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AIR QUALITY: Monday, June 6, 2016

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For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 21 (GOOD), with a particulate reading of 5.0. The Air Quality Forecast for today is a GREEN DAY. Air circulation is predicted to be adequate. It is OK to use wood burning stoves. Open burning is permitted after 10 a.m. today.


Public safety log for Tuesday, June 7, 2016

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1:07 a.m. - Two boys on bicycles rode through private property on East Elm Avenue, Hermiston. The property owner told them to leave but they did not. A Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy did not find the boys.

2:59 a.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office and Boardman police responded to a 9-1-1 call about a silver Dodge Neon on three tires and one rim eastbound on Interstate 84 near Three Mile Canyon Farms and headed to Boardman. Law enforcement found the car at a rest stop, and the driver passed a sobriety test but refused a ride into town. Police told him they would impound his vehicle if he drives it, and he said he would call someone to get him in the morning.

8:30 a.m. - A caller reported the theft of a silver and purple 1999 Dodge with an aluminum flatbed from Westfall Septic, 78131 Highway 207, Hermiston.

8:51 a.m. - A caller reported a man on Adams Road, Pendleton, was burning a debris pile while a “red flag warning” was in effect due to the hot and dry weather.

9 a.m. - A Pendleton woman on Southwest Seventh Street yelled profanities and threatened a neighbor regarding mowing the lawn. The neighbor called police and said he was concerned she may not be taking medication she needs for her mental health

12:01 p.m. - Umatilla police issued a citation after a caller stated a black dog chased him through his yard on Cliff Street and he had to jump into his car to get away.

1:19 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report of possible domestic violence at a home on Westgate Drive.

1:44 - 2 p.m. - Pendleton’s code enforcement officer took down yard sale signs people posted on utility poles, which is a violation of city law.

4:01 p.m. - Another local sent money to scam artists. A Hermiston man this time reported a caller told him he won $29 million, a Mercedes and more cash from Publishers Clearing House. But to get the prizes, he needed to pay the IRS. The man said he sent $3,800 in all on June 1 and 2, then he sent $3,000 more Friday, but his wife and child told him to stop and go back to the bank, and he got back the $3,000.

5:50 p.m. - A woman told Umatilla police her boyfriend was harassing her and Thursday night hit her in the head.

6:30 p.m. - A Heppner woman reported she received a scam phone message claiming police would come if she did not call back concerning unpaid taxes. She said she wanted the sheriff’s office aware if this and did not need contact.

7:09 p.m. - A man told Pendleton police someone entered his home on Southwest Goodwin Place and stole his wife’s jewelry.

11:12 p.m. - A man and woman prowled through an orchard on Tootie Lane, Milton-Freewater, and tried to get into a house where an older person lives.

11:25 p.m. - A thief stole cans from the donation trailer at Irrigon High School, 315 S.E. Wyoming Ave., Irrigon.

12:15 a.m. - Pendleton police searched for but did not find a man who harassed a woman at The Saddle Restaurant and Lounge, 2220 S.E. Court Ave., and at one point even dropped his pants.

12:52 a.m. - A woman assaulted a man at Crabby’s Underground Saloon & Dance Hall, 220 S.W. First St., Pendleton.

1:11 a.m. - Someone hit the fence at the Umatilla Army Depot on Ordinance Road, Hermiston, then left. The crash damaged the fence and the car, a depot employee reported.

6:35 a.m. - The manager of Harris Park on South Fork Walla Walla River Road, Milton-Freewater, reported two males argued at the park, then one male drove a blue pickup and tried to run over the other for stealing items from camp.

5:14 p.m. - A son called from the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, and threatened to harm his mother and burn down her house.

5:41 p.m. - A Umatilla man told police he was trying to leave home after his wife kicked and hit him.

6:10 p.m. - A woman at the Morrow County Justice Court, 205 N.E. Main Ave., Irrigon, reported her children’s father keyed her car, stabbed a speaker with a knife, stole her phone about an hour ago and now will not communicate with her.

6:19 p.m. - A dog living in a homeless camp near the Moose Lodge on West Coe Avenue, Stanfield, tried to bite passersby.

9:32 p.m. - Vandals jumped the fence at Ione High School, Ione, while a wedding was going on next door, and pushed items into the school pool, including a chair lift. The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office caught the suspects, talked to the parents and gave the case to the county juvenile department.

10:44 p.m. - Two males fought in the street outside 40 Taps, 337 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. There were about 20 people there, and police arrested one person on a warrant.

6:55 a.m. - One neighbor on East Main Street, Pilot Rock, started mowing the yard, which bothered another neighbor, who told police this is a regular problem and asked to speak to an officer.

3:20 p.m. - Umatilla County sheriff’s deputies tried to find a male that lit a stick on fire and touched it to the ground on the north side of East Elm Avenue, Hermiston.

4:24 p.m. - A man on Stage Gulch Road, Stanfield, reported the theft of welding equipment and tools.

6:32 p.m. - A man would not get out of the road at Southwest 20th Street, Pendleton, near Safeway.

7:56 p.m. - On and off for the last month, a caller told Pendleton police, a man in his 30s has screamed at his parents on Southwest Isaac Avenue, and now he was screaming again, using profanity and running up and down the street.

8:28 p.m. - A property asked the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office for advice on her rights as a landlord after a tenant broke a lease and left a car, a refrigerator and three “truckloads of stuff” on the site.

Friday

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Lester Dean Smith, 53, of 1085 Old Milton Highway, Milton-Freewater, for possession and unauthorized use of a vehicle, and on four warrants.

Saturday

Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Allison Rae Cherry, 22, no address provided, for felony fourth-degree assault.

•Boardman police arrested Ajamu Dia Nathan, 18, of Boardman, for felony fourth-degree assault, vandalism and interfering with a 9-1-1 call.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Luis Alfredo Gonzalez, 32, of 122 S.E. Seventh Ave., Milton-Freewater, for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

•Oregon State Police arrested Wilson Totus, 55, no address provided, for duii.

Sunday

•Oregon State Police arrested Felipe D. Fariasflores, 32, of Hermiston, for duii.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Thomas David Vasquez, 27, of 606 N.W. Fourth Ave., Milton-Freewater, for duii and reckless endangerment.

•Boardman police arrested Teofilo Ruiz Castaneda, 47, of Boardman, for fourth-degree assault.

AIR QUALITY: Tuesday, June 7, 2016

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For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 28 (GOOD), with a particulate reading of 6.1. The Air Quality Forecast for today is a YELLOW DAY. 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 June 8, 2016

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4:33 a.m. - Two males threatened a third at Nelly’s Super Tacos, 755 S. Highway 395, Hermiston.

