12:46 a.m. - A caller reported gunshots and yelling in the area of Viewcrest Apartments, 525 S.W. 13th Place, Hermiston. Police did not find any suspects.
7:16 a.m. - An employee with the U.S. Forest Service reported someone on Wednesday took a tool from a work vehicle near Harris Park, Milton-Freewater, and “pounded all over the side of the pickup, flattened tires, and dumped oil all over.”
9:30 a.m. - A Weston woman on Wildwood Loop reported she is moving and a man “torn up” her fence while she was away. She also said someone used a knife to punch holes into the liner of her waterfall.
9:41 a.m. - A caller on North O’Brien St., Stanfield, said a 30-year-old man was riding a bicycle fast while carrying a rifle in a case.
10:22 a.m. - Hermiston police received another call about gunshots, this time a caller on East Opal Court said she heard two shots “like a high powered gun” from west of her back yard,
11:39 a.m. - An Ione mother reported a juvenile shot her daughter with a pellet-type gun. She said she took the gun, her daughter was OK, but she wanted to talk to someone about it. A Morrow County sheriff’s deputy responded and spoke to the juvenile.
12:18 p.m. - Law enforcement responded to a call from a father at Trail Apartments, 295 Boardman Ave. N.E., Boardman, who said juveniles forced his daughter into a restroom, locked her inside and stole items from her backpack.
12:49 p.m. - A 7-year-old boy used a foam bat to hit a 3-year-old boy on Southeast Sixth Street, Hermiston. The mother of the 3-year-old said there was no need for medics, but the hitter’s mother left with him and her other children and she has a description of the vehicle.
1:37 p.m. - Five black Angus bulls went missing from property on Sunquist Road, Milton-Freewater.
2:21 p.m. - A man on Lind Road, Umatilla, told law enforcement a woman came to his house and wanted to sell him some tools. He later found someone had broken into his shed and taken tools.
5:33 p.m. - A newspaper thief is on the loose. A caller on Weis Road, Milton-Freewater, reported someone in a white car has stolen newspapers from her driveway, and someone stole three papers from her neighbor. She asked to speak to someone with the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office.
6:42 p.m. - A woman said she moved into a residence at Green Acres Mobile Park, 53752 Appleton Road, Milton-Freewater, and found a box with passports, birth certificates and more.
•A Milton-Freewater police chase ended with the capture of a wanted man.
Milton-Freewater Police Chief Doug Boedigheimer reported an officer learned Richard Streck III, 40, of College Place, was driving a gray 2002 Chevrolet Suburban with Washington plates. Streck, though, had a misdemeanor warrant in Umatilla County and a felony warrant from the Washington Department of Corrections.
The officer saw the Suburban on Thursday afternoon near South Mill Street and Southeast Eighth Avenue. Streck was driving, saw the officer and “began eluding by driving recklessly on South Mill Street southbound.”
The officer pursued. Streck turned eastbound on Southeast Ninth Avenue. By then, several Milton-Freewater officers were in pursuit. Streck headed east out of town. Chase speeds did not exceed 65 mph, according to Boedigheimer.
Officers pursued Streck into a stubble wheat field off of Powerline Road, where he stopped and tried to run.
“He ultimately gave up, obeyed commands, and was taken into custody without harm or incident,” the chief reported.
Police booked Streck into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, on the warrants and for reckless driving and misdemeanor and felony counts of attempt to elude.
•Boardman police arrested Mario Junior Morales, 33, of 333 Marshal Loop, Boardman, for unauthorized use of a vehicle.
•Pendleton police arrested Alejandro Gonzales, 40, of Hermiston, for felony attempt to elude and a parole violation.