Court Report

Sheriff's Report

INCIDENT LOG

Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column.

Monday, March 5: A Reardan woman expressed her concern that her granddaughter had not yet arrived as expected from north Spokane.

Responding to the 700 block of Fifth Street, Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a 60-year-old man having trouble breathing.

A deputy took possession of narcotics found at Rickey Corner Mart at the intersection of Morgan and Twelfth streets in Davenport.

A man was booked into jail after deputies responded to a domestic violence incident in the 100 block of North 4th Street in Almira involving a woman who told them she had been choked.

Deputies investigated an incident of possible mail theft at a residence on Shortcut Place East in Lincoln.

Deputies checked out a Davenport area woman’s report of a fraudulent $200 iTunes gift card.

Tuesday, March 6: Responding to a residence on West Lincoln, Harrington ambulance personnel assisted a 1½-year-old child who was choking.

Ten Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad cars went off the tracks and onto the roadway on Creston Avenue and Railroad in Creston. No spills or injuries were reported. B Street and Swanson Lake Road also were blocked for a time.

A Wilbur woman was involved in a two-vehicle collision.

A report of stolen mail was phoned in by a resident on Dreger Road near Creston.

Deputies responded to a residence in the 500 block of North Lake Street in Reardan, where a loud argument involving four individuals was in progress.

Wednesday, March 7: A Sprague woman reported receiving a fraudulent IRS call; dispatchers advised her not to provide any personal information.

Personnel at Lincoln County Care and Share in Davenport asked for assistance with a man who was yelling and “causing a scene.”

Responding to the 500 block of Ross Street, Davenport ambulance personnel assisted an elderly woman experiencing shortness of breath.

A caller reported someone had placed a board over the lens of a security camera on property adjacent to Mielke Road East in the Davenport area.

Odessa Police investigated the discovery of drug paraphernalia in a juvenile boy’s room at a residence in the 200 block of South 2nd.

Thursday, March 8: A woman reported her vehicle got stuck on the road leading to Mountain View Cemetery in Davenport.

A caller expressed concern about an elderly woman who stood outside a residence on Sprague Highway Road East near Sprague in the rain for three hours after receiving an eviction notice. A deputy attempted to find assistance for her from local churches and social service agencies.

Friday, March 9: A caller reported a reckless driver passed two logging trucks and unsuccessfully tried to pass two other vehicles before having to leave the roadway in the vicinity of Miles Creston Road and U.S. 2.

A cleanup crew worked to remove a small barley spill on SR 231 near Sprague.

Creston’s mayor asked for assistance in getting town property back from a municipal employee he had dismissed earlier in the day.

A burglary was reported at property on SR 21 across from Roosevelt Views Estates. A drill, drill bits and an air compressor were among items reported taken from a storage shed.

A Wilbur woman reported her vehicle had been taken without permission and was crashed.

Saturday, March 10: A caller told dispatchers he drew a concealed weapon after feeling threatened, along with his family, by three dogs they encountered while walking in the Fishtrap trailhead area.

Deputies interviewed Lincoln Hospital staff about a patient who reportedly left the facility in an angry mood and made threats in a subsequent phone encounter.

A Davenport man told deputies that a man had made threats against him and another household member.

A Wilbur caller reported continuous illegal dumping of furniture and remodeling debris was occurring at the mobile home park in the 700 block of Southeast Railroad, leaving no space for residents to discard legitimate garbage.

Deputies took possession of a rifle and scope, along with a box of ammunition, found in the mud on state-owned land at Spring Creek north of Reardan. They are believed to be stolen property.

A Reardan farmer reported someone had driven through a winter wheat field in the vicinity of Alexander and Addington roads.

Responding to the 300 block of South Birch, Odessa Police checked out a report that a car window had been broken out.

Sunday, March 11: Creston ambulance personnel transported an 80-year-old woman with flu-like symptoms from Vista Manor in Wilbur to Lincoln Hospital in Davenport.

A caller reported a “specific group” of semi-trucks hauling potatoes continually traveled at high speeds on SR 23 near Sprague.

