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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
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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.
Anyone with related infor-
mation can call Hermiston
Police at 541-567-5519.
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