Bingen-White Salmon Police, Nov. 5 - 11
Notable incidents
A theft was reported in White Salmon, with ongoing investigation.
One animal call logged: A lost dog was returned to its owner in White Salmon.
The Dalles Police, Nov. 16 - 24
The following are crimes which resulted in arrests: DUII (two), disorderly conduct (three), menacing (one), trespass (three), resisting arrest (one), warrant (four).
Notable incidents
Six vehicle crash reports. In on incident, a person ran into traffic, got hit, and ran toward a Sixth Street location. In another incident, a blue Subaru ran through a fence on Wasco Drive; no one was injured. The wheels were caved in, and the Subaru was towed. In another, a vehicle with a single occupant was found off the freeway offramp near Sixth Street. The vehicle was located on its side in the bushes. The driver advised their foot slipped off the brake and into the accelerator, causing them to miss the run and crash into the brush.
Three trespass arrests. In one incident, a person entered a store on Sixth Street and started yelling at an employee and “refusing to leave until the cops come,” according to the reporting party. Multiple officers responded and an altercation resulted as the individual fought with an officer before being detained some 10 minutes later, according to timestamps in the logs.
One burglary report. A house was broken into, according to the reporting party, whose barking dog awoke them in the night to find a door open and objects on the porch knocked over. The doorframe was cracked, but nothing taken.
Eleven theft reports. Incidents included identity theft using stolen cards, dumped stolen mail found on 11th Street, motorbike from Ninth Street, fraud, $5,000 mountain bike, wallet, fifth wheel tow hitch, boxes from storage unit. In one incident, someone tried to break into a Pepsi cooler at Heights Road; $20 to $40 in Starbucks drinks were taken, and there was about $150 to $200 of property damage to the cooler.
Three stolen vehicles. A Toyota was reported stolen. In another incident, a Mustang was stolen from Knoll Drive. In another, a Subaru station wagon was stolen from a BBG on Sixth Street and driven off on a full tank of gas.
A stolen vehicle was recovered in Portland, minus a single plate. It had been sitting for over a week. The vehicle was recovered and the second plate entered as stolen.
Two DUII arrests. In one incident, a vehicle was called in as a driving complaint; an officer stopped it after observing it going in the wrong lane of travel on Klindt’s Drive. The driver was arrested and lodged for DUII.
A missing person report was taken for an individual who had been missing out of a local community for a year and a half.
Sixty mental health reports.
Sixteen animal call logged. Dogs at large, stray cat, animal welfare check. In one incident, a resident of Old Dufur Road woke up to find three of their ducks shot and killed on Nov. 23. Having called in gunshots the day before, they believed the incidents related. Information was relayed to animal control.
A welfare check was requested by a caller who said their neighbor’s service dog exited the house on its own, dragging a leash, twice in one day. The caller noted a potential medical emergency after talking to their neighbor; Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue responded and the person was taken by ambulance to an area hospital.
A baggie of “some sort of drugs” was located by a reporting party on the sidewalk on Wasco Drive, and turned in for destruction at a later date.
A report was taken of drugs possibly placed in someone’s drink without their consent.
In one criminal mischief report, a car on 10th Street was egged, had a window broken and two tires slashed on Nov. 20.
Wasco County Sheriff, Nov. 17 - 22
The following are crimes which resulted in arrests: No charge noted in logs (one), warrant (three).
Notable incidents
Two warrant arrests. In one incident, deputies located and arrested an individual for 12 warrants. The person was located after a deputy responded to an unoccupied vehicle at the end of W. Second Street. A deputy ran the VIN, which came back wanted to the suspect, who was located and arrested a few minutes later after an altercation.
A bullet came through the north window of an address on the 3800 block of 10th Street on Nov. 17. Nothing was seen and no gunshots heard. Officers arrived and were shown a bullet hole in the living room window. Both windows were damaged. Officers spoke with the neighbors in the area, who heard nothing, and searched the area, but found nothing. The reporting party stated it would cost $300 to replace the windows.
A stolen vehicle was located 100 yards off near the 4830 spur on the Rock Creek OHV 921 Trail, by a caller scouting for a hunt. The owner was contacted.
A Ruger M77 Mark II, valued at $700, was lost in the woods on a U.S. Forest Service Road. The reporting party believed they left it against a tire, then drove off. It was gone when they came back to look.
One other theft report. A work vehicle was broken into on Nov. 21.
Four animal calls logged. Dogs at large. In one incident, a single cow outside the fence on Highway 197, near milepost 34. A responsible party was contacted. In another incident, something entered a rabbit cage on Sevenmile and tore up eight rabbits, that the reporting party was able to count.
Oregon State Police, Nov. 18 - 20
The following are crimes which resulted in arrests: DUII (one), reckless driving (one), warrant (one).
Notable incidents
Four non-injury crash reports, two involving vehicles that fishtailed on an icy Highway 97. In one incident, a red Subaru Forester was called in as a driving complaint on I-84 on Nov. 18, failing to maintain its lane of travel. The reporting party advised the front windshield was completely shattered and said the driver was probably having a hard time seeing through the windshield. When the Subaru was pulled over for a driving violation at about 1:50 p.m., there was glass on the dash. The driver stated they became confused and instead of the eastbound Multnomah Falls exit, took Exit 31, striking one of the mechanical arms that indicate the parking lot is closed and damaging it. The driver and passenger both said they were in shock and didn’t know who to call. They were advised not to drive with an unsafe windshield.
In another incident, a Subaru was southbound on US 97 a few miles south of Grass Valley near milepost 33 when it started to fishtail on the ice. The 47-year-old driver from Milpitas, Calif., lost control and the vehicle left the roadway, traveled through the ditch, then rolled into a field. The driver thought it rolled several times before coming to rest facing east. All four occupants were correctly belted and all air bags deployed. There were no injuries, but the vehicle was totaled. In another incident, a Kenworth semitruck and trailer of glass was southbound on US 97 near milepost 37 when the trailer fishtailed on the ice. The 53-year-old driver lost control and the vehicle left the roadway, traveled into and through the ditch and came to rest in a field, facing east.
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