7:56 a.m. - Union Pacific Railroad reported a “rider” was on a train 30 minutes from Pendleton and wanted police to remove the person when the train stopped at Southeast Court Place and 14th Street.

8:49 a.m. - A caller reported the theft of several potted plants from Olney Cemetery, 865 Tutuilla Road.

11:55 a.m. - Stanfield police received a request to check on a dog that was outside and without water on Chelsea Lane.

12:56 p.m. - A man asked Hermiston police to send an officer to the parking lot of Wal-Mart, 1350 N. First St. He said another customer scratched his vehicle with a cart, then starting yelling and denied causing the damage.

12:57 p.m. - Two males were in a fight at Roloff Lane and Cobb Road, Milton-Freewater. The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office did not find any fighters.

12:58 p.m. - The manager of the Hermiston movie theater brought in multiple “lost and found” items to the Hermiston Police Department, 330 S. First St.

1:27 p.m. - Umatilla County Sheriff Terry Rowan reported he received a complaint about three starving horses on Nelson Lane off Northwest 11th Street and asked to have a deputy check it out.

1:29 p.m. - The police department of Auburn, New York, told local law enforcement a Uhaul rented in Boardman was not returned to the rental agent.

1:35 p.m. - A man who recently got out of jail was at the Westgate Shell Station, 4412 Westgate, Pendleton, and yelled at customers, bothered them for a ride, and argued with a store manager before police were called to remove the person.

1:35 p.m. - An Irrigon woman reported someone she once was in a relationship with hacked her Facebook page and is posting personal pictures and inappropriate videos.

3:29 p.m. - A caller told Pendleton police his girlfriend was the victim of an assault but he did not know where she was or if she needed medical help.

3:49 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report that a man with a ponytail and wearing old blue jeans and dirty tan T-shirt left a store on South Main Street about 15 minutes ago. When he first entered the store, a woman’s little dog barked at him and he threatened to get gun and shoot it.

6:11 p.m. - A woman told the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office she found a Barbie doll with a slice in the neck on the sign on Suiste Lane, and someone also stuck stuffed animals in the trees. These are on a road on her private property and unnerved her, she said, and she added she thought it was directed toward her as she has had problems and confrontations with people driving through her property.

7:13 p.m. - A Pendleton woman on Southwest Hailey Place complained about a neighbor lettings his dog poop in her yard. She said she has asked him to stop but it continues, she has video of this and he became belligerent when her daughter confronted him.

8:23 p.m. - A male called the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office and said, “No matter how long it takes, I’m going to destroy this county,” then hung up.

9:42 p.m. - The owner of a German shepherd on Raymond Street, Umatilla, told police someone stole the dog, posted about it on social media and will not return it.

10:14 p.m. - Mischief makers threw eggs at a house on Southwest Larkin Court, Hermiston. The owner said it just happened and he had “a pretty good idea who did it.”

10:31 p.m. - Hermiston police received a report of domestic violence on East Oregon Avenue.

•Oregon State Police arrested John Verl Smith, 55, of Echo, for driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving, and unlawful possession of a firearm. OSP also cited Smith for having an open container of alcohol.

AIR QUALITY: Wednesday, June 8, 2016

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For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 18 (GOOD), with a particulate reading of 4.5. The Air Quality Forecast for today is a RED DAY. The National Weather Service has issued a RED FLAG WARNING from 2-9 p.m. “A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.” Consequently, no open burning is allowed. Wood burning stoves should not be used unless that is the sole source of heat for your household.

Public safety log for Thursday, June 9, 2016

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6:59 a.m. - A resident on East Jennie Avenue, Hermiston, told police someone threw a “block” through the window of a neighbor’s sedan.

7:35 a.m. - A Milton-Freewater woman reported the theft of her medication.

9:28 a.m. - An anonymous caller at Smitty’s Ace Hardware, 1845 N. First St., Hermiston, told police a vehicle contained a dog with its eye hanging out.

11:06 a.m. - One resident of Juniper Buttercreek Apartments, 986 W. Juniper Ave., Hermiston, told police a neighbor’s marijuana smoke drifts into her place, and the property manager told her to deal with it herself. The caller asked police for options. Oregon law allows landlords to ban marijuana use in their properties.

11:18 a.m. - A manager of Space Age Travel Center, 77522 Highway 207, Hermiston, reported the business was the victim of telephonic fraud for $2,298.

1:56 p.m. - The Boardman ambulance responded to the marina for a 70-something woman who may have been suffering from heat exhaustion. The ambulance took her to Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston.

3:18 p.m. - An intoxicated male yelled at customers and threatened to beat one person at the Hermiston Safeway, 990 S. Highway 395.

4:04 p.m. - Residents on Washington Lane, Irrigon, own two aggressive pit bull dogs that entered a neighbor’s yard and attacked their dog. They used a bat and chased off the pit bulls.

6:57 p.m. - A 9-1-1 caller on East Oregon Avenue, Hermiston, asked police to check on a man with a trumpet yelling and screaming in a yard.

7:12 p.m. - A Pilot Rock resident reported the theft of her vehicle. She said she gave a bank card and the vehicle to a person she did not know to purchase and pick up a stove for her Monday, but the person never returned.

9:27 p.m. - Umatilla police responded to a 9-1-1 call about a male pushing a female on Eighth Street.

10:20 p.m. - A Umatilla resident on Sonesta Street reported neighbors were screaming, one yelled for help, and the fight sounded physical. Police responded.

Tuesday

•Hermiston police arrested Jerome Martel Price, 31, of Hermiston, on three probation violation warrants and for identity theft, all felonies.

•Boardman fire and police responded to a report at about 3:30 p.m. of a fire in the field behind the Wilson Road Mobile Home Park, 600 Wilson Road S.W., Boardman. Officers arrested Daniel Dre Strickland, 18, of Boardman, for second-degree mischief, reckless endangering and reckless burning, all misdemeanors.

Wednesday

•An Oregon State Police trooper at 1:46 a.m. stopped a purple Chevrolet Cobalt for failing to stay in the lane while southbound on Highway 37 near milepost 30. The driver, Trae Micel Baker, 21, of Hermiston, failed a sobriety test, so the trooper arrested him for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

The trooper also arrested one of the two passengers in the car, Jeremy Leon Beard, 23, of Hermiston, who had warrants for failing to report as a sex offender.

Police took both men to the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton.

AIR QUALITY: Thursday, June 9, 2016

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For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 24 (GOOD), with a particulate reading of 5.7. The Air Quality Forecast for today is a GREEN DAY. Air circulation is predicted to be adequate. It is OK to use wood burning stoves. Open burning is permitted after 10 a.m. today.

Public safety log for Friday, June 10, 2016

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6:42 a.m. - A resident of the 700 block of Northeast Fifth Avenue, Milton-Freewater, reported damage to a political sign on her property.

