MONDAY, March 6
HFES Medical Calls - 10
HFES motor vehicle accidents - 1
11:37 a.m. - HFES responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a black sports car and an industrial crane truck. Hermiston crews were able to direct traffic at the scene and move vehicles out of the roadway. After mitigation of incident and pt contact Scene was released to Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office.
11:27 a.m. - Hermiston police responded to a report of shoplifting at the Dollar Tree Store on Highway 395.
11:51 a.m. - Hermiston police received a 9-1-1 report of a male hitting a female in the parking lot of a U.S. Cellular store.
12:54 - An employee of Taco Bell, 1677 N. First St., Hermiston, told police the manager kept her paycheck.
1:09 p.m. - The buyer of a 1973 Ford Thunderbird told Hermiston police he paid for the car but the seller refused to give it to him.
1:43 p.m. - A Hermiston-area man reported his wife came to the home at about 12:20 p.m. and “went crazy.” She pushed him, scratched his neck, tried tackling him, he said, and he had to physically remove her from the home. She then left in a champagne Toyota Camry.
1:38 p.m. - Pendleton police responded to a report of a man shoving a woman outside a home on Southwest Marshall Avenue.
4:07 p.m. - Hermiston fire responded to a out of control burn and arrived to find about a 5 acre lot in Hermiston. The resident reported he was burning a small pile of brush/tree limbs when the wind picked up and the fire became out of control. The area was used to store all types of items and rubbish, with many tall trees and brush. Many types of items become involved in fire and appears to have gone in different directions due to wind shifts.
6:46 p.m. - A high school student hit the side of the Dutch Brothers building.
8:40 p.m. - Hermiston Fire & Emergency Services was called for a possible methamphetamine overdose.
Sunday, March 6
HFES medical calls - 8
HFES motor vehicle accidents - 2
12:50 a.m. - Police looked for but did not find a possibly intoxicated male who stood on planters at Main Street Market, 255 S. Main St., Stanfield, and dodged in and out of traffic.
1:20 a.m. - Hermiston Fire responded to a motor vehicle accident on Punkin Center and Diagonal Road. Officials found a 2012 Black Dodge Charger on its top in the ditch alongside the northbound lane of Diagonal about 1/4 mile north of the Punkin/Diagonal intersection.
1:23 a.m. - Residents on West Hermiston Avenue, Hermiston, woke up and called 9-1-1 because three males fought in a front yard.
2 a.m. - A woman reported someone shot out her window and then a vehicle left at Vista Mobile Home Park, 1800 N.E. 10th St., Hermiston,
8:12 a.m. - A caller complained to Pendleton police about 10-12 members of the downtown CrossFit gym running westbound in the middle of Dorion Avenue, which is a one-way street eastbound.
8:50 a.m. - Two Doberman Pinschers attempted to attack a man on Southwest 12th Drive, Pendleton, as he got into his vehicle.
11:16 a.m. - Pendleton police received a report of a male riding a bike and pulling what looks like a covered wagon in the middle of downtown Main Street.
11:55 a.m. - A Boardman woman reported someone attacked her the previous night and took her pills, wallet, purse and more.
1:52 p.m. - A father told the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office his 16-year-old daughter reported her mother’s boyfriend pushed her and the mother near Heppner, and the mother hit her head but seemed fine. The daughter, though, wanted to speak to a deputy.
3:29 p.m. - A Pendleton mother told police a male has been harassing her and threatening her daughter on Facebook.
5:47 p.m. - A guest at Motel 6, 325 S.E. Nye Ave., Pendleton, tried to kick down a door.
SATURDAY, March 5
HFES medical calls - 12
HFES motor vehicle accidents - 0
12:11 a.m. - A caller reported vehicles racing at 80-90 mph on Diagonal Boulevard and North Ott Road, Hermiston.
12:57 a.m. - A woman reported a man was helping her husband move belongings to a Stanfield storage shed when police arrested her husband and the helper then took her things. She also said she called and texted him but he replied she was harassing him.
1:20 a.m. - A caller from Wallace Drilling, 3103 S. Ott Road, Hermiston, reported an employee’s girlfriend may have stolen another employee’s laptop computer.
