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By SEAN HART
East Oregonian
A felon with a history
of arrests is behind bars
following an early morn-
ing drug raid Thursday,
July 30, in Hermiston.
At about 5:30 a.m.,
the Oregon State Police
SWAT team executed a
search warrant for the
Blue Mountain Enforce-
ment Narcotics Team at
563 E. Hurlburt Ave.,
Hermiston, according to a
press release from Herm-
iston Police Chief Jason
Edmiston.
The 31-year-old occu-
pant of the residence, Jose
Edgar Salvador Cervant-
es, was not present when
the warrant was executed,
but he was located on a
traffic stop at about 9 a.m.
The narcotics team is
comprised of law enforce-
ment personnel from a
variety of local agencies,
including the state police
and Hermiston and Pend-
leton police departments.
Pendleton police chief
Stuart Roberts said no
one was at the residence
when the search warrant
for the delivery of con-
trolled substances was
executed. Officers contin-
ued to search for Cervant-
es, which resulted in the
traffic stop and eventual
COURTS
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•Green & Sons Agency Inc. dba
Outsource Receivables Management
Inc. vs. Benjamin S. Colvin; judgment
for $1,237.04 plus interest, costs and
fees.
•Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
vs. Ted Rufty; judgment for $2,579.44
plus interest, costs and fees.
•Bonneville Billing & Collections
vs. Deborah Portenier; judgment for
$469 plus interest, costs and fees.
•Capital One Bank vs. Vickie Um-
barger; judgment for $2,370.75 plus
interest, costs and fees.
•Discover Bank vs. Darlene R.
Payne; judgment for $1,321.20 plus
interest, costs and fees.
•Discover Bank vs. Raymond E.
Clair; judgment for $11,605.87 plus in-
terest, costs and fees.
•First National Bank of Omaha
vs. Diane R. Witchey; judgment for
$8,691.81 plus interest, costs and fees.
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Elisea
Rodriguez; judgment for $791.19 plus
interest, costs and fees.
•Portfolio Recovery Associates
LLC vs. Kristine Grimes; judgment for
$893.80 plus interest, costs and fees.
Sentences
The following sentences have
been imposed in Umatilla County
courts:
FELONY
•Jesus Lopez Hernandez, 52, Herm-
iston, pleaded guilty to Possession of
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015
RECORDS
arrest.
Roberts
said officers
seized a .380
handgun,
a
small amount
of
cash
Salvador
and
about
three-quarters of an ounce
of
methamphetamine,
along with a few oxyco-
done pills prescribed to
someone else.
Cervantes was charged
with possession and de-
livery of the drugs, felon
in possession of a firearm
and frequenting or main-
taining a place where
controlled substances are
used. He was lodged at
the Umatilla County Jail,
Pendleton.
Roberts said a tactical
team is only deployed in
conjunction with a search
warrant when an individ-
ual poses an imminent
threat. He said the narcot-
ics team uses confidential
informants to provide the
information necessary to
obtain a warrant.
“We generally make
multiple buys before the
search warrant,” he said.
Edmiston said Cer-
vantes has an extensive
criminal history with 14
arrests and 73 charges.
He said he is hopeful the
combination of commer-
cial quantities of con-
trolled substances and a
firearm will lead to Cer-
vantes’ incarceration.
“Mr. Cervantes is very
well known to all law
enforcement in Umatilla
County,” Edmiston said.
“He has a history of be-
ing involved in numerous
investigations of extreme
violence to include at-
tempted murder.”
In 2007, Cervantes was
charged with attempted
murder and assault fol-
lowing a brawl in which
he stabbed Kevin Verwey
at an apartment complex
on Dogwood Avenue in
Hermiston. During the
trial, Cervantes claimed
he used his pocket knife
in self defense, and the
state argued he intended
to kill Verwey. The jury
convicted Cervantes of
second-degree assault in a
10-2 vote but unanimous-
ly agreed he was innocent
of attempted murder after
a two-day trial.
The prosecuting attor-
ney representing the state
argued for a Measure 11
sentence of 70 months,
but the Circuit Court
judge downgraded the
sentence to five years of
probation and 180 hours
of community service
each of those years.
Methamphetamine; sentenced to 42
months probation, 30 sanction units,
$750 fi ne, $1,750 fi ne-suspended and 6
months driver’s license suspension, plus
court costs and fees.
court costs and fees.
•Rogelio F. Almonte, 20, Boardman,
pleaded guilty to Burglary I; sentenced
to 5 years probation, $940 fi ne and
2,000 fi ne-suspended, plus court costs
and fees; pleaded guilty to Coercion;
sentenced to $140 fi ne plus court as-
sessment.
•Valentin Morfi n Paniagua, 38, Pas-
co, Wash., pleaded guilty to Delivery
of Methamphetamine; sentenced to 21
months Oregon Dept. of Corrections,
3 years post-prison supervision, $440
fi ne, $2,000 fi ne-suspended and 6
months driver’s license suspension, plus
court costs and fees; pleaded guilty to
Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle; sen-
tenced to 6 months Oregon Dept. of Cor-
rections, 1 year post-prison supervision,
$140 fi ne, $2,300 fi ne-suspended and
1 year driver’s license suspension, plus
court assessment.
