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Public safety log for Wednesday, April 6, 2016

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MONDAY

2:33 a.m. - An Irrigon man came home and found someone stacked tires and rims outside his shed on Northwest Jewell Drive. He said he was concerned this could be stolen property.

5:03 a.m. - Hermiston fire responded to a fire alarm at Viewcrest Apartments. On response, an activated smoke detector was found in a dumpster. Crews removed the batteries.

7:08 a.m. - A 9-1-1 caller with Central Machinery Sales Inc., 78112 Highway 207, Hermiston, reported someone broke into the business, smashed a knife case and took merchandise.

7:26 a.m. - The driver’s side window was broken out of a car on East Ridgeway Avenue in Hermiston but the resident was unsure if anything was missing.

8:16 a.m. - Across town, the padlock to the front gate of a warehouse on Feedville Road was cut, but the manager reported nothing missing.

8:42 a.m. - A mother reported her stepdaughter was a car thief. The woman said she rented a car on March 18 from Hertz Rent A Car, 80515 Highway 395, Hermiston, to take a trip to California with her daughter and 29-year-old stepdaughter. But somewhere between Medford and Redding, California, she said, the stepdaughter took the car and ditched her. She said she did not remember the name of the town she was in.

9:39 a.m. - The driver of a Humbert Refuse & Recycling vehicle struck a power pole at North Grandview Avenue and West Van Buren Street, Athena, knocking down power lines. No one was injured, and the Milton-Freewater-based garbage service called the power company.

10:35 a.m. - The driver of a Pendleton Sanitary Service Inc. vehicle tore off a phone line or TV cable on Southeast 18th Street, Pendleton. An employee reported the damage and said the driver knocked on the door at the residence but no one answered.

11:09 a.m. - New residents on West Seventh Road, Irrigon, are building a fence, which prompted a neighbor to tell law enforcement the fence is across his driveway and access road.

11:33 a.m. - Pendleton police received a report from Community Bank, 157 S. Main St., Pendleton, about a fraudulent check for $223 from Jeffrey Randolph. As it turns out, Pendleton police arrested him Saturday on multiple charges, including forgery and theft, and he remains in the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton.

12:22 p.m. - A resident of South Highway 395 in Hermiston reported the man living across the hall leaves his door open and walks around naked.

12:13 p.m. - Hermiston neighbors on Cooney Lane had a dispute over water rights and one man threatened to shoot the other.

12:36 p.m. - A woman on B Street, Umatilla reported she came home and found a hole in her back door and someone had broken into the house.

12:44 p.m. - Two sheep were killed on Northwest Alder Drive, Pilot Rock. There was no information about who or what killed them or why.

1:01 p.m. - Hertz Rent A Car in Hermiston made police radar again when a caller reported two of the company’s cars were in handicap spots in the parking lot, and she is disabled and needed to use one of the spaces. She asked law enforcement to warn Hertz about using the spots.

1:19 p.m. - A Pendleton woman reported someone slashed all four tires on her vehicle. She said the suspect could be a man she stopped communicating with.

1:53 p.m. - A student at Pendleton High School fell down stairs — possibly while giving someone a piggy-back ride — and broke his leg.

2:25 p.m. - The Oregon State Police Firearms Instant Check flagged a 25-year-old Pendleton man for trying to buy a gun. A trooper responded to the Pendleton business and talked to the would-be buyer.

State police reported the man “was adamant” the state of Missouri expunged his juvenile record. The trooper contacted his agency’s firearms unit, and staff there eventually found the expunged records.

“The denial was reversed immediately,” state police reported, and the man faces no criminal charges.

2:40 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received a request from the U.S. Department of Justice for information regarding the standoff in January and February at the Malhuer National Wildlife Refuge.

2:46 p.m. - A caller told the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office an Irrigon man posted on Facebook that armed men were in front of his house.

4:31 p.m. - A Pilot Rock man told police his neighbors on East Main Street were calling to harass him and reporting him for everything “under the sun.” He asked for an officer to call him.

3:34 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report of possible elder abuse at an assisted living center.

4:51 p.m. - A man reported he saw a blonde woman throw a manila envelope out of an old white and red Ford Bronco at a stop sign on Sunquist Road, Milton-Freewater, so he picked up the envelope and found a Social Security card, driver’s license and credit cards inside. This happened Thursday, he said, but he went on vacation, thus the delay in reporting.

5:05 p.m. - A Hermiston resident reported a juvenile babysitter stole several items from the home on March 5. Some items have been returned, others have not.

5:35 p.m. - A window was shot out of a building on Northeast Fourth Street in Hermiston.

6:43 p.m. - A backpack was stolen from the locker room at Hermiston High School during track practice.

7:38 p.m. - Another firearms check at another Pendleton business flagged a second Pendleton man.

A trooper again responded, but this time the denial held — the 21-year-old man had a conviction for domestic violence assault within the last four months.

7:59 p.m. - Law enforcement and medical teams responded to a report of a car vs. bicycle accident in Hermiston.

9:20 p.m. - Pendleton ambulance responded to Southwest Emigrant Avenue for a male with chest pains. Dispatch noted the caller was “highly intoxicated and patient may be as well.” The ambulance took at least one to the hospital.

ARRESTS, CITATIONS

•Stanfield police arrested Lee Van Troung, 32, no address provided, for possession of methamphetamine.


Public safety log for Thursday, April 7, 2016

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3:50 a.m. - A Pendleton man on Southeast 19th Street reported a neighbor’s dog was barking since about midnight, and this is an on-going problem in spite of police citing the dog owner before. Police did not find the barking dog.

9:47 a.m. - A woman on Lefore Road, Milton-Freewater, reported her neighbor’s miniature pony keeps trying to get to her mare behind the fence. She said she had him on a halter and was tired of taking it back to the owner.

10:04 a.m. - A caller on Southwest Zeta Court, Pendleton, asked police if it was OK for a neighbor’s friend to park in front of mailboxes and block mail delivery.

10:04 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a report of possible horse neglect on Winesap Road, Milton-Freewater.

10:55 a.m. - A Umatilla woman on Pierce Avenue told police the empty lot next to hers is full of tumbleweeds. She said she removed them herself for the last 20 years but is too old to do that now.

11:14 a.m. - A woman told Umatilla police a man who is her “ex” came to her house and threw her TV and other items. She said she was in the car with her children.

11:59 a.m. - A man reported he stepped out of a portable toilet at McNary Dam on Devore Road, Umatilla, and a woman in her 50s had a vehicle blocking his, she confronted him, talked about Jesus and claimed he was stalking her. She left before he got into his vehicle, he said, and he did not know which way she went. He said he wanted law enforcement aware of her because she “was acting crazy.” Dispatchers made a note of it.

12:22 p.m. - Someone stole a Pendleton woman’s food benefits card and racked up charges exceeding $300 at local grocery stores.

1:03 p.m. - The owner of Atkinson Staffing, 80796 Highway 395, Hermiston, reported a man that applied for a job last week returned, left the office and tried to break into the mailboxes at apartments next to the business and broke off a key in one of the mailboxes. Now, the caller said, the mail person cannot access the mailbox.

1:34 p.m. - A caller at a home on Southwest Gateway Avenue, Pendleton, reported “a guy here that is not welcomed” was kicking the doors and beating on the windows.

3:37 p.m. - A Toyota pickup was stolen from Northwest Butte Drive in Hermiston. The keys were not with the vehicle.

3:41 p.m. - The owners of Ace Mini Storage, 82270 Lind Road, Umatilla, reported doors were open on a storage unit and were concerned there could be thefts.

4:54 p.m. - A man told Pendleton police the woman he has been separated from for weeks has been harassing him, follows him and had the water turned off to his home.

4:59 p.m. - Pendleton police responded to a complaint at Wtechlink Inc., 404 S.E. Dorion Ave., No. 207. Officers told the parties the issues was a civil matter and to work it out through their attorneys.

5:59 p.m. - Someone reported a baggie with blue stars and white powder residue on the sidewalk at West Hermiston Avenue and Southwest 10th Street, Hermiston. The caller did not touch the bag, and police did not find it.

6:42 p.m. - A van drove into the Little Caesar’s parking lot in Hermiston with a baby in a woman’s arms and not in a car seat.