1:50 a.m. - A Umatilla woman told police her ex-boyfriend kicked in her door on Tyler Avenue and she forced him out. She called police at 9:55 a.m. and reported someone slashed tires on her vehicle.
6:03 p.m. - Ambulance dispatched to report of a man trapped under a camp trailer. Bystanders advised he had been working underneath the trailer attempting to fix the axles of the trailer when whatever had been holding it up gave way, hitting him and forcing his head towards his knees. Neighbors and bystanders helped jack up the trailer and put new blocks under the trailer.
9 p.m. - One heavy set male and one slimmer male damaged a bathroom at Crossroads Truck Stop, 2020 Highway 730, Umatilla, before leaving in a gray Honda Accord with Washington plates.
11:42 p.m. - Someone in a slow-going vehicle shined a spotlight on houses on Powerline Road, Hermiston.
FRIDAY, March 4
HFES medical calls - 7
HFES motor vehicle accidents -1
6:56 a.m. - A Hermiston man told police his wife assaulted him, then he hung up.
11:42 a.m. - A man told Umatilla police he bought a camper from someone who acted suspiciously, so he thought maybe the trailer might be stolen.
3:34 p.m. - An employee of Westend Radio Co., doing business as KOHU & The Q, Hermiston, reported a male has been harassing her at work and sending inappropriate texts.
4:33 p.m. - A woman on Baxter Road, Hermiston, reported a man took two handguns from her home on Feb. 22 and she has not been able to get them back. The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.
6:10 p.m. - Hermiston Fire responded to a two-vehicle accident.
THURSDAY, March 3
HFES medical calls - 10
HFES motor vehicle accidents - 2
6:07 a.m. - Maria Velasco of Velasco Used Cars, 80596 Highway 395, Hermiston, called 9-1-1 and reported someone broke into the office and stole all of the keys to all of the vehicles on the lot and also took a red 2008 Dodge Charger.
2:04 p.m. - A man reported someone is dumping garbage and household materials on his property at Canal Road between East Highland Extension and Feedville Road, Hermiston.
3:40 p.m. - A semitrailer caught fire coming down Interstate 84’s notorious Cabbage Hill near Pendleton.
The 50-year-old driver from South Carolina was going about 20 mph with the rig’s compression release engine brake on — or Jake Brake — when he noticed noises and smoke, according to Oregon State Police. He stopped on the shoulder of the highway, and others stopped to help him put out a fire in the engine compartment.
Their efforts, though, were not enough. The fire reached the cab and destroyed it.
The trailer, which contained barrels of “food product,” state police reported, only sustained minor damage to wiring and brake lines.
Police closed down both lanes of the westbound freeway for about 45 minutes to an hour while firefighters doused the blaze, and a Pendleton contractor responded to clean up diesel fuel.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
•The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Matthew Orvis Paeschke, 50, and Jeanne Lee Melton, 41, no addresses available, for possession of methamphetamine.
•Hermiston police arrested Noe Calderon Sanchez, 22, of Hermiston, for second-degree assault and on a warrant for failure to appear.
•Oregon State Police arrested Travis Andrew Clack, 22, of Umatilla, for DUII.
•An Oregon State Police trooper caught two racers for going more than 100 mph.
Trooper Marcus Burt was observing traffic on Interstate 84 at milepost 200 a few miles east of Pendleton when two vehicles at 8:24 p.m. zoomed by. The first, a two-door Volkswagen, was going 100 mph, according to state police, and the second, a Dodge pickup, was at 117.
The trooper chased, and the driver in the Volkswagen hit the brakes in front of the pickup, nearly causing a crash. The trooper stopped the car and waved for the pickup to stop, but it did not. The trooper, though, later caught up with that driver.
Abdulaziz Alqasimi, 25 of Boise, drove the Volkswagen, and Jordon Travis Beckley, 22, of Hermiston, drove the Dodge. The trooper cited both for driving faster than 100 mph, and gave an additional ticket to Alqasimi for reckless driving.
•Hermiston police arrested Jaime Moras Nava, 26, of Paterson, Washington, for driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving and on a warrant for failure to appear.
Hermiston Police arrested Jody Jack Allen, 47, of Pendleton, for felony aggravated theft (value $10,000), unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle, and four warrants for failure to pay fines.
Hermiston Police arrested Timothy Hodgdon, 45, for DUII.