MISDEMEANOR
•Juan Luis Ayala Garduno, 33,
Boardman, pleaded guilty to Failure
to Carry/Present Operator’s License;
sentenced to 15 days jail-suspended,
1 year probation, 10 hours community
service, $190 fi ne and $250 fi ne-sus-
pended, plus court costs and fees.
•Edgar Javier Ibarra, 27, Stanfi eld,
pleaded no contest to Unlawful Pur-
chase of Firearm; sentenced to $940
fi ne plus court assessment.
•Baxter Richard Solmonson, 29,
Pendleton, pleaded guilty to Phys-
ical Harassment; sentenced to 20
days jail, 90 days jail-suspended,
5 years probation, 240 hours com-
munity service and $440 fine, plus
•Jerome Martel Price, 30, Herm-
iston, pleaded guilty to Felon in Pos-
session of Restricted Weapon; sen-
tenced to 180 days jail-suspended, 2
years probation, $40 fi ne and $1,650
fi ne-suspended, plus court costs and
fees.
Divorces
Divorce decrees were signed in
Umatilla County Courts for:
Christa Kay Kahlberg and Joseph
Jkai Dahlberg; Amanda I. Coy and Chad
M. Clark; Kimberly D. Simpson and Dar-
rell L. Simpson; Christopher Lee Griggs
and Terra Leigh Griggs.
Marriages
Marriage licenses have been reg-
istered in Umatilla County for:
Jason Michael Bowman, 25, and
Earnest Ray Glover Jr., 43, both of Ir-
rigon.
Danny Edgar Espain-Covarrubias,
23, and Beatriz Armenta Ortiz, 25, both
of Umatilla.
Rafael Jose Flores, 38, and Steph-
anie Jo Burkenbine, 26, both of Herm-
iston.
Brian Scott Todd Hellinger, 33, and
Tina Lois May Chamberlain, 37, both of
Hermiston.
Cody Dustin Radant, 34, and Ibbet
Del Carmen Velasquez, 33, both of
Hermiston.
Daniel Tejeda, 20, and Brissa
Jaylen Gutierrez Sanchez, 18, both of
Hermiston.
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
MONDAY, AUGUST 3
• A caller reported hearing voic-
es upstairs and outside a residence
on Diagonal Road. He said he saw
strange things outside, such as two
guns lying on a chair.
• An American flag was report-
edly stolen from a residence on
Northwest Overlook Drive.
• Someone reportedly stole
furniture, extension cords and tools
from the back yard of a residence
on East Beebe Avenue.
• Someone reportedly threat-
ened a male at a business on North
First Street and mentioned a gun.
• A purse was reportedly stolen
from an unlocked vehicle on North
First Street.
• A female reported several
boys directed a pit bull to charge
her and an 8-year-old on Southwest
13th Place.
• A male reportedly assaulted
another male on Southeast Seventh
Street.
• A maroon vehicle was
reportedly stolen on East Punkin
Center Road.
• A caller reported her neighbor
was driving a combine toward her
and then sped up and ran her off
the road on Lewis Road.
• A caller reported a male
driving a four-door sport utility
vehicle ran into a fence at the Echo
Cemetery on Thielson Road and
drove away toward Stanfield. The
caller said the driver left another
male at the cemetery who was
requesting medical assistance. The
caller said he believed both were
doing drugs.
• A caller reported someone
poached a deer on Riverside
Avenue in Umatilla.
• A caller reported there was a
decapitated, skinned animal near
the grain elevator on Bud Draper
Road in Umatilla.
• A caller reported 12 cows were
on the lam near Power City Road in
Umatilla.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2
• A caller reported a male
was knocking on the window and
door of a residence on East Jennie
Avenue.
• A caller reported a cow was
loose in the area of Northeast
Fourth Street and East Elm Avenue.
• A confrontation was reported
at a strip club on Sixth Street in
Umatilla.
• A caller reported three people
with flashlights and a dog were
snooping around Umatilla High
School on Seventh Street.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1
• A caller reported hearing a
gunshot followed by two more on
West Highland Avenue.
• A stereo was reportedly stolen
from a vehicle on Northeast Third
Street.
• A caller reported exiting a
business on North First Street and
discovering his green Subaru was
missing.
• An employee reported a
male broke into a room through a
window and locked the dead bolt at
a hotel on Southeast Fourth Street.
• A hospital employee reported
an elderly male shot and killed a
dog that bit him on Northwest Geer
Road.
• An employee reported some-
one slashed the tires of a guest’s
vehicle at a hotel on Sixth Street in
Umatilla.
• Someone reportedly stole two
air conditioners from a residence
Church
Directory
on Stanfield Meadows Road in
Stanfield.
FRIDAY, JULY 31
• A caller reported a male with
gray hair and a beard had his pants
around his ankles near a business
on North First Street. The caller said
it was not the first time he saw the
male with his pants down at the
location.
• A caller reported a male who
had just been fired from a business
on West Hermiston Avenue stole a
cell phone and a white Ford cargo
van with the business name on the
side.
