WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2016
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Pursuit ends in injury crash near Hermiston High School
was picking her daughter up
from the high school after
An attempted trafic stop a sports workout and saw
Thursday morning led to a the chase and crash. “I’m
brief pursuit and crash near shocked he didn’t hit more
Hermiston High School that people,” she said, especially
left one person injured
as kids were leaving
and another in hand-
the high school and
cuffs.
parents were picking
David A Bjurlin,
athletes up at that time.
31, of Kennewick, was
The incident began
lodged at the Umatilla
when Hermiston police
County Jail on charges
tried to stop on an older
of attempt to elude in
model Buick Thursday
both a vehicle and on Bjurlin
morning. The male
foot, felony failure to
subject driving the ve-
perform the duties of a driver, hicle did not yield to police,
third-degree assault, reckless instead taking off at high
driving and driving without a speeds east on West Highland
license.
Avenue.
Sonia Lemus Cisneros,
Witnesses say the Buick
18, of Umatilla was taken by was passing vehicles on the
ambulance to Good Shepherd left and weaving though traf-
Medical Center where she ic when it came to the High-
was treated and released.
land Avenue and South First
Valerie Juul of Hermiston Street intersection, where it
By ALEXA LOUGEE
Staff Writer
STAFF PHOTO BY ALEXA LOUGEE
Emergency responders inspect a pickup truck hit by a leeing
car on Highland Avenue in Hermiston.
ran a stop sign and crashed
into a pickup truck.
The white Ford F150 had
the right of way and was
heading north on South First
Street through the intersec-
tion when the Buick struck
the truck, sending it east
down Highland Avenue and
trapping the pickup driver in
the vehicle.
Hermiston resident Jerry
Stanield Fourth of July
parade winners announced
By ALEXA LOUGEE
Staff writer
The Stanield 4th
of July Committee an-
nounced the winners
from this year’s parade.
Overall winner:
Desert Shriners
Classic Cars:
1st place - 1942 Ford Su-
per Deluxe
2nd place - 1938 Chevy
3rd place - 1968 Shelby
GT500
Horses:
1st - Glory Riders of Or-
egon
2nd - Support our Troops
3rd - Lil’ Buckaroos
Royalty:
1st - Umatilla County
Fair Grand Marshal
2nd - Umatilla County
Fair Court
Farm Related:
1st - 1952 Allis Chalmers
Tractor
2nd - 1935 John Deere,
driven by Nathan Hurts
3rd - “Chief” ridden by
Paige McKinley and Lib-
by Carmack
Floats/Youth/Fraternal:
1st - Stanield Public Li-
brary
STAFF PHOTO BY GARY L. WEST
A member of Desert Shriners high ives Abigail Bohms,
4, during Stanield’s 2016 4th of July parade.
2nd - Eastern Oregon
Taekwando
3rd - Grand Marshals of
Stanield 4th of July Pa-
rade & 2016 Stanield
Baseball 3A State Champs
Business/Political:
1st - Stanield Moose
Lodge #920
2nd - Pendleton Shriners
3rd - Christian Motorcy-
cles
Miscellaneous:
1st - Echo Fire District
2nd - Crossroads Com-
munity Church
3rd - Bob Kelly & Payton
Andrews on bicycles
Vaughn saw the collision and
was one of the irst people to
attend to the victim. He said
the Buick looked like it was
going 60 miles per hour be-
fore it slammed into the driv-
er’s side of the truck. Vaughn
said they tried to open the
door of the white truck to help
the Cisneros, but it was stuck
and all the other doors were
locked. “The airbag didn’t
go off,” he said, and her head
was bleeding, but she was
able to communicate through
the small gap of the slightly
rolled down window.
After the collision, the
Buick spun and hit a traf-
ic sign pole. The driver of
the Buick emerged from the
plume of dust and took off
on foot north on South First
street toward the Hermiston
Police Department, which
was only blocks away from
the scene.
Domino’s employee Kay-
la Farmer was standing at the
cash register when she saw
the car hit the truck, the driver
of the car lee, and Hermiston
motorcycle police oficer Vic-
tor Gutierrez go through the
pizza shop’s parking lot after
Bjurlin. “It was all so quick,”
she said. Police oficers were
able to catch up to the driver
Hermiston Police wear banded badges for Dallas oicers
By ALEXA LOUGEE
Staff Writer
The Hermiston Police
Department is among many
across the country that
will show support for their
brothers and sisters in blue
by wearing black bands on
their badges, honoring the
five officers killed Thursday
night in Dallas, Texas.
