WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2015
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LOCAL NEWS
State police catch
trio of local fugitives
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By JADE McDOWELL
Staff Writer
Courtney Sullivan and
her three children are still
trying to adjust to the real-
ity of everything they lost
after their home burned
down in Umatilla earlier
this month.
The
furniture.
The
clothes. The television. The
Christmas presents. The
new washer and dryer.
All of that pales in com-
parison to the items that no
amount of donations will
ever replace.
“I think the most I’ll
miss is my son’s baby blan-
ket and all the kids’ baby
stuff and the pictures,”
Courtney said.
The single mom and her
three children — Josslynne,
6; Braden, 4; and Vincent, 1
— are living with her moth-
er Christina Sullivan for the
moment but are hoping to
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start rebuilding their life.
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determined. Courtney said
she has no idea how it start-
ed. All she knows is that at
about 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 10
Josslynne and Braden came
running down the hallway
yelling “Mommy! Mommy!
Fire!”
She ran out into the living
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devouring the wall and the
couch, just feet from where
Vincent was sleeping in his
crib. Getting past the burn-
ing couch gave Courtney
burns on her arms, legs and
side and left burn marks on
Vincent’s arm, but everyone
made it out.
“I grabbed the baby and
we got out of there,” she said.
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someone
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and someone called Chris-
tina to let her know that her
daughter and grandchild
were being transported to the
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“A few minutes later I got
the call.”
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that the large plastic sanitary
disposal garbage can on the
street had melted.
Courtney and Christina
said the community has been
supportive in the aftermath.
Several people have donated
clothing and others have of-
fered household goods once
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has room for them. A fami-
ly friend set up an account
under Courtney’s name at
Banner Bank for people
who want to pitch in toward
the rental deposit and other
moving expenses.
They said teachers and
administrators at McNary
Elementary School have
also been understanding of
the children’s situation and
did what they could to help.
Christina said Josslynne, in
particular, has been with-
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“She’s been really dis-
tant and hiding,” she said.
Courtney said even
though the kids saw the
house burn down, they’re
still having a hard time
comprehending the fact that
they can’t go sleep in their
Three local fugitives
that tried to get away
from police Friday end-
ed up in jail.
Oregon State Police
reported a state trooper
tried to stop a blue 330
BMW for a lighting vi-
olation at 6:33 p.m. on
Highway 37 northbound
about three miles north
of Pendleton. The car
took off, then turned
west
onto
Despain
Gulch Road and drove
for about two miles be-
fore slamming to a stop.
Adam Fredrick Abell,
28, of Umatilla, bailed
from the BMW. Police
caught him in short or-
der and arrested him on
a Umatilla County pa-
role violation warrant.
The car kept going,
and a Umatilla County
sheriff’s deputy found
it on Terney Road a few
miles away.
Additional state po-
lice troopers from Pend-
leton and Hermiston ar-
rived, and members of
the sheriff’s office and
Stanfield police helped
search a field next to the
BMW. Residents report-
ed officers told them to
stay indoors during the
search.
State police report-
ed officers found Adam
Ben Cooley, 35, and
Rebecca Ann Mayes,
24, both of Hermiston,
while they were on the
ground trying to hide.
Cooley’s name was
on an outstanding war-
rant in Umatilla Coun-
ty for a parole viola-
tion, according to state
police, and he was in
possession of a meth-
amphetamine pipe and
“a small amount of mar-
ijuana extract.” Police
arrested him on the war-
rants and for possession
of meth and marijuana
extracts not purchased
from a state dealer.
Mayes admitted she
was the driver, accord-
ing to state police. She
was wanted on four
Umatilla County war-
rants for probation vio-
lations, and officers also
found her in possession
of a meth pipe. State po-
lice arrested her on the
warrants, possession of
meth and for attempting
to flee in a vehicle and
reckless driving.
Oregon State Police
booked all three into the
Umatilla County Jail,
Pendleton.
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own beds again.
“The kids keep asking,
‘Can we go home? Can we go
home?’ They’re talking about
weird stuff like monsters and
ghosts too,” she said.
She said she is looking
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place to call home and get-
ting the children settled into
a new routine.
“We’re pretty much
starting from ground zero,”
she said.
If anyone has donations
of clothing or other items
they would like to give to
the family, Christina said
they can contact her via
Facebook or at 541-371-
0523.
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