• A tool box and generator were
reportedly stolen from an unlocked
container on South Highway 395.
• A caller reported a female was
crying after her boyfriend assaulted
her and kicked her out of a vehicle
on West Tamarack Avenue.
• Several cows were reportedly
blocking traffic on Northeast 10th
Street.
• A caller reported her grandson
was locked inside a vehicle with the
keys in front of a business on South
Highway 395 in Stanfield.
• Someone reportedly threw a
rock at a vehicle windshield on Fifth
Street in Umatilla.
• A caller reportedly threatened
to shoot a male who had been
threatening him and vandalizing
vehicles on Fifth Street in Umatilla.
• Three males reportedly uri-
nated on the side of a building on
Willamette Avenue in Umatilla.
• A caller reported a horse was
loose in West Park on Third Street
in Umatilla.
THURSDAY, JULY 30
• A caller reported a short man
with blonde hair walking with a
stick and headphones on tried to
get into her residence on Lorraine
Avenue.
• On South Highway 395, $100
was reportedly stolen from a
vehicle.
• A male reported a vehicle
ran into him while he was riding
a bicycle on Wednesday on North
First Street.
• A black 1997 Subaru Legacy
was reportedly stolen on West
Ridgeway Avenue after a purse
containing the keys turned up
missing.
• On North First Street, a female
reported someone forged her name
on a Department of Justice docu-
ment to change her child’s name.
• A caller reported a male
entered a restaurant on South High-
way 395 and threatened to kill the
caller’s family.
• On West Hermiston Avenue, a
female reported her ex-boyfriend
was trying to sell her dogs.
• A caller reported a younger
“gangster” male with tattoos was
threatening to hurt a male on South
Main Street in Stanfield.
• A caller reported her vehicle
got stuck on Leezer Avenue in Echo,
and as she and her father were
pulling the vehicle out, a neighbor
started yelling and waving a gun.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
• A caller reported someone
driving a dark-colored four-door
sedan was looking in all of the
mailboxes on Diagonal Road. The
caller said this was the third time
she witnessed this in two weeks.
• A female was reportedly
trying to kill her husband with a
gun on West Hensel Road.
• A caller reported his ex from
Hermiston was sending death
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threats via text message and
Facebook.
• Someone reportedly stole
an American flag on East Gladys
Avenue.
• A minivan window was
reportedly broken on Northwest
Eucalyptus Drive but nothing was
taken from the vehicle.
• An American flag was report-
edly stolen on Northwest Overlook
Drive.
• A caller reported the
occupants of a white van parked
on Northeast Eighth Street were
passing out Jesus pamphlets and
selling soap products.
• A male with a gun was report-
ed on West Coe Avenue in Stanfield.
• People were reportedly
throwing rocks at a chocolate Lab
on Radar Road in Umatilla.
TUESDAY, JULY 28
• A caller reported someone
was driving slowly on Southwest
11th Street in an older two-door red
sedan and people were walking
around looking into cars.
• An officer reported a flag was
stolen on Northwest Overlook Drive.
• Someone reportedly stole
several cases of soda and alcohol
from a cooler on a patio on West
Marie Avenue.
• On Southeast Sixth Street,
a female reported someone was
making illegal Social Security cards.
• A caller reported he was
bitten by a dog on West Beech
Avenue.
• A caller reported someone
threw a rock at his vehicle on
Seventh Street in Umatilla.
ARRESTS
• Angel Marie Hernandez,
39: failure to appear, Hermiston
Municipal Court warrant — failure
to appear.
• Jesus Munoz Escalante, 44:
failure to pay fines, failure to carry
proof of insurance, driving while
license suspended or revoked.
• Tyson Ferral Jones, 36:
Hermiston Municipal Court warrant
— failure to pay fines.
• Wilfrido Mendoza Garay, 25:
Hermiston Municipal court warrant
— failure to pay fines.
• Heriberto Pinto Ramirez, 36:
failure to pay fines.
• Victor Martin Saucedo Aguilar,
36: Hermiston Municipal Court
warrant — failure to pay fines.
• Neal Anthony Correa, 37:
third-degree theft.
• Donald Kent Blevins, 44:
probation violation.
• Demonyka Deprise Caro, 22:
failure to pay fines, driving while
licensed suspended or revoked,
driving uninsured.
• David Ulices Ponce, 22:
Hermiston Municipal Court warrants
— failure to appear, failure to pay
fines.
• Randall Mark Bush, 53:
Hermiston Municipal Court warrant
— failure to appear.
• Maria Mendoza Navarro, 25:
fourth-degree assault.
• Darcy Scott Carrick, 23:
second-degree theft.
• Derrick Donovan Dix, 22:
Hermiston Municipal Court warrant
— failure to appear.
• Jose Luis Gaeta, 37: probation
violation, failure to report as a sex
offender.
• Andrew Lewis Williams, 23:
harassment.
• Liliana Orozco Perez, 39:
failure to appear, giving false
information to an officer.
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SUNDAY WORSHIP 10:00 AM
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567-9497
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