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RECORDS A5 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAy, DECEMbER 19, 2018 Former TRCI worker charged with sexual misconduct DEATHS Miguel Leal Gonzalez Hermiston By HERMISTON HERALD June 18, 1963 — Dec. 15, 2018 Miguel Leal Gonzalez, 55, of Hermiston died Satur- day, Dec. 15, 2018, at his home. He was born June 18, 1963, in Jalisco, Mexico. Visitation will be held Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Burns Mortuary Chapel, Hermiston. Rosary will be held Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, at 6 p.m. at Burns Mortuary Chapel, Hermis- ton. Mass of Christian Burial is Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, Herm- iston. Burial will follow at the Hermiston Cemetery. Arrangements are with Burns Mortuary of Hermiston. Leave condolences for his family at www.burnsmortua- ryhermiston.com HERMISTON — The former food services coor- dinator of Two Rivers Cor- rectional Institution faces a misdemeanor charge for sexual relations with an inmate. Kimberly Ann Porter of Hermiston worked at the state prison in Umatilla as a food services coordinator from Nov. 3, 2014, until she resigned Aug. 3, accord- contact with inmate Buford ing to Department Thomas Harper of Corrections com- between April 1 and munication manager May 22. Jennifer Black. The Harper, 32, of Umatilla County Canyonville, is District Attorney’s serving 25 years for Office indicted Por- murder. He teamed ter in October on the up with two other Porter lone count. Accord- men in 2013 to rob ing to court doc- another man of uments, the state accused his medical marijuana at Porter of engaging in sexual his home in Tri City near Myrtle Creek in Doug- las County. Harper in 2014 pleaded guilty to killing the man. The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office on Fri- day arrested Porter, 52, on a warrant after she skipped her arraignment on Nov. 20. Deputies booked her into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton. Jail staff said she bailed out the same day. State mandates for data collection a concern Virginia Marie Bissinger Hermiston Feb. 29, 1928 — Dec. 15, 2018 Longtime Stanfield resident Virginia Marie Bissinger, 90, of Hermiston died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Herm- iston. She was born Feb. 29, 1928, in Echo. Recitation of the Holy Rosary is Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, Hermiston. Burial follows at 2 p.m. at Pleasant View Cemetery, in Stanfield, Oregon. Arrangements are with Burns Mortuary of Hermiston. Leave condolences for her family at www.burnsmortua- ryhermiston.com Teresa Dunn Hermiston Feb. 12, 1962 — Dec. 9, 2018 Teresa Dunn, 56, of Hermiston, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. She was born Feb. 12, 1962, in Oregon City. A memorial service was held Monday, Dec. 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hood River County Fairgrounds in Odell, Ore. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. in the I.O.O.F. Three Mile Cemetery near The Dalles. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of final arrangements. Leave an online condolence for the family at www.burnsmortuary- hermiston.com. BIRTHS Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston DEC. 4, 2018 GONZALEZ — Alexandra Gonzalez and Jose T. Gon- zalez of Hermiston: a girl, Jocelyn Annalise Gonzalez. POLICE LOG TUESDAY, DEC. 11 2:02 a.m. — A suicidal subject was at Northeast Sixth Street. colored vehicle in front of Chateaubri on Southwest 11th Street. 1:33 a.m. — There was a fight at East Main Street. 5:03 p.m. — A woman was reported to have stolen hair care products from a business on North First Street, and was running southbound on McNary Street. 2:35 p.m. — There was a suicidal subject at West Harper Road. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12 THURSDAY, DEC. 13 10:32 a.m. — Child abuse or neglect was reported at North First Street. 11:40 a.m. — There was a domestic disturbance on West Highland Avenue, a woman on the language line said she needed the police. 