Irrigon. -MCSO received report from a female on Wyoming in Irrigon that two teenage boys were ighting. There were no weapons. MCSO and Irrigon Ambulance responded and one was transported by ambulance to Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston. -MCSO received report of a juvenile subject having an asthma attack at Balm Fork and Willow Creek Rd. in Heppner. MCSO and Heppner Ambulance responded and transported the juvenile by ambulance to Pioneer Memorial Hos- pital in Heppner. -MCSO received report of a small green pickup with camper shell with Washington plates failing to maintain and driving 45 mph in a 55 mph zone. -MCSO received re- port of a 911 hang-up call plotted at a cell tower in Boardman. A juvenile con- tacted said he was playing basketball and hit the wrong button. -MCSO received report from a subject westbound on I-84 Pendleton who said two semis passed him on I-84 with no chains on and almost rear ended him. He said chains were required on Cabbage Hill. The caller was transferred to OSP. February 12: -Emer- gency personnel were ad- vised of a suicidal subject in Boardman. -A male in Heppner advised that his wife took a handful of pills because she was mad at him, and left. Morrow County Sher- iff’s Office and Heppner ambulance responded and located the female, who was taken to Pioneer Memorial Hospital. February 13: -A sub- ject outside of Heppner advised he thought one of his hired men hit a road sign with hi ranch vehicle or threw a brick through the window. -A female in Boardman reported that her vehicle was stolen from in front of her residence some time during the night. A deputy responded and took a re- port. -A female in Heppner advised someone stole medication from her resi- dence that morning. She ad- vised she had a few names of people who might have done it. -A female in Irrigon requested contact regarding her husband sitting across the street just staring at the residence. A deputy re- sponded and took a report. -MCSO arrested Mi- chael Dean Lynch, 57, on a Multnomah County war- rant. -A female in Heppner advised her juvenile male was out of control. MCSO responded. -A subject reported a suspicious vehicle parked across the street from Buck- num’s with a taxi light on. February 15: -A sub- ject in Irrigon advised that Morrow County Sheriff’s Office picked up his dog the week before and he had since gotten it back. He requested to speak to the deputy and thank her. -An MCSO deputy advised he was at an Ir- rigon location with a horse with its leg stuck through a fence. The horse was freed from the fence. -MCSO was advised that Pendleton PD arrested Michael Steven Moore, 33, on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for Failure to Appear on As- sault IV. The subject was arrested on other agency warrants as well. -Umatilla County Sher- iff’s Ofice advised MCSO that they received a call from a female in Irrigon who stated the babysitter would not let her have her daughter. MCSO responded and determined the matter would need to be settled in family court. HAVE A NEWS STORY OR PHOTO FOR THE GAZETE? E-MAIL EDITOR@APIDSERVE.NET CALL 541-676-9228 OR STOP BY THE OFFICE ON WILLOW ST. IN HEPPNER TODAY! -A male advised MCSO that his six-year-old daugh- ter was just picked up by her mother in Boardman and the mother didn’t have the booster seat for the daughter. He advised he tried to give her the booster seat but she wouldn’t take it. She had headed toward Portland about 20 minutes ago. Oregon State Police and Frontier were advised. -A subject in Board- man advised that a male subject was getting beat up. Boardman PD, MCSO, and Boardman ambulance responded. Mario Morales, 33, was arrested by Board- man PD for Assault IV and lodged at Umatilla County Jail. February 16: -A fe- male in Heppner reported seeing an older male, big coat, hat, garbage/plas- tic bags, and a couple of backpacks strapped to his back, on foot walking up the creek from her resi- dence. Other than walking, the subject was not doing anything suspicious but she advised he was not local. Morrow County Sheriff’s Ofice responded but was unable to locate. -A female in Boardman reported that her father called her to tell her and her family members goodbye— she believed her father was going to commit suicide. She advised he had not made any threats in the past, that there were weapons in the residence but no method was mentioned. -A female in Irrigon advised her two sons were in a disturbance. MCSO responded and the older brother left and the younger brother was calming down. -A male in the Ione area reported a vehicle driving really slowly by his resi- dence. He advised a “really creepy” guy was driving it. -A male in Irrigon ad- vised his pickup was miss- ing. He advised he was not on the scene but from the call he received it ap- peared it was wenched onto a trailer. -A female in Irrigon advised her kids was out for a walk with the dog and a dog owned by another woman came after them. The caller advised the dog had been aggressive in the past. MCSO responded and cited Barbara Jean McLean, 57, for maintaining dog as a public nuisance. -A female driving on I-84 near Boardman ad- vised two cars were trying to get her to pull over. One would get in front of her and slow down while the other would get right be- hind her, and vice versa. The vehicles turned off at the 168 exit. MCSO was unable to locate. -A female at Sub Zero Motel in Irrigon advised two individuals were trying to get into her room. She believed they might have a bat or something similar. G T azette imes
