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| County pays $168k inmate medical bill |
| By dailyastorian.com- Phil Wright |
| Published: 06/19/2014 |
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A former Umatilla County jail inmate's medical treatment's just cost taxpayers $168,026. And that was at 40 percent off. The county board of commissioners Wednesday approved paying the tab to the Blue Mountain Kidney Center on the Umatilla Indian Reservation for providing dialysis treatment to 41-year-old inmate Dean Anthlone Pennie. Pennie was in the county jail from early January to May on multiple charges, including six counts of conspiracy to commit aggravated murder and two of conspiracy to commit murder. He pleaded not guilty to all. Pennie, of Bandon, was serving a three-sentence at Two Rivers Correctional Institution, Umatilla, for first-degree child neglect and manufacturing marijuana, according to Oregon Department of Corrections. While inside, according to the state, he plotted to murder a man and kidnap and assault a woman. Neither of his intended victims live in Umatilla County. Read More. |
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