Baker City man arrested for reckless driving for 3rd time in 2-day span

BAKER CITY — A Baker City man cited for reckless driving in two separate incidents on Nov. 8, and for driving under the influence of intoxicants in the second case, was arrested a third time, for reckless driving and DUII, on Tuesday morning, Nov. 10. James Patrick Clemens II, 58, was taken to the Baker County Jail, where he remained as of Thursday morning, Nov. 12. According to a probable cause affidavit written by Oregon State Police trooper Talon Colton, he responded to a two-car crash on Highway 86 near Sunnyslope Road, about 2 miles east of Interstate 84, around 8 a.m. Tuesday. Colton wrote that a 2016 Chevrolet Express van, which Clemens was driving, was backing up on the highway after apparently missing the turn onto Sunnyslope Road. Clemens’ van hit a 2027 Ford Explorer driven by Sheila Kay Thompson, 65, of Oxbow, damaging both vehicles.

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