7:45 p.m. - A Milton-Freewater man told police someone entered his house on the 100 block of East Broadway and stole alcohol.

10:10 p.m. - Umatilla police warned a 20-something man after an employee at the Riverside Sports Bar & Lounge, 1501 Sixth St., reported receiving “tampered” Illinois identification.

•Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested Juan Antonio Sanchez, 44, no address provided, for strangulation, fourth-degree assault, second-degree theft and felony failure to report as a sex offender.

•Umatilla police arrested Gildardo Escobedo, 25, of Umatilla, for third-degree sexual abuse.

AIR QUALITY: Thursday, April 7, 2016

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For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 32 (GOOD), with a particulate reading of 7.8. The Air Quality Forecast for today is a YELLOW DAY. The Ventilation Index is POOR today. No open burning is allowed on YELLOW DAYS. The use of wood burning stoves that meet EPA or DEQ emission standards is allowed. Non-certified stoves should not be used unless that is the sole source of heat for your household.

Public safety log for Friday, April 8, 2016

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8:34 a.m. - A man in the Hermiston area reported his nephew came to his house and threatened to beat him. The man asked to talk to a Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy.

12:30 p.m. - A woman on Klaus Road, Hermiston, caught a dog trying to eat her chickens. She said she called Pet Rescue Humane Society of Eastern Oregon, Hermiston, but it charges $25 to take the dog, She said it would be cheaper to kill the dog and asked for a Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy to call her.

2:22 p.m. - Stanfield police received a complaint about an older driver who every Wednesday leaves the senior center at 225 W. Roosevelt Ave. in a van that and almost hits a bus that workers use.

3:35 p.m. - A Pendleton-area woman reported her husband shoved her mother into a bunk-bed.

5:11 p.m. - A caller reported a semi driver eastbound on Interstate 84 near Boardman was reading a novel and drifting over the white line on the right side of the road. Dispatchers advised the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Police.

6:04 p.m. - Four people on Bensel Road, Hermiston, burned in a burning barrel, which then caught some tires on fire.

6:54 p.m. - Pendleton police and emergency services responded to Southwest Court Avenue for two males that fought, and one took off and the other was conscious but not getting up.

9:13 p.m. - Umatilla police received a report of a woman hitting a mother in the face, and at least one person was using heroin.

Wednesday

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Abelardo Muniz Perez, 47, and Alexander Lynn Perez, 23, for third-degree assault, harassment and second-degree disorderly conduct.

•Oregon State Police arrested Christopher Anthony Dickerson, 54, for driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless driving.

•Pendleton police arrested Amanda Michelle Palmer, 29, for misdemeanor and felony fourth-degree assault.

•Morrow County Sheriff’’s Office arrested Casey Allen Nelson, 28, for second-degree assault and first-degree burglary.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Arturo Moreno Alcantar, 39, for possession of methamphetamine and on a misdemeanor warrant.

Thursday

•Hermiston police arrested William Paul Breckheimer, 21, of Hermiston, for first-degree attempted burglary.

Public safety log for Saturday, April 9, 2016

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7:57 a.m. - A Hermiston resident reported receiving a threatening call from someone claiming to be the IRS that she believed was a scam. Separate Hermiston residents also reported similar incidents at 9:25 a.m., 10:42 a.m. and 12:44 p.m. — all from different phone numbers.

8:14 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office cited a resident on Agnew Road, Hermiston, after a neighbor complained about the person’s Chihuahuas. The caller said the small dogs some time ago killed her chickens and attacked her children, and the dog owner agreed to keep the dogs from running around, but two days ago they got out again and attacked one of her ducks, which is going to die.

8:22 a.m. - Someone stole a 46-inch flat-screen TV from a home on East Bella Vista Avenue, Hermiston.

8:46 a.m. - A battery operated four-wheeler was reported stolen out of a garage on Northeast Sixth Street, Hermiston.

9:17 a.m. - Two pit bull dogs chased horses on Northeast Wagner Lane, Hermiston. The horse owner said she took photos of the incident and the dogs are from a neighbor on Raven Lane.

10:04 a.m. - Two neighbors near Milton-Freewater did not get along, and one called 9-1-1 and said the other cursed at him and accused him of throwing a rock at his dog.

10:45 a.m. - A customer of a Pendleton car wash complained to police about spending more money than the business advertised to wash his car and he was unable to contact the owner. Police called this a civil problem.

10:54 a.m. - An Athena man on North Washington Street lets out his neighbor’s dogs, according to the dog owner, and another neighbor witnessed the man let the dogs out and even kick one of the dogs. The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office responded and gave one man a citation.

11:02 a.m. - The Portland Police Bureau asked Pilot Rock police to check at an address for a vehicle involved in a hit and run in Portland.

11:47 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received another dog-related complaint. This time a woman on Minnehaha Road, Hermiston, reported a UPS driver comes into her yard just to kick her dog. The driver about 40 minutes ago came to deliver a package, which he left outside the fence because he is not welcome in the yard. Then, she said, the driver entered the yard, stomped at the dogs and kicked one of them.

The dog owner said she previously contacted UPS about this driver and believes the delivery company is not doing enough to stop incidents like this. Thus, she wanted to speak to a deputy.

12:04 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report that a woman has been harassing and stalking two women at their home and tanning business.

4:09 p.m. - Stanfield police received a report that a vehicle damaged the railroad crossing arms at North Thielsen and Dupont Streets, Echo, and took off from the scene.

4:11 p.m. - A man in Umatilla reported his significant other assaulted him.

4:26 p.m. - An underage female was caught stealing a beer from the Hermiston Rite Aid.

5 p.m. - Hermiston firefighters warned a property owner burning blackberry bushes near East Spearman Road, Hermiston, that Thursday was a no-burn day.

5:02 p.m. - A woman reported the theft of prescription medications from her home on Seventh Street, Umatilla.

6:28 p.m. - Pendleton police received a call about a white male in a red SUV at Home Town Cleaners, 1810 S.W. Emigrant Ave., with three sunglasses on his head while blaring music. The caller said the person might be on drugs.

8:42 a.m. - A Pendleton woman on Northwest Third Street told police her female neighbor was yelling at her, stating, “Lady on the top deck you are going to die or I’m going to kill you.” The caller also said the neighbor was smoking marijuana. She asked for an officer to come to her home.

10:43 p.m. - A Pendleton man reported his girlfriend threw his things into the dumpster.

•Umatilla County Community Justice arrested Andrew Kenneth Thorson, 31, of Umatilla, for a parole violation and felon in possession of a weapon. Oregon State Police in October 2014 arrested him after a traffic stop on probation violations, vehicle theft and several weapons charges.

•Hermiston police arrested Aaron Michael Beach, 24, of Hermiston, for a felony probation violation, unauthorized use of a vehicle and possession of methamphetamine.

Public safety log for Tuesday, April 12, 2016

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1:21 a.m. - Umatilla police received a report of man on Rio Senda Drive shining a red laser into a woman’s bedroom window,

8:18 a.m. - A woman on Northgate, Pendleton, told police someone broke into her car and appears to have tampered with other cars in the same parking lot.

8:55 a.m. - A caller told Pendleton police about a male dumping 5-gallon buckets of something on the 1400 block of Southwest Emigrant Avenue and stealing boards and other items during the past couple months. And the neighbors, the caller said, have video of his actions.

8:59 a.m. - A Umatilla caller told police a strange man rode a bicycle last night at Casa Court and El Monte Street and told children he had a purple and white dog they could see if they came home with him.

11:24 a.m. - Hermiston police arrived at Hermiston High School after one student drove her vehicle in the direction of another student in the parking lot. No one reported injuries, and the school disciplined both students. Police did not cite or arrest anyone.

12:43 p.m. - A caller with We Sell Stuff 2nd Hand Store, 342 S.W. First St., Pendleton, reported a man stole a double-bladed ax that goes with a set of armor. The caller identified the suspect and said he wanted to pursue theft charges and have police trespass the ax taker.

2:37 p.m. - A resident of West Madrona Avenue in Hermiston reported a woman walked into her house through an open sliding glass door and was bleeding from her right eye.

3:59-4:21 p.m. - Two residents of Ridgeway Avenue, Hermiston, reported someone trashed a home while the occupants were away.

