Charges — Dec. 24-30, OSP charged people with DUII (five), driving suspended (two), fail to present license (two), false info (one), forged instrument (one), reckless driving (three), reckless endangering (one), warrant (one), weapons (one). Dec. 21-27, Hood River police charged people with driving suspended (one), DUII (two), harassment (one), menacing (one), reckless endangering (one), resisting (one), theft (one). And Dec. 8-29, Bingen-White Salmon police charged people with domestic assault (one), and mischief (one). Other agencies don’t reveal arrests.
Hit-and-run crash — Dec. 29, a passing vehicle hit a Subaru Forester and damaged it on I-84, milepost 62 westbound. No injuries, no suspect.
Deer guts — Dec. 29, Fish and Wildlife troopers got a call of a deer gut pile near Oak Springs Fish Hatchery. After investigation a Portland-area, non-Tribal resident was found in possession of deer parts, which were seized. They got a citation for take/possession of buck deer. Separately, a hunter self-reported killing two cow elk, placing another hunter’s tag on one. They were cited for unlawfully taking antlerless elk; the meat was seized and donated on Dec. 24.
Hay fire — A flatbed trailer loaded with hay caught fire on I-84 milepost 84 eastbound Dec. 28. The driver stopped to save the vehicle; first responders put the trailer out. ODOT pushed the hay to the shoulder for removal.
Non-injury crashes — State troopers recorded three: A rental GMC SUV on Highway 197 at milepost 30 hit a rock, with minor injuries. In a vehicle fire on I-84, troopers guided traffic and saw a Lincoln MKS merge and rear-end a Tesla, earning a citation for following too close. A car on I-84 near milepost 81 eastbound hit a deer.
Other smashups — Wasco recorded a crash on Highway 26. The Dalles had five, including two crashes on W. Sixth. Hood River reported two crashes, one old, in which an airbag deployed at Best Western Plus Hood River Inn; that driver cited for multiple traffic violations.
Document trouble — Dec. 27, a trooper stopped two cars on US-197 for speeding. Neither driver had any form of ID nor a history of police contact under the names they gave. Both were arrested for failure to carry a license, one for possession of a forged document. One got a DUII charge. Both vehicles were impounded and both drivers given multiple citations.
Many drunk drivers — Hood River arrested two; The Dalles encountered three. State troopers got five. Dec. 24, they helped Wasco deputies, Inter-Tribal Police and ODOT with a single vehicle rolled over on I-84, milepost 80 westbound: A Nissan struck the central concrete barrier, pushing four sections aside and stopping at the guardrail. Another reckless driver going 86 mph on I-84 near milepost 125 westbound was arrested on DUII, reckless driving and reckless endangering charges. Dec. 26, a drunk driver leaving The Dalles on I-84 got charged with unlawful possession of firearm. On Dec. 28, a driver crashed on I-84 in Gilliam County and required medical treatment for resulting injuries, also two charges of DUII and reckless driving.
Theft — Wasco recorded a single theft from Wells Road, two frauds. The Dalles recorded two frauds and nine thefts — six of them on W. Sixth. Hood River reported four thefts: ID theft, two shopliftings at Walmart, and on Dec. 23 an adult male arrested on theft of services, menacing and reckless endangering charges after dumping personal trash in a business dumpster, then trying to strike an employee with their vehicle while leaving the property.
In White Salmon, Bingen — On Dec. 28, the fire department handled a Hazmat call. Eight citations for suspended drivers, two assault reports (one ending in arrest of an adult male on fourth-degree domestic assault), two non-injury crashes, a crash with unknown injuries.
Under investigation from Bingen Dec. 25, a dog complaint, dog in distress and injured deer in road.
Weapons — Two incidents in Wasco: W. Sixth and Pentland on Dec. 28, and Dec. 29 in Maupin.
Drugs — Wasco recorded just one incident. The Dalles had two, on W. Third Place Dec. 27 and W. Ninth Dec. 30.
Fire — on W. Second, The Dalles, initially logged as a gunshot, Dec. 24.
Stats — Wasco logged two domestic violence incidents. The Dalles, four.
Mental health — Wasco got two mental health calls, The Dalles eight, plus a suicide call. Bingen-White Salmon police got a call about threats of self-harm.
Two unattended deaths — in The Dalles. In one, officers responded to an emergency call about a person who was down and unresponsive with CPR in progress.
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