Two callers expressed concern after hearing two large explosions in the vicinity of Skyview Court North and Redwine Canyon Road. A responding deputy wasn’t able to determine the source, but noted housing construction was in progress in the area.

An “impassable” Tanner Road was closed near its intersection with Leffel Road near Davenport after a vehicle got stuck.

A deputy checked out a report of suspicious activity at the Creston School District bus garage on SE E Street.

JAIL BOOKINGS

March 5: Gregory C. Gallagher, 30, Almira, arrested by Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) for fourth-degree assault.

March 6: Andrew Vincent Badzoing, 26, Spokane, arrested by Washington State Patrol on an out-of-state warrant for failing to comply.

Brian Jon Bailey, 59, Keller, arrested by LCSO for failing to appear for residential burglary, second-degree burglary and second-degree theft.

Kegan John Lee Fowler, 26, Spokane, arrested by LCSO for driving while license suspended.

Breanna Lynn Johns, 30, Creston, arrested by LCSO for driving while license suspended.

Brady Tyler Lewis, 23, Spokane, arrested by LCSO for a Franklin County misdemeanor involving narcotics.

March 7: Henry Alexander Palmer, 46, Keller, arrested by LCSO for failing to appear for driving while license suspended and possession of a stolen vehicle.

From March 5 to 9, 15 individuals were held under contract with the Washington State Department of Corrections and two under contract with the U.S. Marshal’s Service.

Court Report

SUPERIOR COURT

John F. Strohmaier, Judge

Criminal Sentencing

Andy Aaron Colt, 44, Davenport, pleaded guilty March 6 to two counts of possession of methamphetamine, amended through plea negotiations from three counts of delivering hydrocodone and two counts of delivering methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school bus stop in connection with crimes committed on June 30 and Aug. 3, 2016. He must pay $800 court costs and $400 attorney fees.

Civil Judgment

Financial Assistance, Inc., the petitioner, won a $3,476.91 default judgment against Wilma Webb and James Webb, Sr., of Harrington, in a matter involving an unpaid loan from 2011.

New Civil Cases

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office filed a petition for an extreme risk protection order against Dewitt Elwood Hantz, Jr., asking the court’s permission to remove firearms from his residence on Fisher Road East, Reardan, for safekeeping. The petitioner described Hantz as posing “significant danger of causing personal injury to self or others” and that he “won’t surrender the firearms voluntarily.”

U.S. Bank National Association seeks payment of $7,361.66 from Janice E. Kruger in a matter involving credit account debt.

Myrna A. Morris, of Davenport, seeks a domestic violence protection order against Jesse J. Arruda.

In their countersuit to litigation filed in January by Seven Bays Estates Unlimited, respondents Phil and Debbie Clements named directors Calvin “Butch” Morgan, Gail Young and Vicki Parrish as third-party defendants and claim they did not act in good faith as board members and engaged in a “civil conspiracy” when they directed employee Aaron Michael to remove retaining wall blocks from a “disputed area” between properties owned by the Clements and the homeowners’ association on Oct. 19 of last year. The Clements ask the court for quiet title on the disputed area, noting that it has been in their possession or that of previous owners for at least 10 years, and that Lakeview Cove Road be declared as the true boundary. They also claim that Michael’s action had the effect of “directly removing lateral support” for the Clements’ driveway and the retaining wall, which had been constructed with the “actual knowledge” of the defendants, and “causing undermining and sloughing of the land, blocking access to (their) property.” Through their attorney, Brent T. Sullivan, the Clements also dispute the original claim by the association’s attorney, Kevin Roberts, that they have trespassed on property owned by the association and noted that a survey that came to that conclusion was “conducted apparently without the approval of the (association) board,” of which Mr. Clements is an elected member.

Probate

Estate of Quest Keatts, of Pomeroy, Wash., who died Feb. 17.

Estate of Donald L. Page, of Thorpe, Wash., who died Jan. 17.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Lincoln County Auditor’s Office

Allison N. Rosato, 33, and Michael D. Elston, 50, both of Spokane.

MARRIAGE DISSOLUTIONS

Lincoln County Clerk’s Office

New filings: 52 involving persons living outside Lincoln County.