4:28 p.m. - A resident on Chuckhole Lane, Milton-Freewater, reported someone dumped 30-40 tires on their property in the last week or so.

5:24 p.m. - A Umatilla man told police he caught an older male staring at his wife, and the neighbors caught him as well. The man left in a dark blue Chevrolet pickup.

6:19 p.m. - A vehicle stopped at the light on West Orchard Avenue and Highway 395 on Friday afternoon only to see smoke coming from under the hood. Hermiston Fire responded and extinguished the fire.

6:32 p.m. - An Athena resident complained about neighbors on West Main Street playing loud music every day for two weeks from 4:30 to about 10 p.m.

8:26 p.m. - A report of “a large fire with smoke and flames” and “possible explosions” sent Hermiston firefighters out to private property only to discover the owners burning fencing and miscellaneous farm equipment. Fire personnel advised the property owners of burn regulations.

2:16 p.m. - Pendleton police responded to fights outside a bar on the 200 block of South Main Street

6:43 p.m. - A burglar got into a house on Moyer Lane, Hermiston, and stole cash, titles and birth certificates. The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

7:15 a.m. - A caller reported hearing an explosion then losing of power at Shadeview Mobile Home & RV Park, 1417 S.W. 37th St.

8:12 a.m. - Pendleton police received a request for a welfare check on an elderly man with dementia who lives at home with his wife.

8:37 a.m. - A member of the Lewis Spring Neighborhood Watch on Winesap Road, Milton-Freewater, reported that at 5:30 a.m. a car drove by and someone shot four times.

10:33 a.m. - Credit cards and ID were taken from a vehicle on East Hurlburt Avenue, Hermiston. Someone also broke into a pickup on the same street.

11:28 a.m. - Someone wrapped a dead animal in a blanket in the water on the edge of Community Park, Pendleton, on Southwest 37th Street.

11:51 a.m. - A resident of Ridgeway Avenue, Hermiston, reported someone ransacked her garage Thursday.

12:46 p.m. - Pendleton police received a call about a male threatening to kill a female at Brooke RV Park, 5 N.E. Eighth St.

4:35 p.m. - A woman told Pendleton police someone stole her blonde half miniature pinscher, half Chihuahua from her home at South Hill Apartments, 248 S.W. 28th. Drive.

8:05 p.m. - A woman reported someone broke into her house on Minnehaha Road, Hermiston, and moved items but did not steal anything.

11:30 p.m. - A juvenile from Hermiston called 9-1-1 to report her mom’s boyfriend and her uncle were fighting outside. The caller was hiding inside the home.

11:54 p.m. - A caller reported gunshots at Tri-Harbor Landing Apartments, 210 Klickitat St., Umatilla.

2:22 a.m. - An employee of the Hermiston Jack in the Box reported two cars in the drive-through with several people attempting to fight.

11:21 a.m. - Money kept “backing up” and not coming out at the bank card machine at First Community Credit Union, 705 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton.

11:35 a.m. - Burglars stole phones, clothes and more than $2,000 in DVDs from a residence at Wild Rose RV Park, 1500 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton.

2:27 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received a report that someone slit open the bellies of two lambs at Paterson Ferry Road and Columbia Lane, Irrigon.

2:40 p.m. - Two pit bull dogs attacked sheep at a residence on Depot Lane, Irrigon.

4:28 p.m. - Eight people were building an illegal camp by the Umatilla River near Southwest Ninth Street, Pendleton.

5:48 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report of domestic violence on Southeast Fourth Street.

7:31 p.m. - A resident of South First Street, Hermiston, returned home from a weekend trip and discovered his house was broken into, some items stolen and others damaged.

8:50 p.m. - A male reported his father assaulted him on Gerking Flat Road, Athena.

Friday

•Hermiston Police arrested Antonio Reco Reaves, 31, no address provided, for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and on felony probation violation.

•Oregon State Police arrested Jason Nice, 47, no address provided, for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Marco Antonio Garcia Lara, 26, of 67 Farmland Road, Milton-Freewater, for duii.

Saturday

•Oregon State Police arrested Victoria Mae Swanson, 38, of Centralia, Washington, for duii, recklessly endangering and reckless driving after she crashed and rolled a Chrysler Sebring at 8:18 a.m. near Pendleton on the westbound side of Interstate 84 at milepost 207.

•Oregon State Police arrested Austin Dean Grangood, 22, of Pendleton, for duii (drugs) and possession of meth.

Sunday

•Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested J. DeJesus Afandor Hernandez, 31, no address provided, for duii, hit and run and on a warrant for failure to appear.

Public safety log for Wednesday, April 13, 2016

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7:59 a.m. - A Pilot Rock man on the 500 block of Northwest Cedar Street reported someone ripped the plywood off the door and spread dog food all over his porch.

8:08 a.m. - Boardman police informed the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office about a man who wanted to report the theft of his defibrillator from his home on Wilson Lane, Boardman.

9:03 a.m. - Justice of the Peace Ann Spicer reported two males were being inappropriate at the Morrow County Courthouse, Heppner.

10:22 a.m. - A caller reported a Chihuahua mix chased and tried to bite her at Southeast Division Street and Utah Avenue, Irrigon.

10:39 a.m. - A trailer overloaded with manure was dropping the droppings all over Elm Avenue, Hermiston.

11:17 a.m. - A burglar sneaked through a bathroom window into a house on Southeast Cherry Street, Pilot Rock, and stole around 300 pills of two prescription medications.

11:53 a.m. - Pendleton police received a report of a woman’s boyfriend assaulting her.

12:25 p.m. - A Hermiston woman reported she was the victim of check fraud and forgery. She told the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office someone altered two of her checks, cashing one for almost $470 and changing another from about $45 to about $450.

12:37 p.m. - A 46-year-old male checked into Good Shepherd Medical Center with an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound.

1:04 p.m. - A caller told Pendleton police they tried to say hello to children at Wal-Mart, 2203 S.W. Court Ave., and the male with the children said, “Get out of here” and ran over the caller’s foot with a stroller. They said the assault left no marks but the foot hurts.

1:37 p.m. - A caller asked the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office questions about using and growing marijuana.

3 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received a request to check on the welfare of a 2-year-old boy in Irrigon after the child drank rubbing alcohol.

3:08 p.m. - Old West Credit Union, Pendleton, reported $5,000 in fraud and the suspect lives in Pendleton.

3:50 p.m. - A Milton-Freewater woman reported the theft of a jewelry-firing kiln from her garage on the 900 block of northeast Third Avenue.

4:11 p.m. - The constant staring of a man on the 100 block of West Main Street, Pilot Rock, unnerved his neighbor, prompting her to report him to police. Dispatch advised her to call 9-1-1 if the man escalates or makes her feel threatened.

4:26 p.m. - Pendleton fire checked out Motel 6, 325 S.E. Nye Ave., after a hotel employee reported smoke coming from the boiler room. Firefighters found no fire to fight.

4:59 p.m. - Burnt food at Regency Hermiston set off a smoke alarm in the new addition dining room.

5:08 p.m. - An Irrigon resident asked to speak to a Morrow County sheriff’s deputy because someone threw more than $10,000 worth of his belongings on the lawn.

5:24 p.m. - Antibiotics triggered an allergic reaction in an Irrigon resident, and the Irrigon ambulance took the patient to Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston.

9:25 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office told Irrigon residents to keep it quiet and be good neighbors after a caller said he asked a neighbor to quiet down and another neighbor waved a baseball bat at him.

9:42 p.m. - A mother at Pendleton Square Apartments, 300 S.W. 28th Drive, Pendleton, told police a male in another unit goes to the back of the building and stares into his daughter’s window, and the landlord does not seem to be doing anything about. The caller asked for help from police.

•Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Houston Lee Lenover, 20, of Hermiston, for harassment — making an obscene phone call.

•Hermiston police arrested Joshua Phillip Miltenberger, 23, of Hermiston, for one count of identity theft, two counts of second-degree theft and four counts each of second-degree forgery and second-degree possession of a forged instrument.

Public safety log for Thursday, April 14, 2016

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9:01 a.m. - A member of Juniper Neighborhood Watch on Stage Gulch Road, Pendleton, reported a vehicle in a ditch east of Barnhart Road. The caller saw two people walking past their address from the site of the wreck and thought there may be suspicious activity going on.

