Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston said his department had encountered Juan Fernando Ponce, 29, plenty of times. Police responded to a reported fight on Southeast Sixth Street in Hermiston at around 11 p.m. on June 1 but found no subjects in the area, Edmiston said in an email. Officers then contacted a woman who said Ponce had entered her apartment and tried to steal her phone, but a man confronted Ponce in the parking lot and took back the phone. The woman declined to press charges, Edmiston said. Later that night, police responded to a report of a burglary on North First Place. Police spoke with the victim who said she âlet Ponce inside the residence as she has known him for a long time,â Edmiston said.