THURSDAY

3:35 a.m. - A Hermiston man told police he might look like a burglar but wasn’t one. The caller said he locked himself out of his home on Southwest 11th Street and was wearing black pants and gray-and-black hooded sweatshirt in case the neighbor’s call and reported someone was breaking in.

5:36 a.m. - Oregon State Police and other agencies responded to a crash on the westbound side of Interstate 84 near milepost 182. The driver, a 45-year-old woman from Stanfield, told police she saw something in the road, tried to miss object and lost control of her Accura RDX, which slid off the highway, hit the south shoulder and rolled one-and-a-half times before ended up on its roof.

Information indicated the driver was injured but did not specify to what extent.

9:05 a.m. - An Irrigon man reported his brother may have been involved with stealing $400 from him on Thanksgiving.

10:44 a.m. - Thieves stole propane tanks from Drakes RV Services, 4701 N.W. A Ave., Pendleton.

11:05 a.m. - Hermiston police received a request from a doctor to check on the welfare of a mother and her newborn child because the mother appears confused.

11:10 a.m. - A Pilot Rock woman reported she found a pink hunter ribbon tied around the post of her mailbox and last night a diesel pickup stopped in front of her driveway. She said she was concerned the ribbon could be a marker for someone to break into the house.

11:11 a.m. - A former employee of Keystone RV Co., Pendleton, picked up another employee’s check without permission.

2:43 p.m. - Dave Williams, principal of Sunridge Middle School, Pendleton, reported video shows an adult at the school Wednesday night stole a backpack.

3:12 p.m. - Hermiston police warned a Chihuahua owner after a caller on Northeast Sixth Street reported the dog bit his 12-year-old girl and ripped her jeans.

3:47 p.m. - A father reported his son in Boardman let an ex-girlfriend borrow the car and she has not brought it back.

6:16 p.m. - A deliver person for the Tri-City Herald newspaper reported the theft of the company’s sale rack from the Eastside Market, 582 E. Main St, Hermiston.

6:58 p.m. - A woman on North Golda Road, Hermiston, reported her 40-year-old son was threatening her.

ARRESTS, CITATIONS

•A caller at 2:15 p.m. identified a man who was stripping one of his vehicle at a residence on the 200 block of Lena Drive, Stanfield. The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested the suspect, Kevin Haskell Bond, 44, no address provided, for second-degree trespass, first-degree theft and third-degree criminal mischief.

12:42 a.m. - Three or four people siphoned fuel from vehicles at J & J Snack Foods Corp., 103 Depot St., Weston.

1:20 a.m. - The driver of a newer model Honda hatchback got away from an Oregon State Police trooper. The officer tried to stop the car for failing to stop at a stop sign at Adams and McCormmach roads north of Pendleton. The car headed north on Adams Road, then west on Myrick Road, where the cop called off the chase.

1:47 a.m. - A driver fled from Milton-Freewater police during a traffic stop and crashed into a parked car at Southeast Seventh Avenue and South Mill Street. The driver then escaped on foot.

8:17 a.m. - A property manager asked law enforcement to trespass a Boardman man from a home on Northeast Riverside Avenue, Pendleton, because he has been assaulting a woman there.

1:54 p.m. - A caller reported a burned up pickup was in a pile of boulders at the gravel pit on George Cyn Road north of Hoeft Road, Pendleton.

9:18 p.m. - A caller reported 20-30 people were at Kelly’s Restaurant & Lounge, 84509 Highway 11, Milton-Freewater, and many were “getting very drunk and are bragging they are professional drunk drivers.”

10:21 p.m. - An Irrigon man reported a 40-year-old man at about 5 p.m. at the city’s skate park punched his 11-year-old grandson and took his backpack.

11:05 a.m. - A Pendleton man on Southwest Fifth Street reported the theft of his 50-inch TV.

11:44 a.m. - A woman told Pendleton police a man stole her fiancé’s handcuffs, watch and beanie near the Red Lion hotel on the 300 block of Southeast Nye Avenue.

2:19 p.m. - Someone stole a .45-caliber Citadel handgun from a home on Naches Avenue, Umatilla.

3:11 p.m. - A caller on Valley View Drive, Pendleton reported the theft of thousands of dollars of Anheuser-Busch steins from his residence.

8:05 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a Helix resident who said neighbors were yelling and fighting and threatened him, and he wanted them not to threaten him.

9:56 p.m. - A father at Green Acres Mobile Park on Appleton Road, Milton-Freewater, reported a dog bit his daughter on her arm and face, but she did not need medics.

12:39 p.m. - A member of the Oregon National Guard reported the theft of a government-issued assault bag and gear and other items from his vehicle on Southeast Court Avenue.

5:30 p.m. - A Milton-Freewater woman told police someone hit her vehicle with a rock while she was in the area of North Columbia and Eastside Connect streets.

10:30 p.m. - A caller reported the theft of her 1998 blue Honda Civic from apartments on Third Street, Umatilla.

Saturday

•Oregon State Police cited Daniel Kris Crandall, 54, of Umatilla, for driving under the influence of intoxicants. His blood alcohol level was .19 percent, more than twice the legal limit of .08 percent.

Sunday

•Umatilla tribal police arrested Audra Marcell Reuben, 31, and Lowell Arnold Pierre, 40, both of Pendleton, for dangerous drugs, and criminal activity in drugs. Police also arrested Reuben for unauthorized use of a vehicle and arrested Lowell for carrying a concealed weapon.