9:39 a.m. - A resident of West Moore Avenue, Hermiston, reported his car stolen for the second time in a month.

9:41 a.m. - Pilot Rock police investigated a motor vehicle accident between a car and a power pole on Northwest Cedar Street.

9:58 a.m. - Cattle were roaming on the railroad tracks at milepost 204.75 Rieth Road near Pendleton, a caller reported.

11:31 a.m. - An employee of Proper Kutz, Stugis St., Hermiston, reported seeing an altercation across the street from the business.

12:51 p.m. - Two Kenwood 700-watt subwoofers and two backpacks containing notebooks and personal letters were reported stolen from a residence on Shoop Lane, Hermiston.

1:40 p.m. - Hermiston and Stanfield fire personnel put out a fire in a shed on the east side of The Main Stylin’ Nook, 540 S. Main St., Stanfield.

4:03 p.m. - A man returned to his home on Copper Lane, Umatilla, to find all the doors open and computers and other items missing.

4:07 p.m. - A resident of Northeast Cherry Street, Pilot Rock, reported her cat was shot with a .22 and requested contact from a Pilot Rock police officer.

5:50 p.m. - A resident of Cobb Road, Milton-Freewater, reported two men in a teal minivan possibly casing the area. The men claimed to be contractors in the area to meet a man about a job, but the caller was suspicious. He requested a Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy check the area.

5:56 p.m. - Umatilla police investigated a report of a man being threatened at a Umatilla RV park.

9:49 p.m. - A possible drunk driver ran another driver off the road and almost hit her head-on at South Edwards Road and East Punkin Center Road, Hermiston.

•Boardman police arrested Encarnation Juarez-Castro, 37, address not provided, on charges of second-degree assault, second-degree disorderly conduct and harassment (offensive physical contact).

•Hermiston police arrested Cody James Gay, 19, address not provided, for unauthorized use of motor vehicle, unlawful possession of methamphetamine, unauthorized entry of motor vehicle and second-degree theft.

•The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Shane Verhey Springer, 27, address not provided, for unauthorized use of vehicle.

•USCS also arrested Ronald Paul Johnson, 55, address not provided, for unauthorized use of vehicle, parole/LSA violation, failure to pay fines and on a fugitive warrant.


Public safety log for Friday, April 15, 2016

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4:38 a.m. - A resident of True Hill Mobile Home Court in Hermiston reported a “male hiding in the shadows.” Police were unable to locate the suspect.

6:32 a.m. - A cab driver allegedly threw money and coins at a Hermiston woman, hitting her in the face, as he dropped her off at her home.

10:12 a.m. - A Pendleton-area resident reported the theft of a children’s blue Yamaha four-wheeler.

11:31 a.m. - A 3-year-old child was reported driving a motorized car down Northwest Third Street in Hermiston without adult supervision.

1:23 p.m. - A 9-1-1 caller reported a female beating a male while driving on Highway 395 at East Feedville Road, Hermiston.

1:43 p.m. - A 20-something male with short dark hair and wearing a dark blue sweatshirt and shorts took photos of vehicles in the parking lot of the Crossroads Truck Stop, 2020 Highway 730, Umatilla.

2:22 p.m. - A woman told the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office a male she knows beat her vehicle near Umatilla, then took off on a motorcycle, possibly to go to her home to hurt her son. She became agitated and hung up on the dispatcher.

4:37 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the driver of a gray Nissan Altima that crashed into an orchard fence near Milton-Freewater. The orchard owner reported the damage was about $10,000.

6:31 p.m. - A woman told Umatilla police someone picked the locks on her boyfriend’s place at the Umatilla Marina RV Park and some things are missing.

8:07 p.m. - An anonymous caller told the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office of a horse with three breaks in one leg at a residence on Lind Road, Umatilla. The caller said the horse owner would not be doing anything about the horse right away and asked for a deputy to check on the animal.

8:11 p.m. - Two intoxicated males were reported in the middle of the street on East Cherry Avenue and Northeast McNary Street in Hermiston. One man reportedly fell over on private property while the other was banging on a garbage can.

8:16 p.m. - One resident on Carolina Road, Umatilla, asked police to have a neighbor stop mowing the lawn because it was too late to be too noisy.

8:53 p.m. - Hermiston Fire responded to a report of smoke in the furnace room at Lifeways. Smoke was seen in the furnace room and the adjoining hallway, and there were scorch marks on the inside of the breaker door.

AIR QUALITY: Friday, April 15, 2016

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Public safety log for Saturday, April 16, 2016

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7:05 a.m. - A Pendleton woman told police a male took her bag of cans for recycling from her back porch on Northwest 14th Street, then left half a bag by the road. She said it was not right that he did not ask permission to take the cans.

8:10 a.m. - A mother in Umatilla asked to speak to an officer about the theft of $15,000 in items from her adult son.

8:57 a.m. - Thieves stole a riding mower and a cement mixer from a home on Stanfield Meadows Road, Hermiston.

11:02 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received another report about the horse with a broken leg on Lind Road, Hermiston, and about the horse’s owner failing to show up to meet about the horse.

12:22 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report of vandalism at Harris Junior Academy, 3121 S.W. Hailey Ave., Pendleton.

2:12 p.m. - A caller at Gary’s Automotive, 700 E. Elm Ave., Hermiston, reported a male “looked to be casing the cars and then attempting to get into the shop,” but took off on a bicycle when the caller went outside.

3:37 p.m. - A woman told Pendleton police she lost her wallet at the Wal-Mart Supercenter, 2203 S.W. Court Ave., and someone gave it to customer service, but more than $1,000 was missing from it.

4:19 p.m. - Stanfield police cited a dog owner after a caller on North Lucy Street reported the neighbor’s pit bull dog scratched her son on the back and arm.

8 p.m. - Five members of a family caused a disturbance at Southgate Sinclair & Food Mart, 701 Southgate, Pendleton.

9:52 p.m. - Ten vehicles were on Northwest Fourth Street, Pendleton, and drove through the stop sign at Despain Avenue. All the drivers may have been high school students.

10:39 p.m. - A person used fake money to pay at Up With Donuts, 503 S.E. Dorion Ave., Pendleton.

Public safety log for Tuesday, April 19, 2016

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5:10 a.m. - The sound of two gunshots from the area of Northwest Seventh Street, Pendleton, prompted a woman to call 9-1-1.

7:38 a.m. - A man asked to have a Pendleton officer escort him to his apartment he shared with his girlfriend until Wednesday. He said she probably will “freak out” if he shows up.

8:17 a.m. - Two boys, about 10-11, threw rocks at the gym door at McKay Creek Elementary School, 1539 S.W. 44th St., Pendleton, and kicked what may have been an alarm. One wore a blue sweatshirt with a hood and the other had a gray and black sweatshirt, and they took off on scooters toward 44th Street and then went different directions.

10:15 a.m. - A caller reported the neighbor’s dog was again chasing and harassing her cows in a pasture off East Coe Avenue, Stanfield. She said she filed a report against the neighbor’s dog a few weeks ago for chasing the cows and wanted an officer to respond.

1:11 p.m. - A Pendleton woman told police someone broke into her house on Northwest Seventh Street and stole a computer, 48-inch TV and car keys.

2:14 p.m. - An Ione resident reported there was an intoxicated man at his home who needed a “courtesy ride” out of the area. A Morrow County sheriff’s deputy showed up to give the guy a ride, but he refused when the deputy would not allow him to take his beer with him. The caller ended up giving the drunk a ride out of town.

6:50 p.m. - A caller told Pendleton police a blue-nosed pit bull dog on Southwest Second Street tried attacking two people and continues to run at large.

7:18 p.m. - Pendleton residents on Southwest 42nd Street told police they fired the lawn maintenance man, but he showed up and refused to leave. The callers asked police to trespass the man.

8 p.m. - A Umatilla resident told police a woman walked her dog for her, but that was 26 hours ago and she has not returned with the dog. She also told police where the woman lives.

8:32 p.m. - A daughter told law enforcement someone broke into her mother’s residence at Villadom Mobile Home Park on West Crockett Road, Milton-Freewater, and let out the cats. Nothing was missing, she said, she found all the cats and locked the door.