8:49 a.m. - Umatilla police and the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office were called to assist Oregon State Police with a stolen vehicle pursuit in the vicinity of Highway 730 and Highway 395 North. Officers were unable to locate the vehicle.

12:01 p.m. - A Pendleton man who deposited a counterfeit check in his account at Columbia River Bank is now receiving threatening calls from the person who gave him the check.

12:03 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report of a domestic assault at a home on Lindell Lane on Sunday.

12:07 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office was called to assist the Department of Corrections and Walla Walla County sheriff’s deputies with a pursuit on Stateline and Powerline roads near Milton-Freewater. A white male driver and a white female passenger were eluding officers in a green and silver Chevrolet pickup, and one of them had a handgun pointed out the window.

1:53 p.m. - A laptop went missing after a resident of Pendleton Square Apartments, 300 S.W. 28th Drive, Pendleton, allowed a friend and two unknown females stay at his home.

12:28 p.m. - A goose decoy was taken from the yard at a residence in the 900 block of Cowl Street, Milton-Freewater.

2:19 p.m. - Pendleton police were called when two men were fooling around at the Brown Building, 110 S.W. Court Ave., and one got locked into a pair of handcuffs.

2:33 p.m. - Stanfield police were called to a home on East College Street, Echo, for a burglary in progress. The caller said several people were trying to break into his house.

3:58 p.m. - A speaker worth $150 was reported stolen from a residence on Northwest Carden Avenue, Pendleton, by the caller’s cousin.

4:46 p.m. - A Stanfield resident on North Sloan Street and East Harding Avenue called Stanfield police to complain about a man in a Ford pickup racing up the street at 60 mph and screeching his tires all the way down the hill. The caller said she jumped out into the street to stop him and approached him to talk about watching for children and animals in the area, but she said he was “out of it” and believed him to be intoxicated or high. She requested contact from an officer at her home.

8:13 p.m. - A resident of Southwest 14th Street, Pendleton, was gone from her home for two hours and when she returned a brand new air conditioner, still in the box, was missing from the front porch.

9:22 p.m. - Pendleton police were called when a customer of Denny’s Restaurant, 610 Tutuilla Road, found a pistol between two cars in the parking lot. The caller said he locked the pistol in his truck and would wait for police inside the restaurant.

11:46 p.m. - The handcuff artists were at it again. A man called Pendleton police from the Brown Building to report he couldn’t reach his friend on the phone. The missing man’s girlfriend answered his phone and said he was in handcuffs in a fourth-floor apartment. Police were unable to locate the handcuffed man.

Wednesday

• A resident of Brooke RV Park, N.E. Eighth St., Pendleton, reported a man had returned to the property, very irate, and was carrying a knife. Pendleton police arrested Joseph Donald Mattison, 58, address not provided, on a charge of second-degree criminal trespass.

Thursday

•Umatilla police were called to a domestic disturbance on El Monte Street. The caller said a man was at the home with a gun and was assaulting her. He also said he had placed drugs under a car. Charlie Skylar Howard was arrested and lodged at the Umatilla County Jail on a charge of aggravated assault.


AIR QUALITY: Friday, June 10, 2016

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For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 12 (GOOD), with a particulate reading of 2.8. The Air Quality Forecast for today is a YELLOW DAY. No open burning is allowed on YELLOW DAYS. Forecast calls for 70 percent chance of rain today. 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 Saturday, June 11, 2016

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1:56 a.m. - The Boardman Police Department and mental health services were called to the overpass bridge at Main Street, Boardman, for a suicidal female. She was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston.

8:55 a.m. - An employee of A Burk & Co. Glass, 721 Sixth St., Umatilla, reported the theft of cable from his work truck.

11:20 a.m. - Pendleton police were called to a residence on Southeast Seventh Street after a woman reported a man was destroying the house, kicking holes in the wall and door, and had assaulted her.

11:31 a.m. - Medication was reported stolen from a residence on Southeast Fourth Street, Irrigon. The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

11:51 a.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received a report of three strands of barbed wire strung across a trail at the Morrow County OHV Park.

11:57 a.m. - A resident at The Links Senior Apartments, 310 Klickitat St., Umatilla, reported the theft of two Air Force books from her home.

12:42 p.m. - Staff at Umatilla High School, 1460 Seventh St., Umatilla, caught people stealing things from the back yards of houses facing the football field.

2:47 p.m. - Pilot Rock police investigated a possible burglary at Mentzer & Elliott Chain Saw, 420 N.E. Elm St.

4:41 p.m. - A Morrow County sheriff’s deputy was informed of a child on a bicycle that was hit by a car in the vicinity of Northeast Elder and Aiken streets, Heppner.

4:50 p.m. - A resident of South Broad Street, Weston, reported someone broke into her house and stole an iPad and other items sometime between noon and 2 p.m. She requested contact from a Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy.

5 p.m. An employee of Humbert Refuse Landfill, Gerking Flat Road, Athena, said he was assaulted by his uncle while at work and reported injuries to his neck and back, but refused medical treatment. He asked a Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy to contact him at home.

6:08 p.m. - A resident of West Ferndale Road and Highway 11, Milton-Freewater, told the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office he saw a man trespass on a neighbor’s property, looking around the house and shop before walking away south on Highway 11. Another trespasser, on Follett Lane in Hermiston, walked around the caller’s parents’ property, approaching the back door and looking in the mailbox. The caller told UCSO that the woman was “on drugs or something” and wanted to press charges.

7:23 p.m. - Two trespassers at Lewis and Clark and Rupe Kennedy roads, Boardman, were walking and stopping train traffic, a Union Pacific Railroad employee reported. Morrow County sheriff’s deputies were unable to find the trespassers.

8:05 p.m. - A man banned from Brooke RV Park, 5 N.E. Eighth St., Pendleton, on Wednesday returned and had reportedly locked himself inside a trailer. The caller said the man was reputed to carry knives, and the park manager had reported the possibility of the trespasser having a gun. Pendleton police were unable to find the man.

9:03 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a second assault report, this one from a man who said he was attacked by another man on Basket Mountain Road near Weston. The caller said he walked to a neighbor’s house to get to a phone, and he had an injured hand but denied needing medical attention.

10:27 p.m. - Another political sign was damaged in Milton-Freewater, this one at the corner of Northeast Fifth Avenue and North Columbia Street.

10:38 p.m. - A woman driving northbound on Highway 11 near Milton-Freewater saw something in her lane of travel and recognized it as a man at the last second. The woman swerved but clipped him with the front left corner of her car. Oregon State Police and Milton-Freewater fire and ambulance crews responded to the accident, and the injured man was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Walla Walla, where he was found to have broken ribs and other injuries, none of which were life-threatening. When interviewed, the man said he could not remember why he was trying to cross the five-lane highway or anything related to the collision. Milton-Freewater police had contacted him earlier in the evening and reported he seemed to be intoxicated.

