Doug A. Wold, a former Fry Foods executive, was sentenced to prison Wednesday in Boise. (Idaho Department of Correction file) BOISE – Doug Wold, who pilfered more that $100,000 from Fry Foods in 2020, was sentenced to 41 months in a federal prison Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Boise[Read More…]
Tag: MALHEUR COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY
Ontario man charged after police investigate death of infant
Ontario police arrested an Ontario man last week after the suspicious death of a 10-month-old infant. (The Enterprise/FILE). ONTARIO – A 24-year-old Ontario man was arrested and lodged in the Malheur County Jail last week and charged with causing the death of an infant. Sergio Manuel Diaz faces charges of[Read More…]
Ontario hires new police chief
Ontario City Manager Adam Brown announced Tuesday Ontario will hire Michael Iwai of Salem, as its new police chief. (The Enterprise/File). ONTARIO – The city has a new police chief. Michael Iwai of Salem will step into the city’s top cop slot in March, said Adam Brown, Ontario City manager[Read More…]
Ontario man arrested after shooting, police pursuit near the Malheur County Fairgrounds Saturday
Ontario police arrested Clemente Bobby Pineda Saturday after a foot pursuit that involved shots being fired. (The Enterprise/FILE). ONTARIO – A 34-year-old Ontario man was lodged in the Malheur County Jail after he was involved in a shooting incident with Ontario Police Saturday morning. According to a press release from[Read More…]
Malheur County Circuit Court issues warrant for Nyssa man in connection to deadly Ontario shooting
The Malheur County Circuit Court issued a felony warrant for Leonardo Rafael Arvizu in connection to a deadly shooting last month in Ontario. (The Enterprise/FILE). ONTARIO – A felony warrant for a 23-year-old Nyssa man has been issued by the Malheur County Circuit Court in connection with the shooting death[Read More…]
State police report Vale man dies in rollover crash
Malheur County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the Oregon State Police responded to a deadly crash Wednesday, Nov. 3, on U.S. Highway 20 that killed a Vale man. (The Enterprise/FILE). VALE – A 43-year-old Vale man died Wednesday west of Vale in a rollover crash near the Bully Creek turnoff on[Read More…]
Vale Irrigation District employee dies when truck rolls
VALE – An employee of the Vale Oregon Irrigation District was killed Wednesday when a dump truck he was driving along a canal overturned and rolled, according to Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe. The victim was Jonathan Harrison, 26, of Vale. Wolfe said Harrison was a part of a crew[Read More…]
Two dead after shooting at Ontario apartment
ONTARIO – Two men were shot and killed at an apartment complex in southwest Ontario Sunday night, according to Malheur County District Attorney Dave Goldthorpe. The victims were identified as Martin Esteban Navarro, 38, of Ontario, and Christian Holman, 45, believed by authorities to be from Idaho. Navarro previously lived[Read More…]
Malheur County’s dispatch center running short staffed
Charlotte New works in the Malheur County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center in early October. New is leaving her job for more stable hours and the sheriff’s office faces an employee shortage at the center. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL). VALE – The day began calmly for Malheur County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher Charlotte[Read More…]
Victim in Ontario racist stabbing faces attacker, who gets 16 years in federal prison
Employees of Arby’s in Ontario restrain a suspect after a stabbing on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019 that hospitalized Ronnell T. Hughes. (Frank LeCalir/special to the Enterprise) A Colorado truck driver who nearly killed a Black man in an unprovoked knife attack at an Ontario truck stop almost two years ago[Read More…]