For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 15 (GOOD) with a particulate level reading of 3.7. 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.

5:37 a.m. — An Oregon State Police officer pursued a vehicle driving around 125 mph while turning its headlights on and off eastbound on Interstate 84 near milepost 218. The driver then pulled the emergency brake and came to an uncontrolled stop against a fence off the shoulder of the freeway and fled from the vehicle on foot. While the officer waited for backup, he observed a naked female walking back to the vehicle and detained her, eventually identifying her as the driver. The woman was taken by ambulance to St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton, where she was determined to be in a mental crisis; she agreed to being placed in the Lifeways Treatment Center in Pendleton for further treatment. Lifeways later called Pendleton police to report the woman had walked away from the center.

6:49 a.m. — Milton-Freewater police received a report of a car stolen from a residence in the 500 block of North Elizabeth Street.

7:15 a.m. — A yellow 1970 Trail 90 motorcycle was reported stolen sometime during the previous night from Starlight Imaging, 109 N.E. Ellis Ave., Pendleton.

7:36 a.m. — A Stanfield resident on West Harding Avenue requested Stanfield police remove her son from the home after he “came home high and yelling at nothing and acting crazy.”

8:20 a.m. — A resident of Fifth Street, Umatilla, complained to Umatilla police that his neighbors are running a business out of their home and are dispatching trucks at 3 a.m. and blocking the driveways.

8:46 a.m. — The manager at Knights Inn, 310 S.E. Dorion Ave., reported a domestic altercation.

9:15 a.m. — A Milton-Freewater resident contacted Milton-Freewater police after a seat was stolen from his vehicle while it was parked in the 1100 block of North Columbia Street. The caller said he purchased the vehicle about a year ago and the man who stole the seat is now trying to sell it back to him but is not returning messages.

11:49 a.m. — An Irrigon man who recovered his stolen wallet reported to the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office that his Social Security card is still missing. The case is under investigation.

12:00 p.m. — A Subrosa bicycle valued at $450 was reported stolen from a residence on East Beebe Avenue, Hermiston. The caller requested a call from a Hermiston police officer.

2:08 p.m. — The manager of Shady Rest Mobile Home Court, 28716 Highway 730, Umatilla, requested contact from a Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy concerning a couple living at the park that have “frequent altercations.” The caller said she is concerned for the woman and for other residents of the park, as the man has been seen chasing his wife with a knife.

2:40 p.m. — Umatilla County sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence on East Loop Road, Hermiston, after a woman called concerning something she discovered in a bucket, wrapped in plastic, in the front seat of a vehicle that has been abandoned on her property.

2:50 p.m. — A resident of East Highway 730, Irrigon, reported a 40-foot ladder was taken from his backyard about a week ago. Morrow County sheriff’s deputies took a theft report.

2:53 p.m. — Pendleton police were called after packages valued at more than $500 were stolen from a front porch on Northwest Seventh Street.

3:02 p.m. — A Frito Lay employee working at Safeway, 990 S. Highway 395, Hermiston, reported her jacket was stolen while she was stocking shelves and the keys to the company truck were in the jacket.

3:39 p.m. — The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office took a report of mail theft from pedestal mailboxes on Southeast 14th Street and Southeast Hurd Place, Irrigon, including at least one package.

4:19 p.m. — A resident of Northeast Hebron Drive, Pendleton, reported a possible burglary. The caller said the locks in the downstairs basement area have been unlocked and a freezer was left open, spoiling the meat inside. He requested a Pendleton police officer meet him at the house.

4:20 p.m. — New residents of Northeast Second Place, Hermiston, called Hermiston police to report they are being harassed by the neighbors. The caller said the neighbors are threatening to “call immigration about her parents.”

5:40 p.m. — A burglary was reported at a residence on Sunquist Road, Milton-Freewater. Umatilla County sheriff’s deputies took a theft report.

6:43 p.m. — An employee at Motel 6, 655 N. First St., Hermiston, reported a customer advised him he heard what may have been gun shots near the hotel. Hermiston police took a report.

8:14 p.m. — A vehicle traveling southbound at a high rate of speed on Highway 11 outside Milton-Freewater rear-ended another vehicle near milepost 33, damaging both cars. Both drivers were taken to St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla, with injuries. The driver who rear-ended the other vehicle was found to have a blood alcohol content of 0.24 percent after showing indicators of impairment during an Oregon State Police interview at the hospital. Multiple charges are pending.

8:18 p.m. — A man walked into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, and attempted to turn himself in because he thought there was an arrest warrant issued for him. He became verbally abusive and threatened to do something to get arrested when he found out he was not wanted by Oregon police.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Ricky Lyle Cheesman, 52, transient, for possession of methamphetamine and harassment constituting domestic violence.

For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 52 (MODERATE) with a particulate level reading of 12.4. 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.

3:00 a.m. - A man driving south on North Columbia Street, Milton-Freewater, lost traction on his trailer and struck a crosswalk sign in the median at the intersection of North Columbia and North First Street. No injuries were reported.