12:50 a.m. - Pendleton police initiated activity at the Rainbow Cafe, 209 S. Main St., because of a fight. An hour later, police received a call that five males were fighting on the 100 block of South Main Street, Pendleton, behind Bisnett Swaggart & Scott Insurance.

9:56 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a report about a vehicle dropping off a female near Hendon Construction, 82075 Highway 395, Umatilla, and she was naked from the waist down.

1:27 p.m. - A caller from the environmental consultant GN Northern Inc., 81006 Highway 395, Hermiston, reported an employee quit on Friday but still has keys and credit cards and access to some of the buildings. The caller also said the former employee is a sex offender and may have been looking at inappropriate material on his laptop.

3:12 p.m. - Pendleton police looked for but did not find possible transients and one public urinator on the lot south of Safeway, 203 S.W. 20th St., after receiving a report of suspicious activity.

3:18 p.m. - A caller told Pendleton police his two brothers were in a fight during the night at a bar downtown, and one brother is missing half of his teeth.

5:13 p.m. - A male near the Vert Auditorium, 480 S.W. Dorion Ave., tried to talk a female into entering his black van. The male then grabbed the female’s arm, and a witness called 9-1-1 but did not want to talk to police.

5:40 p.m. - An Irrigon woman reported someone removed the screen from the window of her home on Southeast Fifth Street and she heard the dog growl around 3 a.m. She asked the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office to provide extra patrols at night.

6:07 p.m. - People claiming to be campers threatened a woman walking by the Umatilla Fish Hatchery, 73959 Riverview Lane, Irrigon. She reported the incident to law enforcement.

6:32 p.m. – The owner of a 1994 black Dodge Intrepid reported the vehicle broke down and she parked it at Bucks Corner at Highway 395 and Highway 730, Umatilla, and someone sold the rims off the car.

9:15 p.m. - An Irrigon woman called 9-1-1 and started to talk when a male said, “You’re going to call because I am being an (expletive).” The dispatcher then heard a scuffle and the line disconnected. The dispute was verbal only.

9:21 p.m. - A passerby reported smelling natural gas from a vacant home on East Sunset Drive in Hermiston. Hermiston responded and found no gas smell and no readings on the gas meter.

10:41 p.m. - A resident on Tum A Lum Road, Milton-Freewater, reported a female in a dress showed up at his house and told him his dogs were not doing well then left.

He checked on his dogs and found them both dead in the road, no tire marks or anything else around. He drove around looking for a vehicle with damage because both dogs are large and should have caused quite a bit of damage.

10:56 p.m. - Hermiston and Stanfield fire were dispatched to a large hay shed on fire, No structures were threatened. The home owner said he had been burning a small brush pile earlier in the day and thought it was out,

12:34 a.m. - Pendleton police warned people to quiet down at a party on Southwest Isaac Avenue.

10:16 a.m. - Someone stole a 1986 black four-wheeler and an air compressor from the 100 block of Northwest 10th Avenue, Milton-Freewater.

11:25 a.m. - A Stanfield man told police he received a call from someone in Mexico wanting $300,000 for his brother in Tijuana. He said he called his brother but no one answered and his brother’s friends also have not heard from him. He asked to speak to police about what to do.

2:25 p.m. - A 9-1-1 caller reported a family stole quarters from a change machine at Liberty Cleaners, 1810 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. Police did not find the culprits.

2:44 p.m. - A semi driver told police he was at the Pilot Travel Center, 2115 Highway 395, Stanfield, and another driver punched him in the chest six times. The victim also said he used his semi to block in the other driver.

6:21 p.m. - One neighbor kept coming over to start a fight with a woman’s boyfriend on Rhea Creek Road, Ione. The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

6:27 p.m. - A woman outside Umatilla told law enforcement a man she knows poked the tires on her vehicle and wrote profanity on it as well. She said she wanted to press charges.

Friday

•Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Christopher Allen Cooley, 33, of Hermiston, for second-degree burglary and first-degree trespass.

•Pendleton police arrested Chad William Wynn, 45 of Pendleton, for possession of methamphetamine.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Elmer Ray Hasbell Jr., 39, of 85084 Hurst Lane, Milton-Freewater, for four counts of fourth-degree assault and four counts of harassment.

Saturday

•Pendleton police cited a male after a caller reported the person threw coffee in his car at South Main Street and Southeast Frazer Avenue.

•Oregon State Police arrested Felix Romero Jr., 20, of Milton-Freewater, for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

Sunday

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Miguel Angel Perez Bojotquez, 18, of 129 S.E. Eighth Ave., Milton-Freewater, for duii.

•Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested Erick Fernandez Marquez, 24, no address provided, for unauthorized entry into a vehicle and two counts of unauthorized use of a vehicle.

•Umatilla Tribal Police Department arrested Robert Michael Shailer, 69, of Pendleton, for disorderly conduct, public intoxication and three counts of assaulting a police officer.

Public safety log for Wednesday, April 20, 2016

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8:10 a.m. - Two dogs belonging to a Weston resident fell victim in the last few months to the neighbors’ Boerboel, or South African Mastiff, a powerful breed of dog that can grow to 200 pounds. The owner of the dead dogs told the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office the neighbors agreed to keep the Boerboel at home, but then let it back out. The caller also was concerned for his grandchildren because of the large dog.

8:38 a.m. - A woman on Walla Walla River Road, Milton-Freewater, reported a truck from Konen Rock Products of Milton-Freewater hit and killed her dog.

8:44 a.m. - An employee of O’Reilly Auto Parts, 102 S.W. 20th St., Pendleton, drew ire from a homeless man after asking him to leave from behind the building. The employee called police to deal with the man.

9:09 a.m. - A Hermiston woman told Hermiston police someone keeps reporting welfare checks on her and she would like them to stop.

9:59 a.m. - An employee of Oxford Suites, Hermiston, found suspicious items left in a room, possibly drugs. The employee asked an officer to pick it up.

11:48 a.m. - An Athena woman asked the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office to trespass a squatter on her property on South Second Street. She said her husband told the man he could store a motor home in December 2015 but not live in it. The man then brought his pickup to the location, built a fire pit and started living in the motor home. Now she wanted him off the property.

12:22 p.m. - A thief cut the fuel lines on a van and stole fuel at Umatilla Morrow Head Start, 1850 Key Blvd., Milton-Freewater.

12:30 p.m. - Twelve mailboxes were damaged on Sunland Avenue in Hermiston.

12:34 p.m. - Someone stole a battery from a vehicle belonging to a woman on East Van Buren Street, Athena. She also reported someone in November 2015 entered her vehicle and stole keys, and she believed the person who has those keys stole the battery.

1:24 p.m. - The owner of a recreational vehicle reported someone stole its stabilizer brackets while in storage on the 1800 block of Westgate, Pendleton.

2:13 p.m. - Employers at the rock quarry on County Line Road, Hermiston, caught an employee stealing but did not fire him. More issues came up, though, and now the employee is threatening his boss with physical violence. The employers asked the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office to check in around 3:30 p.m., when the employee will receive his final check.

3:04 p.m. - Vehicles ran over a box of 7-mm rifle rounds in the road on Southwest Court Avenue, Pendleton, near Mazatlan Mexican Restaurant, and a caller asked police to come and remove them.

3:12 p.m. - An Irrigon man told law enforcement his soon-to-be ex-wife took his vehicle to Washington without his permission and wrecked it.

3:16 p.m. - A woman reported her girlfriend’s teenage son keeps coming home with items he could be stealing, including a generator, two skateboards and a flat screen TV.

3:40 p.m. - A Pendleton man on Southeast Alexander Place asked police how he could free his cat trapped in a vacant house.

4:07 p.m. - A resident of Southwest 10th Place in Hermiston said a man came up to the house, assaulted the resident “for no reason” and “tore up” the front room.

4:22 p.m. - Pendleton schools changed the location of a bus stop to the 3500 block of Westgate, a father reported, and the owner of the business there constantly harasses and yells at his children. He said he talked with the owner, but that went nowhere, and asked for an officer’s advice.

5:33 p.m. - A city of Hermiston truck was reported moving by itself and the horn going off on Northeast Fourth Street.