“Mourning
badges
have a long history,” said
Capt. Darryl Johnson of
the Hermiston Police De-
partment. “Law enforce-
ment oficers wear these
bands out of respect and
to honor the memory of a
fallen oficer.
“Each agency will
have their own guidelines.
Given the gravity of the
situation in Dallas and the
tragedy of oficers being
ambushed and slain we
chose to honor these ofi-
cers and this tradition.”
The Oregon State
Sheriff’s Association in
a statement requested all
Oregon oficers wear the
black band until after the
STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS
last funeral of the oficers. The
OSSA also praised the work of
the Dallas Police Department
even as their lives were at risk.
“In the face of an ambush
and unknown assailants, po-
lice oficers in Dallas contin-
ued to protect citizens at great
risk to their own lives,” the
statement said.
In Hermiston, community
members also publicly ex-
pressed support for law en-
forcement oficials across the
nation and at home.
Patrick Temple is a ifth-
grade teacher at Highland
Hills Elementary in Hermis-
ton and posted this message
of support Friday on a local
Facebook group: “I witnessed
Hermiston police pursuing
David Bjurlin down Highland
STAFF PHOTO BY GARY L. WEST
A member of Desert
Shriners rolls along in the
2016 Stanield 4th of July
parade.
Deputies investigate exploding mailbox
Hermiston Herald
Law enforcement re-
sponded to an exploding
mailbox outside Hermiston
on Wednesday, July 6, and
a possible mailbox bomb
hoax on July 5, but there
was no immediate indica-
tion the two incidents were
related.
On July 6 a man re-
ported his mailbox on Mi-
chaels Lane northeast of
Hermiston had exploded,
shaking the house. Uma-
tilla County Sheriff Terry
Rowan said a white ve-
hicle was seen speeding
from the scene around
the time of the incident,
suggesting the explosive
device was placed in the
mailbox instead of mailed
there. He said evidence
from the scene had been
collected and was being
analyzed.
On July 5 a woman on
NW 11th Street northwest
of the Hermiston city limits
called to report that she had
removed a possible pipe
bomb from her mailbox
and had taken it into her
house. Oregon State Police
responded and discovered a
piece of hose taped togeth-
er.
“Whether it was in-
tended as a hoax, we’re
not sure,” OSP Sgt. Seth
Cooney said.
He said the item was in
a clear plastic bag, indicat-
ing it had not gone through
the postal service but had
been placed in the mailbox
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Avenue (Thursday) and later
saw the crash site. I drove away
breathing thanks to our law en-
forcement oficers who inter-
vene on behalf of public safety.
Given events in Dallas, I want
to express my appreciation to
our Hermiston police and staff
who do a great job of serving
and protecting the public.”
In response to this post,
one commenter expressed his
frustration with police, but the
overwhelming majority of
comments expressed support
for local law enforcement.
Teresa Best, wife of a re-
tired Hermiston police oficer,
said, “Thank you for showing
support. They need it. Believe
it or not even in Hermiston
our oficers put their lives on
the line every day.”
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Rowan said there had
not been any similar events
reported recently and there
did not seem to be anything
tying the two incidents to-
gether. Both Rowan and
Cooney said if anyone has
reason to believe there is
an explosive device in their
mailbox they should inform
law enforcement.
“I would say they should
not remove a suspicious
item to their home or vehi-
cle,” Rowan said.
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and took him into custody.
Farmer saw bystanders
run to the truck to help the
woman, but the victim was
stuck in her vehicle for what
seemed like 20 minutes.
Umatilla Country District 1
Fire and Rescue crews were
eventually able to free the
female driver from the white
pickup.
Acting Hermiston Police
Chief Darryl Johnson called
the suspect’s actions a “sense-
less act” in a news release.
“This was a senseless act
by a driver who would have
received a violation level ci-
tation for driving without a li-
cense, instead he felt the need
to try and run from oficers,”
he said. “His actions led to
an innocent person getting
injured and property being
damaged so he could avoid a
trafic ticket.”
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