3:01 a.m. - Oregon State Police observed a black Acura Integra stopped alongside eastbound Interstate 84 near milepost 228, partially blocking the right-hand lane. The officer attempted to make a traffic stop and the vehicle’s driver would not yield at low speeds, then sped off at a high rate of speed; the officer terminated the chase due to road conditions. A check of the license plate revealed the vehicle was reported stolen from Richland, Wash. The officer later found the vehicle stuck in a snowbank at the exit 228 eastbound on-ramp, but the driver had fled on foot into the woods and a search turned up nothing.

7:10 a.m. - Oregon State Police responded to a rollover accident near milepost 202 on westbound I-84. The vehicle slid off the roadway due to icy conditions and rolled once, landing on its wheels. The passengers were transported to Wal-Mart in Pendleton; there was no indication of injuries.

8:02 a.m. - A resident of Southwest 27th Street, Pendleton, reported a window was broken out of their car but nothing appeared to be missing.

8:31 a.m. - Thieves broke out the window of a vehicle parked at Oxbow Trail, West Elm Extension and Northwest 11th Street, Hermiston, and stole a purse and cell phone.

12:46 p.m. - Pilot Rock police took a theft report from a caller at Southwest Birch Place.

1:27 p.m. - A man who thought his friends were playing a joke on him finally reported his gray 1998 Ford Taurus stolen from Eldorado Apartments, 245 N.W. 11th St., Hermiston. The caller said the vehicle has been gone since sometime in October.

1:28 p.m. - A Milton-Freewater man backing out of a driveway in the 800 block of College Street saw a Milton-Freewater police car approaching and tried to stop, but his car slid on the icy street and struck the right rear quarter panel of the officer’s vehicle. No one was injured.

3:00 p.m. - Union Pacific Railroad employees called the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office to report trespassers on railroad property southeast of Meacham. The caller said the two men with firearms were dragging a dead animal, but could give no further details except GPS coordinates.

3:05 p.m. - Pendleton police received a theft report from a resident of Southeast 20th Street. A package containing a laser for her pistol was stolen from the caller’s porch while she was out of town Nov. 25.

4:22 p.m. - A tow truck attempting to pick up a vehicle abandoned on I-84 near milepost 223.5 slid backward into the vehicle, damaging the passenger side rear door, according to OSP.

5:22 p.m. - Icy roads caused a minor fender-bender on Highway 395 South, milepost 6B, south of Pendleton.

6:22 p.m. - Umatilla police were called to the Riverside Sports Bar and Lounge, 1501 Sixth St., for a man who reported he was assaulted by a woman. The man was bleeding from the nose and hand, but claimed he didn’t touch the woman. He declined medical assistance.

8:25 p.m. - A passerby reported a fire hydrant lying in the middle of the street outside Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, 565 W. Hermiston Ave., Hermiston. The caller said no water was leaking from the hydrant’s base.

8:45 p.m. - A vehicle traveling westbound on I-84 near milepost 176 at a high rate of speed failed to notice a vehicle in front of it was traveling much slower due to mechanical issues. The following vehicle rear-ended the slower one, which ended up on the north shoulder of the road while the other came to rest in the median. No one was injured, according to OSP.

9:34 p.m. - Pendleton police investigated a report from a resident of Southeast Emigrant Avenue who said a neighbor is continually hooking up his water to her outside water supply and has also hooked up to her electricity in the past. She requested officer contact at her home.

10:50 p.m. - OSP reported a pickup overtaking an SUV on Interstate 84 westbound at milepost 234 slid on icy roads and hit the SUV, causing minor damage. The pickup driver over-corrected and hit the median barrier, and the SUV slid off the freeway, knocking down the exit 234 sign. There were no reported injuries.

11:07 p.m. - Pendleton police were called to oust a man sleeping in a tent on the back lawn of the Red Lion Inn, 304 S.E. Nye Ave., and refusing to leave.

For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 55 (MODERATE) with a particulate level reading of 13.8. 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.

11:59 p.m. - A Pilot Rock caller reported her daughter found an Angora goat with a pink halter on the side of Battle Mountain.

12:20 p.m. - A man in the bottle recycling room at the Pendleton Safeway reported “some guy” grabbed his bottles and recycled them for money, then left in a green vehicle.

12:37 p.m. - The winter storm brought the usual slew of crashes, starting with a report of a car wreck at Cutsforth Corner on Highway 207, Lexington. Throughout the course of the day, the Morrow County dispatch received calls for another 11 crashes. Pendleton police received six calls for services at crashes, and the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office fielded five.

Drive careful, everyone.

4:45 p.m. - A semi blocked traffic on Highway 11 near the Pendleton Tire Factory because the driver refused to put chains on the rig’s tires.

4:54 p.m. - Oregon State Police called for a tow truck to remove a vehicle on the eastbound side of Interstate 84 about 10 miles west of Pendleton because it was in the way of state snow plows.

9:46 p.m. - An Athena caller on North Hunt Street reported her dog barked and she looked outside and saw footprints in the snow all around her house and toward her neighbors’ houses. The Umatilla County Sherff’s Office sent a deputy, who did not find any prowler.

10:30 p.m. - And a man on Deschutes Avenue, Umatilla, reported chasing off prowlers.

For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was unavailable, due to the weather station being offline. 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.

7:20 p.m. - Emergency services in Hermiston received a report of a vehicle striking a male near the Field Of Dreams on East Diagonal Boulevard, Hermiston.

9:48 p.m. - A caller on East Beebe Avenue, Hermiston, reported her neighbor died and someone was inside his home.