8:14 p.m. - A caller reported this to the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office: A FedEx driver around 2-2:30 p.m. found a man in a ditch, and the driver and the caller took the man’s keys because “they could tell he was all messed up,” but did not know if alcohol, drugs or both did the messing. The caller took off to get help, and the impaired man wrestled with the FedEx driver, got his keys and “took off flying down the road.”

Public safety log for Thursday, April 21, 2016

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1:25 a.m. - Umatilla police were called when a resident of Highway 730, Umatilla, returned home to find her trailer broken into. The caller said there was a chair outside the window and her blinds were messed up, and that she was missing clothing, makeup and shoes. The caller also named a suspect, stating that some of the woman’s belongings were inside the trailer.

2:25 a.m. - A resident of South Franklin Street, Weston, reported her house broken into sometime since Saturday. The caller said a padlock was cut from the front door and the house and a shed were ransacked. She requested contact from a Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy.

6:25 a.m. - Goats at a white trailer house on the northeast corner of the intersection of East Punkin Center Road and Alpine Drive, Hermiston, are not being fed properly and are in poor health, a caller reported to the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office.

7:22 a.m. - Pendleton police received a report of a man charging at and attempting to assault another man on Bedford Bridge near Southwest 18th Street.

7:53 a.m. - A Pendleton resident reported a man violated a restraining order she has against him by following her in the area of the Eighth Street bridge and Southeast Byers Avenue the previous day, and was asking her mother questions about her. She requested contact from a Pendleton police officer.

9:59 a.m. - A neighbor called in a possible burglary at a vacant house next door in the 1100 block of Southeast Alexander place, Pendleton. The caller said the owner of the home was deceased and no one was supposed to be in the house.

12:18 p.m. - A man on a black and red motorcycle ran a red light at Southeast Court and 20th Street, Pendleton, and was “driving crazy” heading toward Highway 11 out of town, a caller reported to Pendleton police.

12:19 p.m. - A Umatilla resident on Lewis Street came home early from jury duty and discovered someone had broken off a key in the knob of her front door, and she could not get inside the home. Umatilla police responded.

12:23 p.m. - A resident of East Punkin Center Road, Hermiston, reported someone claiming to be from the sheriff’s office called and left a message on her machine, but she thought the call was a scam and requested a deputy come listen to the message.

2:40 p.m. - A volunteer reported her purse was stolen from Agape House in Hermiston.

2:41 p.m. - Pendleton police investigated a report of a fight at Pendleton High School, 1800 N.W. Carden Ave.

4:01 p.m. - Hermiston Fire responded to a two-vehicle crash on Westland Road where a Chevrolet 4-door rear-ended a stopped Nissan SUV. The SUV was stopped to make a left turn, and a witness said the Chevrolet was going about 50 mph when it hit the Nissan. The driver of the SUV and two children were transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center.

5:42 p.m. - A resident of Chinook Court, Umatilla, reported her home burglarized to Umatilla police.

6:22 p.m. - A resident of East Diagonal Boulevard reported several vehicles by the baseball field were blocking his driveway.

6:23 p.m. - Umatilla police received a report of fraud from a couple that was attempting to buy a dog on Craigslist. The dog was in Arizona and the callers reported that “with shipping and everything they are now out $1,650.” They requested contact from an officer.

6:34 p.m. - Umatilla County Dispatch received a report of a naked person, possibly female, walking in the vicinity of Stateline Road and Highway 11.

7:29 p.m. - Residents of Northeast Douglas Street, Pilot Rock, complained that neighbors are running ATVs up and down the street spraying gravel all over. They also complained about “a bunch of pickups out front.” The caller requested contact from Pilot Rock police.

10:32 p.m. - A caretaker for a home on County Road, Milton-Freewater, reported that the back door of the home was kicked in and the house gone through. The caller requested a Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office deputy respond to the home.

•Oregon State Police arrested Bradley John Bettencourt, 27, address not provided, on charges of fourth-degree assault (aggravated assault), second-degree criminal mischief (vandalism) and second-degree disorderly conduct.

•Pendleton police arrested Dillon Scott Carter, 18, address not provided, for unlawful possession of methamphetamine.

Public safety log for Friday, April 22, 2016

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6:14 a.m. - A Heppner man reported he accidentally overdosed on the pain medication Oxycontin and the antidepressant Trazadone about an hour ago. He said he took 10-12 pills of each.

8:21 a.m. - A Umatilla resident on Carolina Road told police the neighbors’ dogs were in her yard the last two mornings and spread garbage all over.

9:09 a.m. - One guest at Motel 6, 325 S.E. Nye Ave., Pendleton, broke into an adjoining room, a caller reported, and took off running to the nearby Shari’s restaurant.

9:40 a.m. - Pendleton police received a request from a caller at Jack In The Box, 1904 S.W. Court Ave., Pendleton, to remove a couple that was sleeping in the lobby for a couple of hours. The caller, though, did not want police to trespass the sleepers but just make them leave.

10:45 a.m. - A caller reported a woman in a fishing area on the Columbia River near Pleasant View Road for acting odd. She was 45-50, tanned and wore a tank top and shorts and argued with herself while trying to inflate a raft. When she saw the caller spotted her, she shoved the raft into the car. When the caller was leaving, she drove her car in the parking lot in circles.

11:15 a.m. - A black Jeep without doors drove about 55 mph on Columbia Lane, Irrigon, and struck a cat. The driver did not stop, but a child who owns the pet saw this, called her father, who told her to call law enforcement. She said a male and female were in the Jeep, and the cat was not dead, but not doing well. She said she and her babysitter would wait at home for contact.

12:57 p.m. - A Hermiston woman returned to her home on Jennie Avenue and found pesticide powder on her windows and in her back yard.

2:57 p.m. - A woman told the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office a man assaulted her March 14 outside Hermiston. She said he threw a plate at her, spit on her, and “smashed” his head into hers.

3:42 p.m. - Stanfield police received a call from a member of the Hermiston Fire Department about an underweight dog that could barely walk at North Prescott Street, Echo.

6:54 p.m. - A 4-year-old child went missing from a home in Boardman. The mother reported the person watching him fell asleep. Police found the child with his grandmother.

7:01 p.m. - A Hermiston woman reported a man swerved his pickup toward her on Orchard Avenue and this is a man who had previously assaulted her.

9:11 p.m. - Pendleton police received a complaint about a loud party on Southeast 18th Street by the baseball fields with men urinating outside and pickups “all over the place and drinking.” The caller said she reported this before and spoke to the manager, but she was rude and not helpful.

9:24 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office heard from a father who said his 11-year-old went to a school function in Irrigon, stopped at the gas station and bought a Redline Xtreme Ultimate Energy Rush drink that displays a warning “not for 18 and under.” He asked to speak to a deputy because the store should not sell those drinks to minors.

•Stanfield police arrested Fernando Perez Lopez, 39, no address provided, for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

•Hermiston police arrested Joshua Micheal Mendenhall, 35, address not provided, for possession of methamphetamine and first-degree trespass.

•Umatilla tribal police arrested Brandon Lewis Spencer, 40, of Pendleton, for animal abuse and criminal mischief.

•Oregon State Police arrested Daniel William Starns, 60, of Pendleton, for duii.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Esteban Joel Flores, 19, of 433 N. Fifth St., Walla Walla, for possession of marijuana.


Public safety log for Saturday, April 23, 2016

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2:42 a.m. - Umatilla police received a noise complaint from a resident of Dark Canyon Avenue who said his neighbor woke him out of a sound sleep at 1:05 a.m. by playing his music very loud. The caller wished to remain anonymous because the neighbor has a history of “getting even.”

6:25 a.m. - A resident of North Ott Road, Hermiston, told the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office her son tried to hit her with a rock and was calling her names. The caller said he was chasing her down the street as she tried to walk away.

7:43 a.m. - Speakers, cash, two backpacks and a set of keys were reported stolen from a resident of East Washington Street, Athena. She requested contact from a Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy at Weston-McEwen High School, where she is a student.

7:55 a.m. - A Milton-Freewater resident on Triangle Station Road reported his neighbor’s peacock was in his yard and has been there for more than a week.

