RECORDS
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PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
MONDAY, SEPT. 28
• A man reported a neighbor
threatened him and brandished a
pistol from his pocket on Southwest
Desert Oak Drive.
• A caller reported seeing his
stolen vehicle being driven toward
Umatilla on Umatilla River Road.
• Someone reportedly locked a
child in a vehicle with the keys inside
on North First Street.
• A caller reported someone
was driving slowly in an older white
Chevrolet pickup on West Wren
Avenue with no headlights, possibly
casing the area.
• A man reportedly kept stealing
fruit at night from a stand on South
Highway 395 in Stanfield.
• Someone reportedly broke into
a church on Columbia Boulevard in
Umatilla.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 27
• Juveniles were reportedly
knocking on the windows of a resi-
dence on Northwest Seventh Street.
• A dirt bike was reportedly stolen
on North Dunne Street in Stanfield.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 26
• An assault was reported on
Southwest Sage Drive.
• Multiple items were reportedly
stolen from a residence on North-
west 11th Street over one and a half
months.
• A man driving a Dodge Magnum
reportedly pointed a gun at someone
on Baggett Lane.
• Someone reportedly crashed
into a house with a vehicle on North-
west Stockton Street.
• Items were reportedly stolen
from a backyard on Southeast Fifth
Street.
• A caller reported seeing two
people on a neighbor’s roof on
Northwest Seventh Street.
• Three highly intoxicated men
were reportedly causing a fight at a
business on Sixth Street in Umatilla.
• A caller reported hearing about
seven gunshots on Wenatchee Street
in Umatilla.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 25
• A caller reported someone was
trying to break into a residence on
East Montana Avenue.
• Someone reported finding a
knife blade at McKenzie Park on West
Orchard Avenue.
• A man reportedly grabbed a
woman by the neck and refused to
let her leave a vehicle on North First
Street.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 24
• A man was reportedly wander-
ing around trying to enter a business
on North First Street.
• A man was reportedly beating a
dog with his pants around his knees
while sitting in a vehicle in a parking
lot on South Highway 395.
• Someone reportedly stole mail
from a locked mailbox on East Elm
Avenue.
• A juvenile was reportedly
assaulted on Northeast Fourth Street.
• A woman reported a neighbor
was throwing full beers and eggs
into her yard and at her car on Dark
Canyon Avenue in Umatilla.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23
• A maroon and silver lifted
pickup was reportedly stolen on West
Locust Avenue.
• A man was reportedly punching
a woman’s vehicle window on West
Sunland Avenue.
• Someone reportedly stole a
backpack from a pickup on Willamette
Avenue in Umatilla.
• Someone reportedly stole
marijuana plants from a residence on
Deschutes Avenue in Umatilla.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 22
• A caller reported finding an
envelope containing checks from the
Department of Justice in her driveway
on West Jennie Avenue.
• A man with binoculars was
reportedly watching children walk
home from school in a gray Ford sport
utility vehicle with no license plates
on Southwest 11th Street.
• Someone reportedly cut through
a chain link fence on East Reeder
Drive.
ARRESTS
• Leonardo Ramirez Ramirez, 30:
second-degree theft.
• Mario Antonio Castellanos, 28:
Hermiston Municipal Court warrant –
failure to pay fines.
• Bryan Edward Allen Dechand,
28: failure to appear.
• Hugo Sanchez Ochoa, 25: driving
while license suspended or revoked.
• Juan Rodriguez Pacheco, 44:
Hermiston Municipal Court warrants
— failure to pay fines, failure to
appear.
• Taelor Rachelle Hug, 19: proba-
tion violation.
• Michael Wayne Waelty, 30:
first-degree criminal trespass.
• Jaime Oseguera Guizar, 20:
failure to appear, failure to pay fines.
• Vincente Veliz, 31: driving while
license suspended or revoked.
• Latisha Sue Rodriguez, 32:
failure to appear.
• Gary Zachary Smith, 25: posses-
sion of methamphetamine, Hermiston
Municipal Court warrant — failure to
pay fines.
• Jose Adan Meraz Jimenez, 57:
failure to pay fines.
• Raven Dawn Newton, 20:
probation violation.
• Ruben Fernandez, 32: failure to
appear.
• Alexander B. Garza, 29:
second-degree criminal possession of
a forged instrument, resisting arrest,
second-degree criminal trespass.
• Paul Lawrence Corbett, 31:
Hermiston Municipal Court warrant —
failure to pay fines.
• Ajamu Dia Nathan, 18:
second-degree disorderly conduct,
possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Charles Cass Cooley, 36: Hermis-
ton Municipal Court warrant — failure
to pay fines.
Harley Roger Eliot, 20: failure to appear.
• Roddrayion Aaron Houfmuse,
32: Hermiston Municipal Court warrant
— failure to pay fines.
When they say
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
Burglar sentenced to 12 years in prison
By PHIL WRIGHT
Staff Writer
A Hermiston man who
ransacked a woman’s house
in January while forcing
her to keep quiet now could
serve more than a decade in
prison.
Jason Thomas Payton, 32,
pleaded guilty on Sept. 15 in
circuit court in Hermiston to
multiple felonies in separate
cases, including burglary and
menacing.
Senior Judge Rick Roll
sentenced Payton to 12 years
reported it suspected Payton
of cashing stolen checks and
using stolen credit cards at
businesses in Hermiston and
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catch Payton the morning of
Sunday, Feb. 8, at the Econ-
omy Inn, Hermiston.
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including the victim’s vehicle.
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in prison on the burglary
case, according to court re-
cords, a year for writing bad
checks in another case, and
six months for possession of
methamphetamine, as well
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for the pleas reduced some
charges and dismissed oth-
ers, including a case of mis-
demeanor criminal mischief.
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Standoff leads to charges of felony sex and drug crimes
ing to court records,
charges
stemming
and the possession
from a Sept. 14 secret
charges on Aug. 21.
A Hermiston man was ar- indictment. He asked
Hampton said the
rested Thursday afternoon in Circuit Judge Lynn
indictment
alleges
Pendleton by Umatilla tribal Hampton if the pro-
some charges occurred
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on the Umatilla Indian
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Reservation and asked
Ricardo Amezcua, 27, can be around.”
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if the victim, a female,
No, the judge re-
was arrested without incident
was a member of an
after an hour-long standoff in plied. Then the state
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deputy prosecutor Jackie
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others from the residence: ond-degree sexual abuse; asked for a later date to en-
Kristi Deann Higheagle, 34, one count of coercion; and ter a plea due to the nature
on a felony warrant for fail- one count each of posses- of the charges. Hampton set
ure to appear, and Bako Irma sion of methamphetamine, that for Thursday. The judge
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ecstasy, and distribution to ordered Amezcua to have
rant for violating probation.
zero contact with the victim
Amezcua appeared Fri- minors.
The state alleges the sex in this case.
day via video from the
Amezcua also plead-
Umatilla County Jail, for crimes and drug delivery
an arraignment on felony took place Feb. 19, accord- ed not guilty to a charge of
By PHIL WRIGHT
Staff Writer
third-degree escape, related
to when he ducked arrest
Sept. 18. Jenkins said she
planned to merge the two
cases.
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a Hermiston address for
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ported encounters with him
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