Police reports: Jan. 22, 2025

Notable incidents

Two DUII arrests. Both drivers, one a California resident, were charged with driving under the influence of controlled substances.

Two trespass reports. In one incident, a male was arrested and lodged at NORCOR on charges of trespassing and a fail to appear warrant out of Clackamas County.

Two criminal mischief reports. In total, three vehicles were vandalized.

A hit-and-run report. A resident reported their vehicle damaged on errands some days before.

A non-injury crash, involving a box truck on the Hood River bridge.

Officers responded to a residence that had been burglarized. Days later, officers were dispatched to the same home for a burglary in progress. The investigation is ongoing.

A nursing home, Montello Adult Home, reported missing narcotics medication.

A theft report.

Recovered stolen items were reported on Jan. 8.

The Dalles Police, Jan. 9 - 16

The following charges resulted in arrests: Assault (two), DUII (three), mischief (one), reckless driving (two), trespass (one), warrant (seven).

Notable incidents

Tires were slashed on Seventh Street Jan. 9. Later, a vehicle was keyed.

13 animal calls. Dogs at large, shut in vehicles. One reporting party noted “a raccoon walking in circles in the field.” The evidently sick animal had been circling for 30 minutes by their Heritage Loop home. Later, a deer was hit by a car on Columbia View Drive. And on Jan. 12, someone dumped a puppy in a River Road parking lot and sped off.

Two of a reporting party’s dogs died, after a contractor allegedly dumped toxic paint on their property. The caller stated they found the paint after the dogs’ deaths, in water they’d drunk. They stated they had video confirming a contractor they hired had dumped the paint. The Dalles’ animal control officer was put in touch with the situation.

6 thefts. Wire, tools from truck, rented car trailer from Sixth. One theft was first reported as a fight or disturbance on Sixth. In another incident, people allegedly tried to steal an air conditioner on Jan. 14. They were not successful and left in a gray truck, at first pursued by the owner’s partner. In another, a vehicle on Eighth was broken into and a five-shot .22 revolver and some small items taken. A pair of broken bolt cutters were left behind.

A person was arrested for first-degree arson after starting a fire in the bedroom of their parent’s house on Jan. 9.

A pedestrian was hit by a car around 11:50 Jan. 9, after the car failed to yield to the walking person in a Tenth-Street crosswalk. The driver’s fine was doubled to $530, as the crash happened in a school zone.

5 mental health calls.

A stop sign was “completely flattened” by a red semi hauling a white trailer at Tenth and Webber Streets Jan. 10, around 7:55 a.m. The suspect vehicle could not be located.

Two hit-and-run reports. One was taken Jan. 11 on Fourteenth, when a Home Depot truck hit the reporting party’s vehicle and knocked a headlight out. And on Jan. 12, a little white car on Seventh got rear-ended.

A 31-year-old person overdosed on Tenth, and after two narcans and CPR was judged too intoxicated to be safely taken into custody.

A Volkswagen crashed at 8th and Kelly Avenue Jan. 12, deploying airbags and blocking both lanes. The vehicle was towed, the driver investigated for DUII.

After someone posted on Facebook that some items were stolen from their yard, a third party called the police stating they’d seen the suspect, and gave a description of the person. Officers found the person on F Street, and arrested them on charges of probation or parole violation, felon in possession of firearm, theft I by receiving and carrying a concealed firearm.

A Toyota’s driver gave a blood alcohol content of 0.15% after crashing on Washington Street near Fourth Jan. 14. They got two citations. No injuries reported.

Fraud report.

1 burglary. A burglary-in-progress was called in from Snipes Street on Jan. 15. An employee reported seeing one person where they shouldn’t be. Officers checked the unit and found no one. Under investigation.

Two vehicles crashed at E. Twelfth and Kelly Avenue, no injuries but one vehicle was pushed off the road and into a fence. A court date was given.

Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue responded to a potential gas leak on Thirteenth Street Jan. 15.

Wasco County Sheriff, Jan. 9 - 15

Notable incidents

Deputies logged 60 vehicles stops.

1 theft call. Hwy 30, Jan. 9.

5 dogs, 1 other animal.

Four warrant incidents.

Jan. 12, burglary on Hawley Steele Road.

Jan. 12, vehicle crash on Wamic Market Road; vehicle crash on I-84, milepost 93 eastbound.

A fire on W. 10th/Irvine Jan. 13.

Jan. 14, two vehicle crash logs on Hwy 197, milepost 4, just after 8:30 a.m.

Alleged gunshot on Bakeoven Road.

Fraud call on Jan. 15.

Oregon State Police, Jan. 10 - 16

The following charges resulted in arrests: DUII (one), reckless driving (one).

Notable incidents

An OSP trooper stopped someone carrying a large Brood Trout away from Taylor Lake. The person said this trout was given to them by an angler, but had no written record of transfer — which is required. They were cited for that, and for unlawful possession; the trout was donated to the Discovery Center Raptor Program. The angler, when located, had another Brood Trout, which was one too many. The angler was cited for exceeding his daily limit.

A blue Toyota Corolla hit a concrete barrier near milepost 54 eastbound of I-84, spun, and crashed into the median. The injured, confused driver was transported to an area hospital. Several open containers of alcohol were seen in the vehicle and, after investigation, the intoxicated driver was arrested and a search warrant for their blood was executed at the hospital, and three citations issued.

4 non-injury crashes. Five agencies responded to an upside-down semi-truck leaking diesel into the ground near a seasonal creek Jan. 11, near milepost 2 on Hwy 97. The semi had struck a guardrail. The 29-year-old driver received two citations; the vehicle will be retrieved at a later date by Purdy’s Towing and ODOT; the fate of the stream was not described.

Separately, on Jan. 14 two vehicles hit guardrails on I-84 near milepost 93 eastbound — one for reasons the driver couldn’t recall, the other while trying to avoid the first crash.

A 56-year-old driving a Jetta from Alaska didn’t see a Subaru in their blind spot, and sideswiped the other vehicle while changing lanes on I-84 near milepost 61 eastbound. Both drivers got warnings for speeding.

A 21-year-old Wamic resident was southbound to work when their pickup fishtailed on icy roads. The driver stated he slowed from 65 to 45, but put on the gas on a hill and fishtailed again. The Toyota Tacoma spun 180 degrees, left the road into a rock embankment and rolled onto its side. The driver was warned for going too fast for conditions.

A trooper responded to a request of emergency cover for another agency on Jan. 14. On arrival, trooper Nicklus Rumsey found three officers attempting to take a resisting male into custody. Rumsey helped the trio get their person on the ground and place them in double-locked handcuffs, and stood by at the hospital while the prisoner was cleared for jail.

An illegal garbage dump site was found, just east of milepost 68 on US-30, down an embankment between that highway and I-84. This location is ODOT property. Three people whose names and addresses were found among the garbage denied dumping there, when interviewed. An OSP report to the District Attorney will recommend they be charged with illegal dumping.