8:28 a.m. - A Hermiston resident reported her 7-year-old son is with his father and she discovered the child has not been in school all week.

8:29 a.m. - An Athena caller reported a property on East College Street has several vehicles, including a concession-type van someone may be living in. The caller also said people are in and out of the property at all times of the day.

11:06 a.m. - A Hermiston-area caller on Diagonal Road told the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office someone stole her saddle, and she just might know who.

11:57 a.m. - Someone took off with packages from a porch on the 600 block of South Elizabeth Street, Milton-Freewater.

1:01 p.m. - A resident of West Cody Avenue in Hermiston reported her home had been broken into and the dog let into the house.

2:24 p.m. - Burglars broke into and ransacked a cabin at Mill Creek and Tiger Creek roads, Milton-Freewater,

5:15 p.m. - Someone reported a man had been living in a car on Southeast Eighth Place in Hermiston.

5:19 p.m. - Umatilla police were not able to find a shirtless obese man with gray hair and a beard who was drunk and left the Crossroads Truck Stop, 2020 Highway 730.

5:43 p.m. - A woman in a red dress was reported sitting in the parking lot at Motel 6 in Hermiston, smoking and using “bad words” to customers.

7:50 p.m. — Six people got out of a white Chevrolet Malibu at Baggett and Sunshine Lanes, Hermiston, then trespassed and climbed a resident’s fence. The actions resulted in a warning from law enforcement.

8:26 p.m. - Someone stole the DMV stickers off a license plate of a vehicle on West Orchard Avenue in Hermiston.

ARRESTS, CITATIONS

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Jaime Torres Jr., 20, of 115 N.E. 13th Ave., Milton-Freewater, for unauthorized entry of a vehicle, second-degree trespass, second-degree mischief, possession of burglary tools and possession of methamphetamine.

•Hermiston police arrested Josie Lee Pritchard, 26, of Hermiston, for identity theft, second-degree forgery, second-degree theft and conspiracy.

•Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jason James Abbott, 24, of Irrigon, for felony attempt to elude police and two counts of reckless endangering. The sheriff’s office arrested Abbott in November 2014 on similar charges after he led officers on a car chase that hit 100 mph.

•Hermiston police arrested Pablo Carillo Pablo, 31, no address provided, for felony fourth-degree assault.

•Oregon State Police cited Walter Chester Blue, 72, no address provided, for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

Public safety log for Tuesday, April 26, 2016

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8:05 a.m. - An aggressive pit bull dog got off its chain from a house on the 900 block of South Main Street, Pendleton and tried to bite someone getting into a car.

8:47 a.m. - Pilot Rock police received a report that an iPad someone stole a few months ago from the Pilot Rock Elementary School could be at a home on the 200 block of Southwest 28th Drive.

1:32 p.m. - A Milton-Freewater resident reported her daughter’s iPhone 5 stolen while the girl was riding the bus.

2:51 p.m. - A school bus driver reported a 20-something male wearing all black pointed “some sort of gun” at the buses going by on Tutuilla Road near Southwest 18th Street, Pendleton.

2:29 p.m. - Five children ran from their house to a neighbor’s on Southeast Seventh Street, Pendleton, when an intoxicated male at their home refused to leave.

7:49 p.m. - A man at Shadeview Mobile Home & RV Park, 1437 S.W. 37th St., Pendleton, told police his wife assaulted him.

3:29 a.m. - A 9-1-1 caller reported a male destroyed property and tried to fight bouncers at Crabby’s Underground Saloon, 220 S.W. First St., Pendleton.

9:50 a.m. - A Pilot Rock man reported his tent missing from his back yard on Southwest Birch Place and said his wife has been having problems with the neighbors behind him.

12:12 p.m. - A caller asked Pendleton police if it was legal for an antique and arts store on Main Street to block access to street parking, which forced elderly people to park further away.

1:27 p.m. - Pendleton residents on the 800 block of Southeast Third Street took photos of their neighbor working in the yard due to a dispute over property lines.

6:26 p.m. - An Echo man on East Gerome Street reported someone stole his fishing pole.

8:05 p.m. - A woman living outside Milton-Freewater reported she allowed a male to assist her with her groceries and now she was concerned he may come back and burglarize the house.

10:58 p.m. - Umatilla police took a report that an ex-employee of the Riverside Sports Bar & Lounge, 1501 Sixth St., keyed two cars the previous night.

11:15 p.m. - A caller asked Pendleton police to quiet down the noise and music coming from 40 Taps, 337 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton.

11:39 p.m. - Pendleton police received information about a local offender in a black Ford Focus who could be casing houses to burglarize.

12:16 a.m. - A person waved down a Pendleton police sergeant about a possible fight at the Pendleton Round-Up Grounds on the 1200 block of Southwest Court Avenue.

8:22 a.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a man wearing black laying in the road just west of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 78922 Olson Road, Boardman. Sheriff’s deputies were unable to find the man.

8:27 a.m. - A male banged on the doors of a home at Riverside Mobile Home Estates, 2712 N.E.. Riverside Ave., Pendleton, sliced the tires of the woman living there and took off in a taxi.

9:48 a.m. - An Athena man reported someone broke into his vehicle on East Jefferson Street and stole $1.000 cash from the glove box. Another Athena man at 10:24 a.m. reported he also was the victim of a car break-in on East Darwin Street, and the culprit got away with two pocket knives, a duffel bag with snow boarding pants, raincoat and sweatpants.

3:58 p.m. - A woman on West Fourth Road, Irrigon, reported a pit bull dog jumped into the back of her vehicle and attacked her dog. The caller said they separated the dogs, and the pit bull became friendly. She requested contact from the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office.

4:09 p.m. - Three children ran on the roof at Washington Elementary School, 1205 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton.

4:45 p.m. - A semi driver westbound on Interstate 84 near Boardman reported another semi driver harassed him on the freeway. At 6:25 p.m., another caller said a white sedan sped and tailgated him in the same area. And a third caller at 7:09 complained two empty log trucks and a semi were “weaving and playing cat and mouse” while speeding, also in the same vicinity. The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office noted the complaints.

7:46 p.m. - A man told the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office he went to retrieve a vehicle at a storage unit near Southeast 14th Street, Irrigon, and his wife had “knocked the windows out of everything,” including the pickup and a camper.

8:54 p.m. - While a man was outside on Southeast Second Street, Pendleton, he told police he saw a silver mini van pull up, and children and a female tried to get out, and the male driver would not allow the children out. The driver then tried to turn the van around, and the female tried to run after it and yelled “gun.” The caller law saw them headed toward a highway.

Saturday

•An Oregon State Police trooper at about 1:30 a.m. was northbound on Lee Street Grade, Pendleton, when he saw a black Chrysler Sebring parked in the road. The trooper hit his lights, approached the car and saw a naked couple in the back seat. He told them to dress.

The trooper talked to Taylor Catherine Burke, 22, of Pendleton, who said she was the driver and had stopped there about 15 minutes earlier. The trooper noted the “smell of alcoholic beverage on her breath” and the “multiple empty beer cans in the back seat.” She also showed signs of impairment during a sobriety test.

The trooper arrested her for driving under the influence of intoxicants, and at the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, she took a breath test that showed a blood alcohol level of .13 percent, more than the .08 percent legal limit.

•Pendleton police arrested Steven Vincent Anderson, 33, of Pendleton, on a felony warrant for failure to appear and four counts of recklessly endangering after a woman at 1:05 p.m. reported she was driving when Anderson grabbed the steering wheel and made her drive up on the curb with children inside the vehicle at First Church of God, 712 S.W. 27th St., Pendleton.

•Oregon State Police arrested Walter McBride Roberts III, 23, of Pendleton, for driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving, two counts of recklessly endangering and on two misdemeanor warrants for failure to appear.

Sunday

•An Oregon State Police trooper caught some crafty marijuana users.

The trooper at about 12:11 a.m. was on Highway 339 near Stateline Road when a gray Toyota Corolla drove up behind and passed the trooper at 56 mph in a 40 mph zone.

The officer stopped the car and had the driver, Hector Gonzalez, 26, of Walla Walla, take a sobriety test, which he failed. The trooper arrested him for duii - controlled substance.

