Police Briefs: April 9, 2025

Notable incidents

3 animal calls. Dogs barking, at large.

A non-injury vehicle crash in Bingen on March 27.

Injuries resulted from a crash on March 27, when a vehicle rolled off the roadway in White Salmon.

An individual was referred to online FBI fraud reporting.

Hood River Police (HRPD), March 23 - 29

These charges which resulted in arrests: DUII (four), drug law violation (one), failure to register as sex offender (one), harassment (one), theft (one), trespass (four), warrant (three).

Notable incidents

Four DUII arrests. In one, officer arrested an Oregon driver on charge of DUII - alcohol. The driver was cited and released to a friend. Later the same day, during a traffic stop, officer arrested the same person on the same charge.

Four trespass reports.

Two theft reports: shoplifting and identity theft.

A non-injury vehicle crash on the Hood River Toll Bridge on March 28.

An injury vehicle crash. Two vehicles crashed at Exit 64 and Button Bridge Road on March 27. One of the drivers noted pain, but declined medics; one vehicle was towed.

Officers arrested and lodged a houseless person for failure to register as a sex offender, also charging them with possession of methamphetamine after finding a pipe with residue.

An officer took an informational report on the loss of a gold diamond necklace at the Hood River Event Site.

The Dalles Police (TDPD), March 28 - April 4

These charges resulted in arrests: Assault (one), carrying concealed weapon (one), disorderly conduct (two), drug law violation (one), DUII (two), harassment (two), menacing (one), restraining order violation (one), strangulation (one), theft (one), trespass (two), warrant (seven).

Notable incidents

18 animal calls. Dogs at large, missing, in car; puppy with broken leg; cat got into house, cats escaped. In one case, logs noted “There is a deer that is all by itself heading toward city park.”

A reporting party found a baggie of white powder, possibly drugs, on Second Street which an officer seized for destruction. Separately, a needle was retrieved from Sixth Street; and a pipe with marijuana residue from Bridge Street at W. Eleventh.

Eight theft reports. Tools from car on Eighth, shoplifting, tools from work trailer on Sixteenth, vehicle, tools from shed on Twelfth Street, ten dollars from a tip jar on Second, tools from pickup on Cherry Heights, tools from work utility trailer from E. Fourteenth at Jefferson.

Seven people were arrested on warrants. One was also charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine. Another was additionally charged with menacing, after allegedly threatening a reporting party’s child with an axe on Eleventh.

Three people were reported fighting on Bret Clodfelter Way March 30. No parties wanted to press charges, but both were trespassed.

A search and seizure warrant for a dog on Eighth Street was performed on March 31.

A person was arrested at Second and Lincoln on April 1 on charges of criminal trespass I, theft II, and carrying a concealed weapon — a pair of brass knuckles.

Wasco County Sheriff (WCSO), March 28 - April 4

Notable incidents

Deputies logged 34 vehicle stops.

A death.

Two thefts: Chenowith Creek March 29, Wildcat Crossing March 30.

Two dogs and two other animals.

Two mental health calls.

A vehicle crashed on Discovery Drive March 31. Another vehicle crash took place April 2 on Road 2711.

Two warrant incidents.

An assault on Webber Street.

Oregon State Police (OSP), March 28 - April 4

These charges resulted in arrests: driving while suspended or revoked (one), drug law violation (one), DUII (four), failure to report as sex offender (one), reckless driving (two).

Notable incidents

Four DUII arrests. In one, a trooper stopped an Appleton, Washington resident for speeding 88 mph on I-84 and ultimately arrested them for DUII. Separately, a Buick almost hit a Ford, ran over traffic cones and lane control markers, sideswiped a U-Haul and continued west down I-84 until a trooper stopped and arrested the driver at Biggs Junction. In a third incident, troopers stopped a Nissan for a lane violation on I-84, arrested the driver for DUII, and found over 10 grams of suspected methamphetamine in the vehicle.

An angler was contacted while fishing two rods at Pine Hollow Reservoir. The Washington angler didn’t have a non-resident license, or a two-rod endorsement, and got a warning; three trout were seized as evidence.

One non-injury crash. A pickup was towing a Subaru wagon down I-84 on March 29, when the Subaru slid off the trailer — which lacked the proper fastenings — near westbound milepost 68. The driver was cited for multiple violations.

A fish and wildlife trooper parked on Forest Service Road 27 spotted a hunter returning with a silver gray squirrel. The squirrel was seized as evidence, and the hunter cited for taking big game during a closed season.

Several calls for a person lying beside I-84 on April 2 resulted in a welfare check on them, the second in two days. The person, too intoxicated to stand up or walk, was transported by medics.