Property Transactions

Lincoln County Treasurer’s Office

U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., to Castle Crag Construction LLC, Spokane – property at 42565 Buckhorn Road North, Deer Meadows (Lot 22 and south half of Lot 21, Deer Heights Plat No. 1), $82,752.

Elton M. and Ellen L. Renken, Ephrata, Wash., to Edward L. and Laura K. Conner, Brinnon, Wash. – property at 705 East 2nd Avenue, Odessa (east half of Lot 6, all of Lot 7 and west 20 feet of Lot 8, Blk. 6, Pattee and Lyon’s Addition to Odessa), $99,500.

Mark Duggar and Susan Duggar Marques, Gardenville, Texas, to Mark Duggar, Davenport – property at 31795 East Hume Road, Davenport (portion of east half of Sec. 29, T28N, R36E, also known as Tract 4, Fort Spokane Ranchettes), $0.

Leland Land and Livestock LLC (c/o Ward W. Leland), Spokane, to Ward W. Leland and Caroline Godderz, Spokane – northeast quarter of Sec. 5, T27N, R37E, $0.

Caroline Godderz, Spokane, to Ward W. Leland, Spokane – northeast quarter of Sec. 5, T27N, R37E, $25,000.

Bruce E. and Kimberlee L. Todd, Odessa, to Curtis V. and Shelly A. Satterthwaite, Buckley, Wash. – property at 2220 Grovepoint Court, Seven Bays (Lot 20, Blk. 2, Plat II of Seven Bays, Inc.) and 1994 mobile home, $147,000.

Sharon Burns (personal representative, estate of Thomas Gilbert Burns), Davenport, to Sharon Burns, Davenport – property at 1207 Eighth Street, 716 Jefferson Street and 39824 Sunrise Lane East, Davenport (Lot 3 and west 5 feet of Lot 4, Blk. 19, Dillon’s Addition to City of Davenport; east 45 feet of Lot 4, Blk. 19, Dillon’s Addition, and Lot 6, Blk. 5, Southeastern Addition, both in City of Davenport; and Lot 4, Blk. 3, Sun Pine Acres, southeast quarter of Sec. 27, T27N, R37E), $0.

MTGLQ Investors L.P., Houston, Texas, to Blue Sky Capital 2 LLC, Davenport – property at 819 Main Street, Davenport (Lot 5, Blk. 2, Dillon’s Addition to Town (now City) of Davenport, $47,500.

Ellen J. Holman and Lizana J. (Mrs. Wilford J.) Hink, Odessa, to Robert and Katherine Hemmerling, Spokane – property at 717 East 2nd Avenue, Odessa (portions of Lot 1 and all of Lot 2, Blk. 3, Heimbigner’s Addition to Town of Odessa), $124,500.

Barbara J. Garces-Heier, Reardan, to Andrew C. and Heidi N. Nilles and Steven C. and Mary L. Wimer, Spokane – property at 305 East Columbia Avenue, Reardan (Lots 5-6, Blk. 9, Fairweather Addition to Town of Reardan), $195,500.

John F. Staudt and Nancy B. Mansfield-Staudt, Redondo Beach, Calif., to Jack J. French, Seven Bays – property at 320 Airport Way, Seven Bays (Lot 20, Blk. 3, Airport Addition to Seven Bays), $210,000.

Wade W. Magers, as Lincoln County Sheriff, Davenport, to MTGLQ Investors LP, Irvine, Calif. – property at 36260 Western Pines Drive North, Davenport (portions of southeast quarter of Sec 35, T27N, R37E), $223,645.27.

Randy V. Boutain (50 percent interest), Everett, Wash., to Theresa Sorensen, Spokane – property at 209 North 4th Street, Almira (Lots 13-14 and portion of Lot 15, Blk. 1, Original Town of Almira), $0.

Theresa Sorensen and Randy V. Boutain (each with 50 percent interest), Spokane, to Raymond Boutain, Almira – property at 215 North 4th Street, Almira (Lots 16-22 and portion of Lot 15, Blk. 1, Original Town of Almira), $0.