11:50 a.m. - A caller reported a tenant that lives at the recreational vehicle park at the Pilot Travel Center, Stanfield, dumped raw sewage in the site’s waste container.

2:26 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received second-hand information of a caller harassing a man living at J D Gonzalez Trucking, 30386 Oldfield, Hermiston. The man received a hundred calls and texts messages in 12 hours from one person, which also sent calls and texts to the man’s wife.

2:56 p.m. - Someone broken the lottery machine at Fortune Garden, 1200 N. First St., Hermiston, and video cameras captured the incident.

10:58 p.m. - A Hermiston caller reported her friend showed up and her place of business with a female, and the female was trespassing. The man was the victim of the earlier phone harassment.

11:12 p.m. - Two Rivers Correctional Institution, Umatilla, reported a 59-year-old man in the prison was suffering a possible heart attack. An ambulance from Irrigon took the man to Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston.

1:07 a.m. - Juvenile girls ran around Spruce Village Apartments, 625 N.W. Spruce St., Hermiston, swearing, yelling and looking in windows to try and take photos of people.

6:55 a.m. - A semi driver at the Pilot Travel Center, 2115 S. Highway 395. Stanfield, reported another driver yelled and threatened him for taking too long to get out of the parking spots.

10:27 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a report of five starving horses at Banks Lane and East Punkin Center Road, Hermiston. They have been without hay for four days, the caller said.

2:08 p.m. - Pendleton medics responded to Aldrich Park, 1000 N.W. King Ave., for a woman who broke her ankle.

2:46 p.m. - A man on East Wilshire Avenue, Hermiston, reported a green parrot was at his bird feeder. He said he tried to catch it, but it flew into a tree.

8:22 p.m. - A caller reported her father was at the mobile home park Bella Vista Estates Cooperative, 705 Paul Smith Road, Boardman, had a knife and was trying to kill her boyfriend.

1:32 a.m. - A mother asked Hermiston police to check on the welfare of her 21-year-old daughter who was wrapped in a blanket and outdoors in the area of East Gladys Avenue and Northeast Fourth Street.

1:35 a.m. - A man at the Riverside Sports Bar & Lounge, 1501 Sixth St., Umatilla, reported he lost his identification and wanted the number for the Mexican consulate. The caller also was too intoxicated to understand and would not answer questions.

6:52 a.m. - Boardman fire and ambulance responded to a large barn on fire on Kunze Lane, Boardman.

1:33 p.m. - A man on Cobb Road, Milton-Freewater, reported a burglary and the theft of his cellphone, .308-caliber Enfield rifle and possibly more.

1:35 p.m. - Juvenile rivers on four-wheelers dragged others behind them in the snow and ice in the Highland Summit area of Hermiston. A caller said they were driving erratically and lacked supervision.

4:05 p.m. - An older teen reported she did not want to drop off her younger sister with their mother in Irrigon because she seemed to be suffering a possible mental episode.

5:44 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received a second-hand report of a male beating a female at a trailer on the 61300 block of Dee Cox Road, Heppner.

10:40 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office took a report of domestic violence from a woman on Adams Road, Pendleton.

Friday

•Pendleton police arrested Sarah Ann Pierre, 38, of Pendleton, for giving false information, possession of methamphetamine, and violating parole.

•Stanfield police arrested Virgil Ray Robbins, 41, of Hermiston, for driving under the influence of intoxicants, supplying contraband (drugs), and driving while suspended/revoked. Court records show Robbins is serving two years of probation for a DUII conviction from Oct. 31.

Saturday

•Pilot Rock police arrested Terry Dean Schoen, 58, of Hermiston, for menacing and felony fourth-degree assault, both domestic violence charges.

•Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Mark Anthony Cano Sr., 46, of Stanfield, for DUII, reckless driving, and second-degree disorderly conduct.

•Oregon State Police arrested Mitchell Lee Carry Moccasin, 36, of College Place, Washington, for DUII. The arrest came after a trooper responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of highways 339 and 332, Milton-Freewater, where a Jeep Liberty t-boned a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup.

The driver of the Dodge told the trooper he was facing south and stopped a stop sign when the Jeep ran the stop and plowed into his vehicle.

Carry Moccasin drove the Jeep, according to state police, and right off the trooper smelled alcohol on his breath. Carry Moccasin also had “bloodshot and glassy” eyes and showed “signs of impairment” during a sobriety test.

State police also reported the trooper arrested Carry Moccasin for drunk driving and took him to the Milton-Freewater Police Department, where he took a breath test that revealed a .19 percent blood-alcohol level, more than twice the .08 percent legal limit. From there, the trooper took Carry-Moccasin to the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton.

•Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jason Paul Stinchcomb, 41, of Weston, for felony fourth-degree assault (domestic violence).

Sunday

•Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Mikael Iacob Butler, 18, no address provided, for second-degree theft and second-degree burglary.

•Stanfield police arrested April Mae Bautista, 39, of Stanfield, on a warrant for failure to appear in an assault and weapons case and for possession of methamphetamine.

•Pendleton police arrested Dominick Ski Burrows, 28, no address provided, for DUII.

1:29 a.m. - Pendleton police responded to Mosa, 138 S. Main St., Pendleton, after staff there reported a patron was the victim of assault and wanted to press charges.