8:58 p.m. — Two men on bicycles broke into a dark SATURDAY, DEC. 15 3:24 p.m. — There was a man beating a woman in a vehicle at Northwest Geer Road. 5:29 p.m. — Someone left a baby in a cart in the store on North First Street. SUNDAY, DEC. 16 11:07 p.m. — On West Hermiston Avenue, two males crashed a car into a parked vehicle and ran east on Hermiston Avenue. MONDAY, DEC. 17 8:56 p.m. — Someone came to the police station having a panic attack, and having difficulty breathing, at South First Street. Umatilla acquires 27 acres of land By HERMISTON HERALD The city of Umatilla added 27 acres to its inven- tory when the city council agreed to acquire a prop- erty at a meeting last week. The property is at the corner of Highway 730 and Highway 395 and was acquired from Hermiston Power Partnership, a sub- sidiary of Calpine Corp. a power plant operator. The company had been making mitigation pay- ments, which average not what our job is. We’re to go out and look for crime.” Boardman police and most other agencies in Uma- tilla and Morrow coun- ties rely on the same police records management sys- tem, Sun Ridge Inc., which is creating software to help agencies gather the data. Stokoe said Boardman police will start in as soon as the software clicks. Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts said habit- ual offenders raise another red flag. Pendleton has some drivers who are members of minorities and who receive multiple traffic citations a week. Sentences to 30 days jail and $100 fine. PENDLETON — The follow- ing felony sentences have been imposed in Umatilla County courts: Suits Filed Raysor of Hermiston: seeks $1,345. Foreman of Hermiston: judg- ment for $574.58. •Maureen McNeill, personal representative of the estate of Joshua K. Herrig vs. Anthony K. Enriquez: seeks $1.75 million. •OneMain Financial Group LLC vs. Michelle A. Alvarado of Hermiston: judgment for $3,713.21. •Numerica Credit Union vs. Steven W. Clark of Hermiston: seeks $40,866.38. •OneMain Financial Group LLC vs. Ishmar K. Armstrong of Hermiston: judgment for $5,358.69. The state mandate for police to collect race and gender data could lead to a downturn in some officer activity. Local police leaders expressed that and other concerns about House Bill 2355, which requires police to document race and gender during traffic stops “to iden- tify patterns or practices of profiling.” The law kicked into effect this summer but the state is giving more time for smaller departments to sort out how to gather, store and submit data. Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston said his department has to start by July 1, but will roll out the program in April so officers have time to learn the sys- tem. He said he anticipates at least one side effect. “I think we’re going to see a very slight dip in offi- cer-initiated activity and a slight dip in traffic stops,” Edmiston said. That could lead to police missing bigger crimes. Police catching unlawful activity during stops “hap- pens all the time,” Edmis- ton said, but bogging down a cop in the field with extra work is likely to lead to FRIDAY, DEC. 14 2:22 p.m. — There was an assault at Kennedy Avenue. 2:49 p.m. — Someone was taking bows off the Christmas tree on Northeast Second Street. backlash to avoid that work. The chief said that’s just part of human nature. The bigger problem, police said, stems from gath- ering the data. Officers have to provide the reason for the stop and their perceptions at the moment. “Just because you per- ceive somebody to be a male or female, doesn’t mean they are male or female,” Edmiston said. “And when you perceive race, I think you are on a slippery slope.” Boardman Police Chief Rick Stokoe expressed a similar concern. “I don’t want our officers to guess,” he said. “That’s “That totally taints your statistical information,” he said. And while the state has promised to contact agen- cies when blips arise, Rob- erts said he found that hard to believe given the 180 or so agencies in Oregon. Data collection is nothing new for police. Oregon law requires agencies to report crime data, which Oregon State Police sift through and compile each year into reports of several hundred pages to show everything from the number of murders in Oregon to officer assaults. According to state police, the Oregon Annual Uni- form Crime Reports have an error rate of approximately 1 percent. Yet the 2017 report, the most recent for a full year, shows gaps in the 162 agen- cies it lists. The Harney County Sheriff’s Office and University of Oregon Police Department were among 17 agencies that did not sub- mit up to six months of data in time for the 2017 report, and 25 agencies, often small and rural, submitted no data, including the sher- iff’s offices of Grant, Gil- liam, Sherman and Wallowa counties. Race and gender data could face the same problems. By PHIL WRIGHT STAFF WRITER about $7,500 per year, to Umatilla for running trans- mission lines through the land. Instead of money changing hands, Hermis- ton Power Partnership will forgo the last five years of payments. Melissa Ince, deputy city manager and finance director, said the city hasn’t determined a use for the property yet, but it could be developed for wetland mitigation or commercial purposes. Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton Police officer Cass Clark takes a statement from Gloria Huber, center, about a hit-and-run on her son Brandan Josleyn’s vehicle recently in Pendleton. COURTS FELONY •Daniel Lee Wood III, 28, Uma- tilla (TRCI), pleaded guilty to Aggravated Theft I: sentenced to 15 months Oregon Dept. of Corrections (DOC), 2 years post-prison supervision, $200 fine and $41,287.06 restitution; pleaded guilty to Failure to Appear I: sentenced to $200 fine-suspended. •Justin Lee Rehmke, 33, Uma- tilla, pleaded guilty to Unlaw- ful Use of Weapon and Felon in Possession of Firearm: sen- tenced to 13 months Oregon DOC and 2 years post-prison supervision for each count. •bradley John bettencourt, 30, Hermiston, pleaded guilty to Arson I: sentenced to 24 months Oregon DOC and 3 years post-prison supervision, plus restitution to be deter- mined. •Jon-Christian Stubblefield, 40, Hermiston, pleaded guilty to Coercion: sentenced to 36 months Oregon DOC, 2 years post-prison supervision, $200 fine and $12,891.35 restitu- tion, plus court costs and fees; pleaded guilty to three counts of Assault IV and one count of Strangulation and Attempt to Commit Class C/Unclassified Felony: sentenced to $100 fine for each count (sentences discharged; pleaded guilty to Interfering With Peace/Parole/ Probation Officer: sentenced PENDLETON — The follow- ing suits have been filed in Umatilla County courts (interest, court costs and fees not listed): •Credits Inc. vs. Mathew bradburn of Hermiston: seeks $1,612.59. •Quick Collect Inc. vs. Dora Madrigal of Hermiston: seeks $585.61. •Credits Inc. vs. Lindsey Evans of Stanfield: seeks $818.27. •Credits Inc. vs. Kaari E. Larson of Hermiston: seeks $759.34. •Credits Inc. vs. Chela A. and Daniel R. Navejar of Hermiston: seeks $739.96. •Credits Inc. vs. Feliciano Joa- quin Pedro of Hermiston: seeks $1,069.52. •Credits Inc. vs. Damion A. Perez of Hermiston: seeks $1,432.35. •Credits Inc. vs. Danny R. Siguenza of Hermiston: seeks $470.12. •Credits Inc. vs. Andrew Stone of Hermiston: seeks $2,743.99. •Credits Inc. vs. Marlena M. White of Hermiston: seeks $2,135.59. •Credits Inc. vs. brianne T. bishop of Hermiston: seeks $668.99. •Credits Inc. vs. Danielle Martin Kestler (fka Myers) of Hermis- ton: seeks $1,137.33. Judgments PENDLETON — The follow- ing judgments have been rendered in Umatilla County courts (interest, court costs and fees not listed): •Capital One bank vs. Rebecca N. Kempf of Hermiston: judg- ment for $3,499.43. •Credits Inc. vs. bret A. Winks of Hermiston: judgment for $856.35. •Credits Inc. vs. Sergio Aguilera and Regina Aguilera (Rodri- guez) of Umatilla: judgment for $5,652.60. •OneMain Financial Group LLC vs. Summer D. Murphy: judgment for $4,622.99. •Evergreen Financial Services Inc. vs. Kyle and Amanda Sher- wood of Umatilla: judgment for $509.10. •United Finance Co. vs. Ral Manuel Domingo Mulul of boardman: judgment for $7,626.08. •Credits Inc. vs. Christopher •United Finance Co. vs. Theresa Capote of Umatilla: judgment for $8,797.92. Divorces PENDLETON — Divorce decrees were signed in Uma- tilla County Courts for: Pollyanna Sayre and brian Chester Sayre of Hermiston; Slade Steven Smith and Tamara Ann Smith of Hermis- ton; Timothy Michael young of Umatilla and So young Kwon; yecenia Flores and Manuel Flores of Hermiston; Darnell Wright Jr. of Umatilla and Keri Lorene Wright of Newberg. Marriages PENDLETON — Marriage li- censes have been registered in Umatilla County for: Julio Cesar Monclova, 21, and Alyssa Renee Torres, 21, both of Hermiston. Antonio Estrada Velazquez, 67, and Maria Elena Solano, 63, both of Umatilla. EARTHLINK INTERNET HIGH SPEED INTERNET •Midland Funding LLC vs. Juan Hernandez: seeks $1,150.87. •TD bank USA vs. Judith M. Enjov big-time Internet speeds without spending big bucks! Get Connected for as low as Get Connected for as low as 14.95/mo. $ 49.99/mo. For the first 3 months (Offers varv bv speed & location) first 12 months HyperLinkh High-Speed Internet Satellite Internet Connection speeds up to 75 Mbps* What you get with HughesNet Satellite Internet: ! 50X faster than DSL!!** ! High speed with fiber optic technology ! Fast speeds up to 25 Mbps ! Available everywhere ! Fast download time for streaming videos, music and more! ! 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