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A6 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 LOCAL PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY LEINI ENA Former Hermiston volleyball coach and mother of five, Priscilla Ena, died Wednesday from complications from childbirth. Former coach and mother of five dies By JADE MCDOWELL STAFF WRITER Community members are raising money for the family of a former Herm- iston volleyball coach who died Wednesday, Jan. 17 from complications from childbirth. Priscilla Iliganoa Ena Boyd, 30, is survived by her newborn son Alovale, her husband Cole Boyd and sons Tupou, 7; Faafiaula, 6; Vil- iamu, 3; and Sone, 1, and a large extended family. Her sister-in-law Leini Ena said Priscilla was a funny, warm, giving person, but one of the things that most stood out about her was that she was an “amazing mother” to her sons. “She definitely had her hands full, but she loved those boys so much and always made sure they had everything they needed,” Leini said. She said Priscilla always went above and beyond for her friends, was active in her church and loved being part of any community she lived in. She moved from Hermis- ton to Fayetteville, Tennes- see, less than two years ago to be closer to her husband’s family, but her parents Siu and Fuamai Ena still live in Hermiston. “She had a great big laugh and a great sense of humor, just like her dad,” Leini said. Priscilla was a stand- out athlete during her time at Hermiston High School, competing in volleyball, basketball and track and field. She was often listed in Hermiston Herald sports articles as a top-scoring player in varsity girls’ bas- ketball games. “She was an athlete three seasons out of the year in high school,” Leini said. “She loved competition.” She later coached fresh- man volleyball for the high school. A GoFundMe account, which can be found at www.gofundme.com/sup- p o r t - f o r- e n a b o y d - f a m - ily, had raised more than $16,000 of its $100,000 goal by Monday. Leini said fam- ily and friends of the Ena Boyd family hope that the boys will “never feel the financial impact of not hav- ing a mother.” Several of the condo- lences left for the family on the GoFundMe page called Priscilla a “beautiful per- son,” inside and out. “So many of my best memories were made with Priscilla,” wrote Adelita Bentley. “Her silly, sweet, generous and warm spirit made this earth a better place.” Leini said Friday that newborn Alovale has not been released from the hos- pital yet but is doing well. Nakapalau resigns Echo council seat Berry said she didn’t have any further comment regarding Nakapalau and Echo city councilor Lou his resignation. Mayor Jeanie Hampton Nakapalau has resigned. Nakapalau became a said she couldn’t comment divisive figure after mak- as to what action the coun- ing anti-gay comments to a cil might take to address the gay filmmaker on Facebook empty seat. She said she couldn’t in October. The scrutiny created by the controversy recall when she had first brought to light past fel- heard rumor of the child ony charges for nine counts pornography charges, but of possession of child por- local police reported to her nography, for which he was that Nakapalau was not a registered sex found guilty in offender. Clark County, “Nothing was Washington, in confirmed, and 2000. then all the sud- City admin- den we had cam- istrator Diane eras in our faces,” Berry said she she said about the found a “very December coun- short” resignation cil meeting. letter in the city’s Court docu- dropbox earlier ments obtained this month. by the East Ore- “This is my Louis Nakapalau gonian do not letter of resig- nation from the Echo City indicate why Nakapalau Council, effective Jan. 2,” was not placed on the sex offender registry, but show it read. The council was set to he served eight days in jail, discuss the resignation at 52 days on work/education its regular council meet- release and one year under supervision ing Thursday, Jan. 18, but community Berry canceled the meeting under which he could not shortly before noon after possess a computer outside finding out there would not of work. An order of discharge be a quorum in attendance. Nakapalau was elected from the Clark County with eight write-in votes Court shows he completed during the November 2016 all the requirements of his election and was sworn in at sentence in 2007 and his the beginning of 2017 for a civil rights, including the ability to hold public office, four-year term. Berry said now that were restored. Nakapalau has not Nakapalau has resigned, the council can choose whether responded to requests for to leave the seat empty until comment or