1:30 p.m. - A Pendleton woman reported her fiancé was “out of control.” He yelled, “popped a bunch of balloons and threw a cake in the garbage.”

5:44 p.m. - Staff at the Circle K, 309 S.E. Nye Ave., Pendleton, reported a woman in a green sedan hit the fuel attendant with her car and sped off. The attendant declined medical help but said the driver did it on purpose.

8:25 a.m. - An employee at Sun Ridge Retirement Community, 3234 S.W. Nye Ave., Pendleton, called police after a man in his 20s entered, asked strange questions about Japan and urinated on the floor.

4:17 a.m. - A Pendleton man on Northwest Bailey Avenue caught someone breaking into his wife’s vehicle. She called police while he talked to the suspect.

8:39 a.m. - A Pendleton-area man told law enforcement he thinks his neighbor’s relatives are taking advantage of her.

9:13 a.m. - Violating restraining orders has become easier and sometimes more insidious in our digital world. A woman in Hermiston told police the man she has a protection order against sent her a friend request on Facebook, which she declined. But the man also hacked her Facebook account, she said, and edited her life events to reflect she married him.

10:22 a.m. - Pendleton police received a report of someone in a 1960s model yellow van building a ski jump at the parking lot between the high school and the public pool.

1:45 p.m. - A Rieth man reported his granddaughter in April stole his wife’s jewelry.

2:19 .m. - A Pendleton woman reported another woman has harassed her for the past two weeks, including calls to her work and family.

5:01 p.m. - Pendleton police took a theft report from a man at Riverside Mobile Estates, 2712 N.E. Riverside Ave., who reported a woman he knows got her belongings and she stole his full pack of cigarettes and lighter. The items were worth $7.

8:42 p.m. - Hermiston police received a call to respond to Denny’s, 2265 S. Highway 395, Hermiston, to check on a customer who made staff there uncomfortable. She came in around 5 p.m. and refused to move to a smaller table, would not pay or leave and barely touched her food.

•Pendleton police arrested Levi Lavonte Riley, 22, of Savannah, Georgia, for felon in possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm.

•Slick roads are bad enough, but add intoxicated driving to the mix ...

Oregon State Police arrested Kelsie Marie Steiner, 21, of Fruitland, Idaho, for driving under the influence of intoxicants (controlled substance) after the Kia Sportage she was driving hit ice and spun out on the westbound side of Interstate 82 near milepost 234 and ended up right in the path of a semi and trailer. The big rig’s driver, though, turned and hit a pillar on the right side of the highway.

For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 40 (GOOD) with a particulate level reading of 9.8. 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.

6:55 a.m. - The case of the missing Cat.

Oregon State Police received a report of a Caterpillar front end loader missing from a sand shed off Highway 395 near milepost 49. A trooper investigated and received information about damaged road signs and fog markers south of the shed. The trooper found the big vehicle on its side in a ditch near milepost 38.

The Oregon Department of Transportation was going to remove the Cat, and state police would examine it for clues as to who stole it. The case remains under investigation.

7:41 a.m. - A Hermiston mother at Viewcrest Apartments, 525 S.W. 13th Place, told police the neighbor below her stopped her son, yelled at him and threatened him from her window.

8:08 a.m. - A caller reported the theft of a flatbed trailer from the construction site near Vadata, 3200 Beach Access Road, Umatilla.

10:21 a.m. - Hermiston police received a report of a cougar behind Safeway at the Hermiston Plaza Shopping Center at East Highland Avenue and Highway 395. Police did not find any big cat.

1:56 p.m. - Umatilla police looked into complaints of dogs out in the cold at a home on D Street.

2:51 p.m. - A Hermiston resident told police she arrived home on Northeast Willow Court and a silver Chevrolet Silverado pickup with Washington plates sped off from in front of her residence. She said there were footprints around the house and a broken screen in the back.

2:56 p.m. - Vandals in four-wheel drive vehicles tore through wheat fields at Lee Street Grade and Campbell roads, Pendleton.

3:09 p.m. - Umatilla County sheriff’s deputies warned a man about coming into a Milton-Freewater woman’s home unannounced.

3:53 p.m. - Hermiston police responded to Sandstone Middle School, Hermiston, on a report of a juvenile with marijuana.

4:18 p.m. - A manager at the Umatilla Port of Entry, Umatilla, reported a former employee is poaching clients and fraudulently claiming to work for the port.

8:17 p.m. - Law enforcement received a call about vehicles having to swerve around the “can man” in the right lane at South First Street and West Gettman Road, Hermiston.

•Umatilla County sheriff’s deputies at about 9:20 a.m. responded to a home on the 300 block of South Water Street, Weston, on a report of a man trying to stab his brother. Deputies arrested Kenneth Allen Green, 23, for menacing, a misdemeanor.

•Oregon State Police arrested Cirillo Ramos Contreras, 35, no address provided, for driving under the influence of intoxicants (alcohol).

For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 30 (GOOD) with a particulate level reading of 7.4. 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.

9:02 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call about an animal carcass at North Ott and East Punkin Center roads, Hermiston.

9:46 a.m.- A city of Milton-Freewater employee reported going to a house on Winesap Road on a power call and found a horse in a small stall without water or food and in manure 3 feet deep.

11:08 a.m. - Hermiston police responded to a home on Southwest 11th Street after a caller reported a male wearing black gloves and a black hood tried to open her front door. Police found no suspect.