11 p.m. - A resident of Northwest 12th Street, Pendleton, reported a man pacing back and forth in front of her house and acting like he is going to attack every car that drives by. Pendleton police investigated.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Raul Venegas, 25, 106 N.W. 11th St., Milton-Freewater, for driving under the influence of intoxicants (alcohol), refusal of intoxicant level test, failure to install ignition interlock and failure to provide operator’s license.

•Umatilla Tribal Police arrested Demetri Andrew Brockie, 32, address not provided, on charges of criminal activity in drugs (felony), two misdemeanor failure to appear warrants and for failure to pay fines.

•The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested Mayling Lariza Lozano Rodriguez, 22, address not provided, for second-degree robbery and menacing (assault).

Public safety log for Tuesday, June 14, 2016

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12:09 a.m. - Stanfield police received a report of a man possibly beating a woman at Stanfield RV Park, 355 S. Main St.

8:49 a.m. — A Pendleton man reported someone entered his wife’s vehicle on Northwest Carden Avenue, knifed the seats and stole items.

11:49 a.m. - A 32-year-old Pendleton man tried to buy a gun at D&B Supply, 850 Southgate Place, Pendleton. The business denied the sale after finding the man was wanted on a warrant.

11:56 a.m. - A female opened the driver’s door and held onto the driver as he tried to leave apartments on Southeast Second Street, Pendleton.

12:45 p.m. - A Heppner woman tried to buy a gun at the Pendleton Wal-Mart, 2203 S.W. Court Ave., but that sale also did not happen because she is on probation.

1:32 p.m. - Grant County undersheriff Zach Mobley asked Pendleton police to check on someone being held against their will at a residence in the 200 block of Northwest 11th Street, Pendleton.

7:26 p.m. - A woman reported an inmate at the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, was making harassing calls to her mother in Irrigon.

10:13 p.m. - A Hermiston-area woman asked the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office about pressing charges against the man she was dating because he lied and stated he got together with her as revenge. She also said he threatened to beat her if she did not stop bothering his new girlfriend.

10:21 p.m. - A man reported the theft of his white 2007 Dodge Charger from Marina Apartments, 1600 Second St., Umatilla.

10:44 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received calls from Irrigon residents about prowlers on Estate Loop and on Southeast Fourth Street.

9:29 a.m. - A man reported a burglary at his shop on Stage Gulch Road, Stanfield, and the theft of multiple tools. He added he just replaced all of his tools from the last break in.

12:27 p.m. - A caller reported hearing a man and woman yell at Southeast Idaho Avenue and Division Street, Irrigon, and several times the woman said, “Get off me.”

12:40 p.m. - Two pit bull dogs entered a backyard on Highway 730, Umatilla, and killed a llama. The dogs are still there. The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office issued a citation in this case.

12:45 p.m. - A woman told Pendleton police that a man four days ago threatened to kill her and her child.

4:58 p.m. - A resident on Dark Canyon Avenue, Umatilla, reported the neighbor was burning inside his garage and did not have water.

9:21 p.m. - An angler fishing under the Interstate 82 bridge, Umatilla, asked law enforcement to stop people shooting nearby because the bullets were ricocheting off the rocks.

10 p.m. - A man and woman argued about a dog while on the Umatilla River levy near Southeast Alexander Avenue, Pendleton, and she threw a glass bottle at the man.

10:50 p.m. - A 9-1-1 caller told Pendleton police a man on Southwest Nye Avenue might be beating a woman in a car in the driveway.

3:15 a.m. - A resident on East Columbia Lane, Hermiston, told police a neighbor was playing loud music for the last 30 minutes.

9:21 a.m. - A Umatilla caller reported arriving home on Eighth Street and discovering the theft of their computer.

10:39 a.m. - Pendleton police received a report that male entered a backyard on Southwest 19th Street as a 16-year-old girl arrived home from Girl Scouts. The troop leader saw the male, though, and honked the horn and scared him off.

12:23 p.m. - An Irrigon man reported the theft of his 2013 Toyota Prius.

4:12 p.m. - Someone stole several guns from a home on Green Lane, Milton-Freewater.

5:33 p.m. - A woman on Northwest Eighth Street, Pendleton, told police someone slashed her vehicle’s tires.

6:07 p.m. - A controlled fire on Rock Avenue, Irrigon, got out of control.

7:13 p.m. - A caller reported they think their back window was shot while driving by a residence on Punkin Center Road, Hermiston.

7:34 p.m. - The employee at Sorbenot’s Coffee, 402 S.E. Ninth St., Pendleton, told police a man earlier threatened her with a knife. She said he was white, in his 40s, had gray hair and a red shirt and jeans, and asked for a cup of water. She gave it to him, but he dropped it, accused her of throwing it and started waving a kitchen-type knife and ask, “Do you want me to use this?” He then headed west on Emigrant Avenue.

10:27 p.m. - A man reported he arrived to his home at Shady Rest Mobile Home Court, 28716 Highway 730, Umatilla, and a drunk neighbor entered, threw a bottle of vodka at him and then hit him in the head.

Friday

•Umatilla tribal police arrested Nathaniel James Enick, 19, no address provided, for burglary and theft.

•Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Federico Diaz Berto, 31, no address provided, for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

Saturday

•Hermiston police arrested Shalon Garlynn Angel, 38, of Hermiston, on a probation violation and a warrant, and for possession of methamphetamine, reckless driving, two counts felony attempt to flee police, and interfering with a peace officer.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Jefferson Thomas Pishion, 44, of 902 N. Elizabeth St., No. 21, Milton-Freewater, for menacing, second-degree disorderly conduct, misuse of 9-1-1 and resisting arrest.

Sunday

•Boardman police arrested Suzanne Lee Bonifer, 46, no address provided, for duii, resisting arrest, hit and run (property) and driving while suspended/revoked.

•Umatilla tribal police arrested Leodoro Ruvalcaba Ruvalcaba, 47, no address provided, for duii (alcohol).

•Milton-Freewater police arrested David Estrada Gutierrez, 51, of 104 DeHaven St., Milton-Freewater, for duii and domestic violence harassment.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Luis Antonio Angel Fergoso, 23, of 109 S.W. Fourth Ave., Milton-Freewater, for strangulation, two counts of harassment, and fourth-degree assault.