The passenger also ended up under arrest. Roger DeForest Phillips, 27, of Walla Walla, had a warrant in Umatilla County for skipping out an a court appearance for traffic crimes,

The troopers also searched the car and found marijuana and an apple “that was converted into a marijuana pipe.”

The driver ended up walking away with a citation, but police put the passenger into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton.

•Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested Eduardo Garcia Martinez, 26, address not provided, for duii.

•An employee of Circle K, 335 S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton, called police at 4:45 a.m. because a man in the store stole his walking staff, then stayed and caused a verbal disturbance. Police arrived and arrested Dustin Patrick Semler, 33, of Pendleton for first-degree trespass, third-degree theft and felon in possession of a weapon.

AIR QUALITY: Tuesday, April 26, 2016

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Public safety log for Wednesday, April 27, 2016

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4:25 a.m. - A caller told Pendleton police a pickup was parked by the bridge near the Denny’s restaurant on Tutuilla Road, and this was concerning because his neighbor’s home was broken into three times in the past year. Police checked but did not find the vehicle.

7:20 a.m. - Dogs again got out of their yards on North Third Street, Athena, and entered a neighbor’s property. She reported the owners allow the dogs to run free, and she believed the dogs killed her cat.

8:06 a.m. - A caller on Northwest Despain Avenue, Pendleton, told police there was a 4-foot-by-3-foot package in a bed sheet in her driveway.

10:13 a.m. - An Irrigon mother asked law enforcement to contact her regrading troubles she is having with her teenage son. The case was under investigation.

10:18 a.m. - A resident of Bel Air Apartments in Hermiston reported someone tried to kick in the apartment door around 3 a.m.

11:01 a.m. - A two-vehicle accident blocked the lanes of Southeast Fourth Street. Hermiston Fire and Emergency Services responded.

12:05 p.m. Pendleton police received a report of noxious vegetation growing near the Travelodge, 411 S.W. Court Ave. The caller said customers complained about the weeds.

1:41 p.m. - A Pendleton woman reported someone burned the flowers she planted on Southeast Frazer Avenue. She did not see who did it, she said, and the fire was out.

1:59 p.m. - Brush caught fire near the Keystone RV Co. site on the 3000 block of Westgate Drive, Pendleton. Firefighters hit the scene and kept the fire to no more than three acres.

2:12 p.m. - Rocks fell from an asphalt truck on Powerline Road near Cottonwood Road, Milton-Freewater, then the rig stopped and a lot of rocks fell out. A caller reported this might qualify as a road hazard.

3:49 p.m. - Someone left a gun in the men’s bathroom on the main floor at Pioneer Hall, Blue Mountain Community College, 2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton. An employee of the college called police and said the gun remained in the bathroom, staff were not letting anyone inside, and she would wait for an officer.

4:30 p.m. - A man reported he bought a car near Milton-Freewater, but the certificate of title is not for the car he bought, and the person who sold the car could be going to Mexico. He said he was concerned he bought a stolen car.

7:17 p.m. - A daughter calling for her mother who did not speak English told Stanfield police the U.S. Post Office about a week ago gave a package for her mother to someone else. Postal workers told her they would get it back, but her mother has not received the package that contained about $75 worth of clothes, and now the postal employees were not cooperating.

7:50 p.m. - A juvenile in Boardman reported his guardian assaulted him. The incident occurred outside the Boardman city limits, so Morrow County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation.

9:45 p.m. - Three juvenile males on push scooters ran over a new mail box on Southwest Second Street, Pendleton. The caller said the trio lives in the neighborhood.

10:02 p.m. - A Weston mother reporter her son is a drug user and she was afraid he will try or is trying to harm her.

10:11 p.m. - A male fired a gun inside an apartment on Southwest 30th Street, Pendleton. Another resident heard the shot, called police and talked to the gun handler who said it was an accident.

11:28 p.m. - Crossing arms were “dinging” for at least an hour at the intersection of Southeast Court Place and 17th Street, Pendleton, near the Woolen Mills.

•Pendleton police arrested Tate Brandon Patterson, 32, address not provided, for first-degree burglary and second-degree mischief.

•Hermiston police arrested David Ray Arnold, 33, address not provided, for violating parole, driving while suspended, attempt to flee, possession of methamphetamine and on a warrant out of Benton County, Washington.

Public safety log for Thursday, April 28, 2016

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12:23 a.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office and the Irrigon ambulance responded to an Irrigon home for a man who took seven Iburprophin tablets of 600 milligrams each.

5:47 a.m. - Someone used a no trespassing sign to pry open the window to a laundry room at Spruce Village Apartments, 625 N.W. Spruce St., Hermiston. The trespasser then broke into the coin machine and stole the money.

5:53 a.m. - A Pendleton woman told a 9-1-1 dispatcher she believed her child’s father threw a brick through the back window of her boyfriend’s vehicle at her home on Southwest 19th Street.

5:55 a.m. - A jogger in Hermiston reported graffiti on the Riverfront Park sign and 18 more spots on the Oxbow Trail.

7:58 a.m. - Pilot Rock police received a report that someone the past two weekends vandalized the restrooms at the city park.

10:02 a.m. - A woman asked Pendleton police for advice on not letting an acquaintance park his motorcycle in her yard because he does not want it repossessed.

10:36 a.m. - An aggressive pit bull dog ran at large through the neighborhood at Southwest Park Lane, Pendleton.

11:50 a.m. - A gentlemen walked into the Hermiston fire station to report a large burn on Northeast 10th Street. He stated they were burning construction material from another location and this is a common occurrence at this residence.

Firefighters arrived at the home to a pile of tree limbs, grass clippings and some old lumber. The property owner said he has an agreement with a local lawn care place to allow them to dump on the property behind the home. Three company employees tended to the fire, and one employee told firefighters they normally only dump lawn clippings and tree trimmings, but sometimes they do clean up other debris. Tuesday they were burning an old pump house they had torn out.

Firefighters advised the property owner the burn policy was intended for homeowners to burn their own yard debris and did not allow a company to burn other debris on his property. He received a copy of the city’s burn regulations.

11:54 a.m. - An Adams man on North Blaine Street told law enforcement his neighbor’s bird dog was at his home again and chasing his chickens. He said he tied the dog in his carport. The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office sent a deputy, who warned the dog owner.

12:01 p.m. - A Hermiston woman on Northeast McAllister Lane reported her neighbor’s dog came over on Saturday and killed nine of her ducks. The dog has killed 21 to date. She asked to speak with someone with the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office.

12:01 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received a request to check on the welfare of an alternative school student whose mother was using methamphetamine and was violent.

12:20 p.m. - A man reported his white 1993 Ford Escort ran out of gas in the morning on Interstate 84 so he left it near milepost 171. But when he came back, it was gone.

2:04 p.m. - A livestock owner reported someone stole two of his calves about two weeks ago from his property on North Ott Road, Hermiston, and he heard there are a “whole bunch of calves” at 10th Street and Elm Avenue.

3:04 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received a report about a domestic violence survivor at a Boardman health clinic. The case is under investigation.

3:26 p.m. - A driver ran the stop sign at Eastside and Birch Creek roads, Milton-Freewater, another man shook his fist at the driver, who then chased the fist shaker’s vehicle before turning off.

3:35 p.m. - A Pendleton resident told police he gets harassing phone calls from 812-472-4604, and when he answers a male with an accent starts cursing at him. He said he did not need an officer and he has not told his parents about the calls.

3:52 p.m. - A Umatilla business reported a woman using an oxygen bottle was ”freaking out” and “verbally threatening everyone” then went outside.

7:21 p.m. - A Boardman caller reported her boyfriend broke her computer and phone.

7:36 p.m. - Two vehicles collided in the parking lot at the Hermiston Safeway.

8:57 p.m. - A Pendleton man told an emergency dispatcher he arrived at his home on Southeast Byers Place and may have interrupted a burglary. Someone ransacked his house, he said, and he could not find his weapons anywhere.

10:53 p.m. - A Pendleton ambulance took a woman to the hospital from Southeast Seventh Street and Court Avenue after she fell, hit her head and was bleeding.

10:33 p.m. - Someone hiding behind anonymity sent a Hermiston-area woman “nasty pictures of her and her boyfriend” to her cellphone and threatened to put the pictures on the internet.

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