1:25 p.m. - A caller told Hermiston police someone stole the battery out of her car on Northwest 13th Street, and the day before someone stole fuel from the car.

2:31 p.m. - A Umatilla resident on Columbia Boulevard asked for police help to deal with the people stealing from her apartment. So far, they took a light bulb, three ice chests, two barbecue grills and laundry.

3:48 p.m. - Pendleton police took a report about a dog owner on Southwest Seventh Street who has left out a Rottweiler for three days.

8:18 p.m. - A caller on East Beeach Avenue, Hermiston, reported a man stole more than $1,000 cash from her. She knew his first name, she said, but not his last or where he lives.

9:12 p.m. - The driver of a white sedan spun cookies near La Palma Restaurant, 231 E. Hurlburt Ave., Hermiston, until the car became high centered.

9:19 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a truck driver punching a man on Interstate 84 near Hermiston.

10:14 p.m. - A Hermiston woman reported her ex-husband keeps harassing her with calls and texts, but she has no protection order against him.

•Dante Lamar Marshall, 30, of Snellville, Georgia, ended up in the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, for domestic violence assault.

The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office around 4:40 p.m. responded to a home on Northeast 10th Street, Hermiston, after a woman there reported Marshall hit and bit her and destroyed her property. Deputies arrested Marshall and put him in jail for felony fourth-degree assault and resisting arrest.

Marshall already has a domestic violence assault case pending following his Oct. 31 arrest. Court records show he skipped his Nov. 14 court hearing to face that charge.

His victim was the same in both cases.

•Boardman police arrested Cynthia Ann Brown, 28, of Boardman, for fourth-degree assault.

•Boardman police arrested Tyler Maurice Messersmith, 31, no address provided, for third-degree and fourth-degree assault.

4 a.m. - Fire departments from Morrow County Fire Station 7 and Boardman responded to a possible furnace fire in the wall of a home on Wagon Trail Road, Echo.

6:52 a.m. - A mother at Pendleton Square Apartments Phase II, Southwest 12th Drive, Pendleton, reported a woman stole her daughter’s black 2007 Ford Focus sometime after midnight. Pendleton police took a theft report.

9:28 a.m. - An employee of Traner’s Plumbing, 80611 N. Highway 395, Hermiston, reported to the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office that someone during the night ran into the side of the building, damaging some of the siding.

12:59 p.m.- A semi driver at Pilot Travel Center, 2115 S. Highway 395, Stanfield, called police to report someone threw something at his windshield and broke it.

1:15 p.m. - A resident of Southwest 13th Street, Pendleton, reported a man on a four-wheel-drive ATV with a blade on the front “pushed all the snow out into the middle of the road.” He requested contact from an officer.

1:36 p.m.- Pendleton police received a call from a woman who had her wallet stolen while she was staying at the Pendleton Motel 6 on Dec. 10. She said she thought she had lost the wallet until the Baker City Police Department called her to report they had video of subjects using her ID at a motel there, and the thieves stole items from a room. She asked to talk to an officer.

1:38 p.m. - Two employees at Hagoth Industries, Weston, got into a physical altercation, one of the men reported to the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office. The caller said his supervisor tried to push him to the ground and grabbed him by the jacket. A sheriff’s deputy took a report.

3:16 p.m. - A neighbor watching a house on Vansycle Road, Helix, reported a possible burglary. She requested a Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy investigate the intruders.

3:36 p.m. - One person suffered injuries when the Toyota pickup she was in crashed on Interstate 84 near milepost 183.

The vehicle was eastbound when the 20-year-old driver from Auburn, Washington, lost control. The pickup crossed onto the median and rolled several times before stopping on the westbound side of the freeway.

The 19-year-old female passenger from Issaquah, Washington, suffered injuries, and an ambulance took her to Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston. The driver also went, but he was not injured.

4 p.m. - A customer at Harvest Foods, 1411 Sixth St., Umatilla, came into the store to report to employees that a vehicle drove up to the side of the store and stole their recycling cans. The customer supplied the store with the information about the thief’s vehicle.

5:10 p.m. - Two juveniles pulled each other on a snowboard behind a vehicle on Southwest Hailey Avenue and 13th Street, Pendleton, but police were unable to find them.

8:14 p.m. - An Irrigon resident reported a Chevrolet Suburban drove erratically between Seventh Street and California Avenue. The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office sent a deputy, who found the vehicle and talked to the occupants, who said they got stuck in the snow and were sledding.

8:24 p.m. - A white 1980 Chevrolet was reported stolen from the Safeway parking lot, 220 S.W. 20th St., Pendleton. Pendleton police took a theft report.

FRIDAY

2:04 a.m. - A resident of Southwest First Street, Pendleton, scared two men trying to break into his truck. The caller was unable to describe the men, and Pendleton police were unable to locate the potential thieves.

•Pendleton police arrested Sade Tyel Bronson, 30, of Lewiston, Idaho, for first-degree theft (theft of more than $1,000), at the Pendleton Wal-Mart, 2203 S.W. Court Ave.

•Hermiston police arrested David Daniel Diaz, 19, of Hermiston, for domestic violence fourth-degree assault and strangulation, as well as on three misdemeanor warrants for failure to appear.