AIR QUALITY: Tuesday, June 14, 2016

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For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 7 (GOOD), with a particulate reading of 1.6. The The Air Quality Forecast for today is a YELLOW DAY. No open burning is allowed on YELLOW DAYS. Forecast calls for 30 percent chance of precipitation with winds gusting to 31 mph today. 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 Wednesday, June 15, 2016

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1:29 a.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call from a 16-year-old boy in Irrigon who reported his father and mother were fighting. Law enforcement, though, found this to be verbal only and gave the father a “courtesy ride” from the home.

2:43 a.m. - A 9-1-1 caller reported someone in a white Chevrolet Suburban at G & S Tire Factory, 535 N. First Place, Hermiston, shined the vehicle’s lights into their yard.

7:23 a.m. - A street sign on East Theater Lane, Hermiston, was the victim of a hit-and-run. A caller told police he did not see the crash but the sign was in the yard.

9:27 a.m. - A Pendleton male reported he was getting sick from alcohol detoxification and has a history of stroke. An ambulance took him to a hospital.

11:49 a.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation into a possible burglary at the used car dealer Irrigon Motors, 290 W. California Ave., Irrigon.

12:01 p.m. - A Pendleton ambulance responded to a call about a female who injected methamphetamine and heroin five to seven days ago but now feels like she was overdosing.

1:09 p.m. - A woman told Hermiston police someone opened a Facebook account in her name and posted explicit photos of her without her permission.

5:16 p.m. - A Hermiston woman on West Quince Avenue asked to speak to an officer about a home invasion and finding “something weird” in her house.

10:27 p.m. - Hermiston police warned people in a white Chevrolet Impala on Northeast Willow Court to turn down their music.

•Hermiston police arrested Anthony James Wilson, 39, of Pendleton, for possession of a stolen vehicle.

•Umatilla police arrested Tiffany Michelle Mecham, 23, of Hermiston, for felony fourth-degree assault, resiting arrest and aggravated harassment.

•Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested David Brian Taylor, 49, of Irrigon, on a warrant for criminal conspiracy, a felony, and third-degree theft, a misdemeanor.

Public safety log for Thursday, June 16, 2016

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6:53 a.m. - A Pendleton parks and recreation employee at the men’s restroom at Community Park on Southwest 37th Street, Pendleton, found a metal pipe with a note attached, in what looked like blood, that mentions guns.

9:35 a.m. - A father asked to speak to a Pendleton officer for options on getting his daughter a state identification card because the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division will not accept credit cards.

12:20 p.m. - A Pendleton man on Southeast Eighth Street reported his ex-girlfriend broke into his house and stole 1 ounce of marijuana.

2:43 p.m. - And another Pendleton man on Northwest 11th Street reported the theft of his medical marijuana plant from the side of his house.

10:33 a.m. - A caller reported the theft of 240 Hydrocodone pills from her home on Northeast Riverside Avenue, Pendleton.

11:05 a.m. - A Hermiston man told the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office someone stole his kayak and was trying to sell it at the Irrigon Shell station.

11:33 a.m. - An Irrigon woman reported her boyfriend was harassing and stalking her.

12:06 p.m. - Umatilla police received a call about possible domestic violence on Walla Walla Street.

12:07 p.m. - A stepdaughter came to get her belongings from a home on Northwest 10th Street, Pendleton, and the male she brought with her swore and disrespected the stepmother.

1:15 p.m. - A caller reported someone broke all the lights on a white Honda Accord at the Pendleton Wal-Mart parking lot.

3:14 p.m. - Umatilla police received a report that a woman suffering a delusion tried to drown the bird she owns because she thought the pet was on fire.

5:38 p.m. - A Pendleton resident on Northwest 15 Street asked police to stop her neighbors from harassing her. She said they are missing a kitten and believe she has it.

7:28 p.m. - Someone stole $800 from the wallet of a stock contractor at the Buckaroo Rodeo Bible Camp at the Pendleton Round-Up Grounds.

7:55 p.m. - Law enforcement received information that transients are living in trees behind Midway Apartments on Joy Lane and Highway 395, Hermiston, and could be involved in drug activity.

8 p.m. - The owner of the Pendleton bar 40 Taps, 337 S.W. Emigrant Ave., told police a scammer keeps calling and threatening to shut off power unless the business pays hundreds of dollars.

11:35 p.m. - A Pendleton man told police someone covered his house on Southwest Ladow Avenue in toilet paper.

•Hermiston police arrested Orlando Garcilazo Madrigal, 30, no address provided, for unlawful use of a weapon, menacing and reckless driving.

•Boardman police arrested Cirillo Ramos-Contreras, 34, of Boardman, for driving under the influence of intoxicants and felony hit and run with injury after he fled from a head-on crash.

The collision happened around 9:45 p.m. on the 200 block of Main Street. Boardman Police Chief Rick Stokoe said an officer stopped Ramos-Contreras when he drove by dragging a front bumper. The officer talked with Ramos-Contreras, and determined he was intoxicated and had left a crash scene, the chief said. The officer then called for an ambulance and police to respond to the crash.

Stokoe said the victim suffered an injury to an arm but declined an ambulance ride to a hospital. Ramos-Contreras ended up in the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton.

Public safety log for Friday, June 17, 2016

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10:52 a.m. - A passerby told Pendleton police she saw two males break a window of a gray pickup in the parking lot at Burger King, 601 Southgate Drive, and one male left and the other stayed with the vehicle.

11:58 a.m. - Two middle school-aged youth threw rocks onto the road from Grecian Heights Park, 1910 S.W. Athens Ave., Pendleton.

12:06 p.m. - Pendleton police received a request to check on a family living on Northeast Anvidon Street, Pendleton. A caller said four children live there and a 10-12-year-old was outside Wednesday morning without clothes, and the day before a woman was in the front yard without pants.

12:45 p.m. - An Irrigon mother asked to talk to a Morrow County sheriff’s deputy about restricting a male’s access to her daughter.

1:39 - A woman on the 29500 block of Minnehaha Road, Hermiston, reported two people tried to push her son into the irrigation ditch. This was a trespassing problem.

2:25 p.m. - An employee of Woodpecker Truck, 40275 Clark Lane, Pendleton, reported a customer used a credit card without authorization for several purchases.

3:07 p.m. - An Ione woman reported her adult children were cussing at her.

5:57 p.m. - Two boys threw rocks at passing cars at Pendleton Riverside Apartments, 1300 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton.

6:21 p.m. - A Umatilla resident told police a man in his late 30s sent her inappropriate text messages.

6:24 p.m. - A woman told Pendleton police she may have received a fraudulent check for $1,760.

7 p.m. - A mother at East Harding Avenue and North Wayne Street, Stanfield, reported she was working outside and a male over at the neighbor’s home, which has a lot of traffic, went behind a shed and urinated in front of her 18-year-old daughter.