explanation. After a tumultuous few the upcoming general elec- tion in November when the months for the city council, three other council seats will Hampton said she was look- be up for election, or estab- ing forward to being able to lish a procedure for appoint- focus on other city business, ing someone to the seat until including planned upgrades the election. to the sewer system. By JADE MCDOWELL STAFF WRITER STAFF PHOTO BY JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN A sheriff’s vehicle landed in a ditch after it was abandoned by a thief Thursday morning. Deputy’s car stolen, crashed HERMISTON HERALD Hermiston man was arrested twice Thursday: in the morning on accusations of burglary and trespass- ing and in the afternoon — after stealing and crash- ing a sheriff’s office vehi- cle and leading police on a two hour manhunt — on charges of escape, vehicle theft and eluding police. Police would have put him in handcuffs a third time for a past burglary of East- side market, but he was already in jail. Christopher Phillips, 23, was first arrested at 8:50 a.m. in a vacant house near 33464 E. Punkin Cen- ter Road east of Hermiston, according to a news release from the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office. The sher- iff’s office had been called to the area on the report of a suspicious vehicle that a 911 caller said might be related to recent burglaries in the area. Deputy Chris Daugh- erty responded and found the vehicle, a red 1994 Ford Explorer, as well as Phillips and Tyler Morris, 19. Daugherty arrested and handcuffed Phillips and put him in the back seat of the patrol car, but released Morris. He then requested a tow truck to impound the Explorer. Daugherty stayed in the front of his patrol car A until the tow truck arrived, then got out to speak to the driver but left his patrol vehicle running for warmth. According to the news release, Phillips moved his cuffed hands and arms from behind his back to the front, then broke the rear window of the patrol car. Crawling out of the back window and into the driv- er’s seat, he drove away, crashing the vehicle into a small canal nearby at the drone, and the U.S. For- est Service brought its K-9 unit. At 1:15 p.m., residents on Cowboy Lane near Diagonal Road called to say someone was pounding on doors in the area. Dep- uties found Phillips, now uncuffed, and after a foot chase arrested him near the Short Stop gas station at 32553 E. Punkin Center Road. Umatilla County Under- sheriff Jim Littlefield said Depending on what we learn, in his trajectory from the crash to where we apprehended him, he may have committed other crimes Jim Littlefield, Umatilla County Undersheriff corner of Tabor and Punkin Center roads. The patrol vehicle was damaged, but all police equipment was recovered. It was towed away shortly after. But when police arrived Phillips was gone, and the search began. Beginning at 10:40 a.m., more than a dozen officers from seven local agencies combed the area, knock- ing on doors and looking for Phillips. The sheriff’s department search and res- cue team brought out its he did not know the exact route Phillips took from where he had crashed to where he was arrested or how many doors Phillips knocked on, but said none of the residents opened the doors or interacted with Phillips. Littlefield said they searched the area from Tabor Lane and Punkin Center Road to the junc- tion of Punkin Center and Diagonal roads. He esti- mated between 15 and 20 law enforcement officials joined the search, includ- ing Hermiston, Stanfield and Umatilla police, Ore- gon State Police, Umatilla County Community Cor- rections and the U.S. For- est Service. Littlefield said further charges may be added, potentially property dam- age or theft. “Depending on what we learn, in his trajectory from the crash to where we apprehended him, he may have committed other crimes,” Littlefield said. He was not sure if Phillips was under the influence of any drugs. The same day of Phil- lips’ escape and re-capture, Hermiston police investi- gating a Jan. 1 break-in at Eastside Market identified a vehicle caught on surveil- lance video during the bur- glary and arrested Devon Hollenbeck, 24, on charges of burglary, theft, conspir- acy and criminal mischief related to the incident. Phillips was also charged, but was already in jail for the theft of the patrol car. The burglary happened about 4 a.m. on Jan. 1, and video showed two sus- pects smash a window at the market, enter and steal packs of cigarettes before leaving. Officers say both men may be involved in other recent burglaries, and investigations are ongoing. 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