2:04 a.m. - Two males tried to break into a pickup on Southwest First Street, Pendleton, but the vehicle’s owner scare them off. Police did not find the suspects.

2:10 a.m. - A resident of Southgate Village Apartments, 1105 S. First St., Hermiston, called 9-1-1 to report someone parked in his parking spot. The dispatch center told him to talk to the apartment manager.

10:55 a.m. - Umatilla police received a complaint about transients hanging out in the conference room and lobby at Umatilla City Hall, 700 Sixth St.

11:50 a.m. - A 34-year-old semi driver failed to use chains where the state required them slid off the westbound side of Interstate 84 near milepost 222. He was not injured and was able to drive. That was among the many slide-offs, wrecks and roll-overs Oregon State Police and local agencies responded to during the weekend. No one, though, reported serious or life-threatening injuries.

12:59 p.m. - Another man’s identity prevented a Hermiston man from buying a gun. At least for a while.

The local 27-year-old went to the Hermiston Bi-Mart to buy a gun until a background check reported he was in a mental heath institution in Alabama, which disqualified him from buying the gun.

Oregon State Police responded, and a trooper found out the buyer and the Alabama resident shared the same spellings on his first, middle and last names and shared the same date of birth. Police concluded the person trying to buy the gun was not the person in a mental institution.

1:10 p.m. - A resident on Northeast 15ht Street, Hermiston, told law enforcement the neighbor’s pit bull dog killed 20 of his chickens.

2:17 p.m. - A caller said she was concerned for the safety of two children digging a hole in the snow pile in the parking lot across from Trinity Lutheran Church, 485 W. Locust Ave., Hermiston.

3:05 p.m. - Fire destroyed a Dodge pickup that was heading east on Interstate 84 near milepost 224. Oregon State Police reported the vehicle caught fire for an unknown reason and no one was injured.

4:22 p.m. - Umatilla police received a 9-1-1 report of a dog without food, water or shelter in the back yard of a home on Chinook Court, Umatilla. Reports of neglected pets were among the most common calls for service during the weekend.

5:27 p.m. - A woman reported the theft of her black 1997 Honda Prelude from Northwest 13th Street, Hermiston.

8:03 p.m. - A Pendleton caller complained about having a lousy taxi ride and asked to speak to police. She said the driver hit holes and she twice hit her head.

9 p.m. - A mother Stanfield reported people harassed her teenage son on the internet for months, and Friday night they found him on social media and started harassing him again.

3:39 a.m. - Firefighters responded to a vehicle fire on Locust Street, Stanfield.

10:13 a.m.- Staff at Eastern Oregon Detox Center, 4705 N.W. Pioneer Place, Pendleton, reported a woman who seemed intoxicated was there 45 minutes earlier and tried to leave with a client. She was in a red Mercedes M320 with Oregon Plates and called the center and, again, sounded intoxicated. She was gone by the time police arrived.

3:15 p.m. - Echo firefighters responded to a house fire on West Halstead Street, Echo.

5:09 p.m. - A Hermiston-area man told law enforcement is wife left their home and threatened to harm and kill him.

5:36 p.m. - A Weston man said he argued with his mother over picking up cigarettes, she made threats and now he worried about his animals at her home.

5:52 p.m. - A caller reported the bank card reader was “yanked out” at Bank of Eastern Oregon, Irrigon.

9:16 p.m. - Staff at the Hermiston Warming Station, 1075 S. Highway 395, reported the theft of the stations LG flip phone.

9:18 p.m. - Stanfield police received a report of a possible drunk driver who struck a Chevrolet Suburban in the snow at Stanfield High School.

2:35 a.m. - Pendleton police responded to Mosa 138 S. Main St., Pendleton, for a drunk male and female using racial slurs and trying to start fights with others in the bar.

10:33 a.m. - A Pilot Rock man reported the theft of a .40-caliber handgun from his home on Southwest Fifth Street.

2:01 p.m. - Water spewed across the road from the side of the regional waste facility at Feedville Road and Highway 207, Hermiston.

9:12 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint about the man riding a lawn mower several times each day and night past a neighborhood on North Second Street, Athena.

Sunday

•Pendleton police cited Isaac Vanpelt, no age or address provided, for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

•Oregon State Police arrested Mark Sheldon Warner, 53, of Pilot Rock, for DUII (alcohol).

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Oscar Casteneda, 25, of 210 N.E. 14th Ave., Milton-Freewater, for disorderly conduct and possession of methamphetamine.

For the last 24 hours, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 15 (GOOD) with a particulate level reading of 3.7. The Air Quality Forecast for today is a YELLOW DAY. No open burning is allowed on YELLOW DAYS. Weather forecast calls for chance of rain in the morning, high winds gusting to 38 mph and a poor Ventilation Index. 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.

6:57 a.m. - A driver for U.S. Linen called Pendleton police to report she had lost two tires in the middle of the intersection at Northgate and Westgate. The driver said she had help on the way but was blocking the road. Another stranded motorist at 9:28 a.m. reported her car slid into the curb at Northwest 10th Street and Horn Avenue and she couldn’t get out of the car due to the icy street. She requested assistance because she was not parked well and afraid someone would hit her car.

7:08 a.m. - A county vehicle was damaged sometime overnight while parked in the 700 block of East Broadway, Milton-Freewater.

7:24 a.m. - Milton-Freewater police received a report of a lock cut off a shed at Horizon Project, 608 N. Russell.