9:59 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 9-1-1 call about a prowler trying to get into a house on Patriot Lane, Hermiston. A deputy did not find any suspect.

10:32 p.m. - Morrow County sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of gunshots near the Shell station on Highway 730, Irrigon. Another caller at 10:52 p.m. reported someone was setting off bombs around Southeast Fourth Street, Irrigon. The investigation revealed the cause was fireworks.

•Pendleton police arrested a wanted man after chasing him down and shooting him with a Taser stun gun.

Joey Adair Crooke, 23, of Pendleton, had an outstanding felony warrant for his arrest, according to Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts, when an officer spotted him around 11 a.m. riding as a passenger in a vehicle. The cop stopped the car, and Crooke took off running, ignoring police commands to stop.

Crooke entered a nearby residence and attempted to hide, Roberts stated, and fled again when the officer arrived. Again Crooke ignored demands to stop.

The foot chase continued until Crooke paused.

Roberts reported the officer told Crooke to stop, give up or face the consequences at the hot end of a Taser.

“Crooke ignored the officer, and attempted to run,” Roberts reported, “which is when he was tased.”

Roberts stated Crooke told police he bolted because he thought he had a warrant and did not want to go to jail.

He also confirmed he heard and disregarded all of the officer’s commands. He isnow in the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton.

•A report of a door-to-door sales scam led Pendleton police to arrest a Salem man on an outstanding statewide misdemeanor warrant.

A caller at 12:52 p.m. reported two young men, one black and one white, were on Northwest Johns Landing “selling scam items” for a contest. Police looked around the area and found James Lowell Wilborn, 20, on nearby Northwest Fourth Street and arrested him on the warrant and booked him into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Ricky Angel Pardo, 23, of 302 S.E. 19th St., Milton-Freewater, for first-degree theft.


Public safety log for Saturday, June 18, 2016

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6:58 a.m. - A caller told Pendleton police it was too early for a man to be cutting down trees at Southwest Fifth Street and Dorion Avenue.

8:48 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint about puppies barking all day “at the small purple house” on Birtrand Street, Hermistom. The caller also said the owners are gone during the day.

9:56 a.m. - A resident of Northwest Sixth Street, Pendleton, said his au pair was the victim of a scam and had wired $2,400 to a man both in the U.S. and out of the country. He requested an officer meet them at their bank.

11:54 a.m. - Pendleton police were called to a home on Southeast Alexander Place by DHS after a caseworker reported a man was attempting to strangle his girlfriend in front of their two-year-old child.

12:28 p.m. - A Pendleton resident complained about a neighbor’s tall dry grass and “garbage everywhere” in a back yard on Southeast Sixth Street.

1:41 p.m. - The owner of Five Star Car Wash, E. Elm Ave., Hermiston, reported someone damaged washing equipment and stole some equipment, and that he has videotape of the incident.

2:38 p.m. - Umatilla County sheriff’s deputies were called when a resident of Northeast 10th St, Hermiston, witnessed a male going through her mailbox.

2:54 p.m. - A resident of Tum A Lum Road, Milton-Freewater, asked to speak with a Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy regarding the neighbor’s dog coming onto her property and chasing her cats. The caller said it has happened three times over the past 4-5 yrs.

3:22 p.m. - An employee of Drake’s RV, N.W. A Ave., Pendleton, reported a generator stolen from a customer’s RV that had been dropped off for repair. Pendleton police took a theft report.

3:36 p.m. - A Pendleton ambulance crew was called to a residence on Northwest J Avenue, Pendleton, after a dog bit a 10-year-old boy on the head near the left eye.

8:48 p.m. - A woman on Southeast Sixth Street, Pendleton, reported an intoxicated drunk male walked through her back yard and she chased him off. Pendleton police were unable to find the man.

11:01 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a report of domestic violence on North Juniper Canyon Road, Helix.

•Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dustin Duane Jackson, 39, of 2093 N.W. Eucalyptus Drive, Hermiston, for second-degree theft, two counts of second-degree trespass, two counts of theft by receiving, felon in possession of a weapon and criminal conspiracy.

•Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Cody Josiah Winn, 37, of 407 W. Hermiston Ave., Hermiston, for possession of methamphetamine and unauthorized use of a vehicle.

•Oregon State Police arrested Mariano Lara Cisneros, 29, of Milton-Freewater, for possession of methamphetamine and on warrants.

Public safety log for Tuesday, June 21, 2016

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9 a.m. - A caller reported she was on U.S. Forest Service Road 21 near Heppner around noon Thursday when a silver Dodge pickup sped at her and ran her off the road and damaged the passenger side of a Forest Service vehicle.

3:04 p.m. - An 83-year-old Milton-Freewater woman crashed the vehicle she was driving into the side of a residence on Jacquelyn Street, Milton-Freewater.

4:39 p.m. - A Heppner resident asked to speak to a Morrow County sheriff’s deputy about the person who keeps feeding her dog.

5:49 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report of an intoxicated female walking into traffic near Til Taylor Park, 700 S.W. Dorion Ave.

7:20 p.m. - A Pendleton woman on Northwest 10th Street told police she yelled at the driver of a black Honda sedan to slow down as he sped by her house, and he flipped her off.

10:35 p.m. - A caller told Pendleton police a female was talking to herself, stumbling, and walked into two vehicles on Southwest Third Street and ended up in the parking lot of the Horizon Project Inc., 223 S.W. Court Ave.

11:01 p.m. - A driver told Pendleton police he had to maneuver around a man with long hair covering his face who stood in the middle of the road at Northeast Second Street and Johns Lane, and the man did not move at all.

1:51 a.m. - A woman in Umatilla reported a relative she has not spoken with in 13 years sent her a text stating he knew she was home alone.

6:06 a.m. - A caller on North Ott Road, Hermiston, reported her neighbor’s horse keeps coming into her yard and causes damage.

8:38 a.m. - The owners of Sundown Bar & Grill, 233 S.E. Fourth St., Pendleton, reported a break-in and the theft of a computer, a video camera, and .9-mm and .22-caliber pistols.

1:10 p.m. - Pendleton fire responded to a power pole fire on Southeast First Street, Pendleton. Then at 1:53 p.m. responded to another power pole fire after a transformer blew up on Southeast 11th Street. And then at 3:24 p.m. another transformer caught fire, this time on Lindell Lane, Pendleton.

3:20 - Three males were standing on the corner at East Mill and South Broad streets, Weston, drinking “pounders” in public.

3:20 p.m. - A mother asked the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office to check on the welfare of her daughter who could be a victim of domestic violence.

3:24 p.m. - A 9-1-1 caller reported a male used a bat to hit another male at West Page Avenue and South Main Street, Stanfield.