8 a.m. - Two callers on the 81300 block of North Golda Road, Hermiston, told the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office a German shepherd entered a neighboring yard and attacked another dog. The owner of the shepherd called first to report the neighbor shot her dog, and three minutes later the owner of the injured dog called to report he kicked the attacking dog away and tried to get his dog inside the house, but the shepherd came onto his porch and attacked his dog again. The second caller went inside, got his gun and shot at the dog, which ran across the street to its home. Both callers requested contact from a deputy.

12:07 p.m. - A resident of East Birch Creek Road, Pilot Rock, reported he was the victim of a scam after mailing $4,200 to Publisher’s Clearing House. He requested police contact.

1:43 p.m. - An employee at Central Machinery Sales, 78112 Highway 207, Hermiston, called the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office to file a harassment report on the advice of his lawyer after an altercation at work with a coworker. The caller said he found a loaded pistol in a coworker’s desk while he was looking for paperwork and reported it to management and the human resources department, who told the gun’s owner to remove it from the premises. When the caller returned later to look for more paperwork in the same desk the pistol’s owner saw him and threatened him.

2:48 p.m. - A residence on Stateline and Burggraff roads, Milton-Freewater, was burglarized and an air compressor, pressure washer and other tools stolen. The owner requested contact from a Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy.

5:03 p.m. - The air traffic controller at the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport, Pendleton, reported a blue laser at 3:48 p.m. illuminated an aircraft flying about 4,500 feet above sea level and 5 or 6 miles east-northeast of Pendleton. The aircraft was safe and on the ground, the controller also advised.

6:22 p.m. - Umatilla County sheriff’s deputies were advised of two poachers in the area of Bensel Road and Alpine Drive, Hermiston, shooting at a buck and a doe. The poachers were driving a light blue full-size pickup and fired six shots. Sheriff’s deputies were unable to locate the shooters.

8:22 p.m. - A Galaxy S6 cellphone was stolen out of an unlocked car parked on Raymond Street, Umatilla. The caller told Umatilla police a neighbor saw a man in a red sweater take the phone.

•Hermiston police arrested Diane Rochelle Berecz, 43, of Hermiston, for delivery of methamphetamine and driving while suspended, and on a felony probation violation.

1:55 a.m. - A Hermiston man on West Madrona Avenue reported someone was breaking into his car and he would wait for police.

4:36 a.m. - Hermiston police received a call from a man on West Linda Avenue who said he and his girlfriend were having an argument and she locked him out of his home.

12:06 p.m. - A woman told Hermiston police her ex-boyfriend wants his belongings from her home. She said he showed up around 4 a.m. at her house on West Linda Avenue and refused to leave for about an hour.

12:07 p.m. - A Pilot Rock man complained about the feral cats around his property on South Alder Street.

12:14 p.m. - A woman asked police to check on her friend living in Echo. She said they spoke on the phone Tuesday and her friend said another man was in the house and broke the TV and more.

12:43 p.m. - Hermiston police responded to Ridgeway Village Apartments, 725 W. Ridgeway Ave., on a report of a woman breaking a man’s belongings, including the windshield on his vehicle.

3:48 p.m. - Credit card fraud hit a Pendleton woman. She told law enforcement someone used her credit card in Florence and charged more than $1,000 for two items delivered to a woman at a Florence address. She said her card company reversed the charges but she wanted to report the crime.

5:16 p.m. - Two Doberman Pinschers were “squealing” outside their home on Southeast 10th Street, Pendleton. A neighbor reported the dogs made noise before, but this time it was bad. The caller asked police to check on the dogs.

6:07 p.m. - A Pendleton man told police his adult son and his friends come over and were disrespectful.

7:02 p.m. - An Athena resident reported a dark gray newer Ford Mustang without a front plate was in front of her home at North Hunt and West Washington streets. She said she asked the driver, a male about 21, if she could help him, and he told her he was waiting for a friend. She asked why he didn’t park in front of the friend’s house, and he answered the friend “was just weird like that” about him coming over.

The situation, she said, seemed suspicious.

8:21 p.m. - Pendleton police received an emergency call about a two-tone brown vehicle with the “windshield completely frozen over” going the wrong way on Southwest Court Avenue near 10th Street.

10:41 p.m. - Hermiston police received a report of drunk people threatening to harm a man and damage his vehicle at an apartment on West Hermiston Avenue near 11th Street.

ARRESTS, CITATIONS

•Oregon State Police arrested a Milton-Freewater man after he relieved himself in public.

State police reported a black Nissan Altima was northbound on Highway 11 about four miles south of Pendleton at about 4:40 p.m., when the driver lost control while passing another vehicle. The Nissan left the road, drove across a ditch and into a field. The driver came back to the highway, where the car slid down an embankment.

Trooper Ryan Sharp contacted the driver, who, according to state police, “was urinating on the side of the road.”

Francisco Javier Palacios Garcia, 23, of 513 N.E. Eighth Ave., Apt. B-1, Milton-Freewater, also showed other signs of intoxications. Palacios Garcia consented to sobriety tests, and afterward Sharp arrested him for driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless driving and booked him into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton.

•Milton-Freewater police arrested Beverly Jean Evans, 70, of 648 College St., Milton-Freewater, for DUI, reckless driving, and hit and run (failure to perform duties of a driver).