6:43 p.m. - A Pilot Rock caller reported her husband is having people stalk her.

10:31 p.m. - A man was on the ground in the laundry room near the Irrigon Shell station, 300 Third St. S.E. A caller said the man was intoxicated earlier and tried to buy booze, but the business did not sell to him.

2:33 a.m. - An employee at Americas Best Value Inn, 201 S.W. Court Ave., Pendleton, asked police to help remove rowdy guests from two rooms. The three adults and three or four children were disrupting other guests and refused to quiet down, the worker reported

9:07 a.m. - A Milton-Freewater resident reported the theft of her political sign from the 700 block of Northeast Fifth Avenue.

12:39 p.m. - A Umatilla man reported the theft of a work bench and a leak detector and identified the thief. The caller also said the suspect pawned the items on Main Street, Umatilla.

7:07 p.m. - Goats ran around a Pendleton man’s residence on Southwest Riverview Drive.

8:18 p.m. - A caller reported her goats escaped their pens on Southwest Houtama Road, Pendleton, either Saturday night or Sunday morning, and she heard police had the goats.

Friday

•Hermiston police arrested David P. Bounxaysana, 41, of Hermiston, for theft of mislaid property, possession of methamphetamine, felon in possession of a weapon, and carrying a concealed weapon.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Chris John Chase, 59, of 392 Raspberry Loop, No. 13, Milton-Freewater, for fourth-degree assault.

•Pendleton police arrested Bailey Jade Harter, 27, of Pendleton, for felony fourth-degree assault and felony strangulation, both constituting domestic violence.

•Oregon State Police arrested Mariano Lara-Cisneros, 29, of 53198 W. Ballou St., Milton-Freewater, on three warrants and for possession of methamphetamine.

Saturday

•Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested Christopher Allen Cooley, 33, of 242 E. Main St., No. 204, Hermiston, for unauthorized use of a vehicle, third-degree mischief, possession of methamphetamine, and resisting arrest.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Brad James Bisconer, 35, of 212 Balm Ave., Walla Walla, for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

•Umatilla police arrested Luis Alberto Roman, 20, of 210 Klickitat Ave., Umatilla, for possession of methamphetamine

Sunday

•Stanfield police arrested Jackie Laverne Wilson, 56, of 490 N. Harriman St., Stanfield, for driving under the influence on intoxicants and possession of methamphetamine.

•Hermiston police arrested Nicolas Garcilazo, 24, no address provided, for second-degree disorderly conduct, harassment, and possession of cocaine.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Michael Joseph Locati, 26, of 183 Narcissa Place, Walla Walla, for duii.

•Oregon State Police arrested a Mesa, Washington, man for driving intoxicated after he crashed late at night near Umatilla.

Corrie Lynn Tipsord, 31, crashed a red Ford four-door car around 11:45 p.m. at the intersection of Interstate 82 and Interstate 84, according to Oregon State Police. He was alone in the vehicle.

State police Sgt. Mark Banks took Tipsord to St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton, for treatment of an injury, then to the Umatilla County Jail on charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants and failure to driving within a lane.

State police also reported Tipsord’s breath sample showed an alcohol level was .06 percent. While that is below the legal limit of .08 percent, that does not prevent police from arresting someone for intoxicated driving.

Public safety log for Wednesday, June 22, 2016

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9:11 a.m. - A Pendleton woman reported her father and brothers threatened her because they think she pawned items they owned.

9:56 a.m. - An Irrigon woman on Southwest Utah Avenue reported six kittens were under her hot tub on the back porch.

10:16 a.m. - Pendleton police received a second-hand report that a father moved in with his adult son, and the son left and locked the father inside. The caller asked police to check on the father because she believed this was abusive.

10:56 a.m. - A Pendleton mother reported her son ran away from home.

11:20 a.m. - The previous manager of Wild Rose RV Park, 1500 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton, withheld mail from renters, a caller reported, and the current managers asked police for advice on what to do with the mail now. The caller, though, was not able to provide the names of the previous manager.

12:01 p.m. - A caller reported a driver of a black Nissan two-door with Washington plates was on North First Street, Irrigon, and smoking a glass pipe in the car, the kind of pipe people use to smoke methamphetamine.

12:04 p.m. - A resident on Southeast 17th Street, Pendleton, reported a break-in and theft of her 65-inch TV.

2:57 p.m. - Another Pendleton mother reported her son as a runaway.

3:21 p.m. - An Ione woman reported a rattlesnake was trying to come onto her porch, and when she tried to use a fire extinguisher to run it off, the snake only became angry.

3:39 p.m. - A man told Pendleton police his ex-wife notified him she is moving to Indiana with their children next month, yet he has “paperwork” stating she can’t do that. He asked for an officer to review the document.

3:59 p.m. - The manager of America’s Best Value Inn, 201 S.W. Court Ave., Pendleton, reported the business refused to let a male use the bathroom. The male then cussed at the caller, went outside and urinated in the front entrance of the building. He then left in a Honda Civic. Police did not find the suspect.

5:07 p.m. - An Athena man discovered someone entered his car on North Third Street and tore out and cut all the wires under the dash.

7:03 p.m. - Three juveniles walked up to the home of a Pendleton woman on Northwest Fourth Street and asked her for a cigarette, and one of them jumped across her retaining wall and boasted he could “jump across her car.” And another said he was intoxicated. The trio turned on Northwest Ellis Avenue toward Main Street.

7:53 p.m. - A Hermiston husband on Hat Rock Road reported the neighbor who threatened his wife tried to give her a letter regarding his personal business but she did not want it and feels like he is watching her all the time.

9:23 p.m. - Two men, both 40-50, were with a younger American Indian woman who was intoxicated on the Pendleton River Parkway near Southeast Eighth Street Bridge and Byers Avenue, when a passerby asked her if she was OK. The men told the passerby to mind her own business.

She called police, though, but said the incident was 15 minute earlier. Police were not able to find the two men or female.

Public safety log for Thursday, June 23, 2016

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12:15 a.m. - A caller reported he saw a female walking on Ott Road, Hermiston, and gave her a ride. She claimed her boyfriend threatened her, held a gun to her head, stole $800 dollars and kicked her out of a vehicle at Ott and Airport roads. The female, though, who said her name was “Avalon,” did not want to go to police because she has a warrant out of Clackamas County. The caller said he took her to Umatilla Inn, Umatilla. Law enforcement did not find her.

7:05 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a tip from Milton-Freewater police that transients could be setting up a camp on the east side of the cemetery bridge at Southeast Ninth Avenue and Walnut Street, Milton-Freewater.

8:54 a.m. - A Milton-Freewater man reported the theft of his Kimber pocket-sized .280-caliber handgun either from his vehicle or home on Daniel Court.

10:48 a.m. - A German Shepherd on Daytona Lane, Hermiston, attacked a neighbor’s chickens, killing one and nearly killing or injuring others. The owner of the fowl reported this has happened before and would shoot the dog.

11:38 a.m. - An Ione business owner reported he received a flyer from a company in Portland using his business phone number.

12:20 p.m. - A man walked into an empty room at the Best Western, 400 S.E. Nye Ave., Pendleton, used the shower, the toilet and the bed, then walked away when staff found him and headed to the nearby Motel 6.

2:01 p.m. - Three boys stole a purse from a Pilot Rock swim program student at the Pendleton Family Aquatic Center, 1901 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton.

2:02 p.m. - A Pendleton man on Southwest Goodwin Avenue reported the theft of his 2006 Dodge Charger. He said a potential buyer took the car for a test drive, but that was more than an hour ago.

3 p.m. - A Morrow County deputy sheriff assisted a school bus with children that broke down on Interstate 84 east of Boardman.

4:08 p.m. - An Athena resident wanted to talk to a Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy about liabilities and laws regarding drinking at an event she plans to hold this summer.

4:35 p.m. - An Irrigon caller on Southwest Wyoming Avenue reported someone tried to hit her with a cellphone and threatened to hit her little sister. A Morrow County sheriff’s deputy arrived and told everyone they need to be civil and separate if they cannot.

5:43 p.m. - A child in Echo swallowed iodine, which promoted an adult to contact “poison control,” where someone advised her the substance was not toxic but could cause a stomach ache and vomiting, so no need for an ambulance.

6:16 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report of a male hitting his girlfriend at an apartment on Southeast Second Street.

8:41 p.m. - A Milton-Freewater woman called 9-1-1 after a confrontation. She said she was driving to her home on Sunquist Road while hauling a trailer with four horses inside when a driver in front of her stopped. She slowed, she said, and drove around the vehicle and went home.

The driver, though, followed her home, screamed and threatened her and claimed she stopped due to an injured bird, which the caller ended up driving over.

The caller also said she took a photo of the woman’s vehicle before she left.

10:52 - An aunt reported her nephew around 9:30 p.m. in Pendleton ran away with “over aged girls” and had not returned.

10:57 - A taxi driver called 9-1-1 after he arrived at a house at Southwest Emigrant Avenue and First Street, Pendleton, and a female came out, told him to call, and she “looked to have a gun down the back of her pants” and there was no one else around.

ARRESTS, CITATIONS

•Umatilla police arrested Charles Edward Waite Jr., 53, of Cato, New York, for second-degree forgery, identity theft, negotiating a bad check, and second-degree theft.

•Pendleton police arrested Steven Michael Ruiz, 43, of 130 S.W. Court Ave., No. 105, Pendleton, for violating a restraining order, two counts of identity theft, two counts of credit card fraud, and two counts of third-degree theft.

•Boardman police arrested Tyler Joe Stone, 28, of Hermiston, for felony attempt to flee police.

Public safety log for Friday, June 24, 2016

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7:52 a.m. - The soon-to-be-ex-wife of a Pendleton man took everything out of his bank account.

10:29 a.m. - A Pendleton woman on Southeast Eighth Street told police someone flattened her tire and the likely culprit is the neighbor.

11:56 a.m. - An Irrigon woman told the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office a man she knows stole her car Tuesday night before Hermiston police arrested him on other charges. Now the car is in an impound lot, she said, and that her son stole the car keys.

12:59 p.m. - A resident on Southshore Drive, Umatilla, reported a man walked to her fence about 30-40 minutes ago “yelling to throw a stick.” She confronted the man, who lives a few houses away, she said, and he then yelled at her.

2:14 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report of young teens going under the 10th Street Bridge while a man in his 50s stays under the bridge.

2:41 - A man told Umatilla police he went to his residence that burned down at Columbia Crest Apartments on Third Street to retrieve his property but someone stole his guns.

5:22 p.m. - A caller reported he was concerned for the safety of a man walking along the left side of Highway 74 headed into Heppner. A Morrow County sheriff’s deputy found the man and talked to him about his walking habits.

5:37 p.m. - A man used a business phone at the Pendleton Wal-Mart, 2203 S.W. Court Ave., to call 9-1-1 and report he does have insurance and a “cop took his license.” The dispatcher asked him why we called 9-1-1, and he said he needs his driver’s license. He planned to wait at Wal-Mart to talk to a Pendleton police supervisor.

8:46 p.m. - An intoxicated woman reported males were trying to fight her at Northwest 14th Street and Carden Avenue, Pendleton.

9:42 p.m. - Pendleton police received a request from a mother who wanted to know where was a good place for her son to live while he was going to college. She said she would wait for an officer in the lot at 215 S.E. Dorion Ave.

10:25 p.m. - A caller asked Pendleton police to check on a woman with four children at the Wal-Mart, 2203 S.W. Court Ave., because she was pulling on their arms and hitting them.

11:18 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report of domestic violence involving children at an apartment on Northwest Carden Avenue.

11:22 p.m. - A caller at the same location reported an 11-year-old girl hit her in the face, bloodied her nose and pulled her hair. The caller also said everyone involved still was at the scene.

11:35 p.m. - A caller told law enforcement she asked a drunk man to leave the residence on Walker Road, Hermiston, because he “made the children uncomfortable,” and now he is driving a pickup on Bridge Road.

1:36 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a woman screaming near Northwest Jones Street, Heppner, but did not find anything suspicious.

•A Pendleton man claimed he was taking a drink of chocolate milk in his white Ford pickup and the next moment he crashed.

Oregon State Police cited Alan Lee Raph, 35, for careless driving.

Raph was driving east on Southeast Court Avenue, around 7:35 a.m., according to a report from state police, and planned to turn north for Highway 11. He drove past the old St. Anthony Hospital site, drank chocolate milk, put the cap back on but remembered “nothing until he was getting out of the truck after the crash.”

He missed the Highway 11 turnoff and drove between a utility pole and a fire hydrant, according to state police, scraping the pole on the driver’s side. The front of the pickup then hit a utility pole head on.

The crash broke the pole at its base, toppling it and snapping electrical wires that struck the road and caused minor damage to another pickup.

A Pendleton ambulance crew check Raph at the scene for injuries, and his wife took him to St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton.

Raph turned 35 the day of the crash, according to his Facebook page, where he also posted he did not know what happened and has never blacked out before.

•Morrow County Sheriff’s Office cited Heidi Jo Hanna Abercrombie, 45, of Irrigon, for having a potentially dangerous dog.

•Hermiston police arrested Cuauhtemoc Valenzuela, 23, of 230 E. Dogwood Ave., Hermiston, for second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon against another.

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