Man with Baker County criminal history arrested after breaking into vehicle
By Logan Bagett on Wednesday, February 4th, 2026 in Northeastern Oregon News Northeastern Oregon Top Stories
BAKER CITY — A man who Baker City Police Chief Ty Duby previously stated has, “…a lengthy criminal history with frequent police contact from both the Baker City Police Department and the Baker County Sheriff’s Office,” was arrested again on Sunday.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office personnel informed our newsroom that dispatch had received a report of a male subject walking around near a residence and barn on Alder Creek Road at approximately 2:30 a.m. on February 1st, 2026.
Deputies responded to the residence and located Jonathon Russel Romine, 45, sleeping in the backseat of a vehicle. Romine was arrested for Unlawful Entry into a Motor Vehicle, Criminal Trespass II and Post Prison Violation.
In November of 2025, Romine had reportedly entered a home, uninvited, in Baker City and caused a disturbance by breaking things and trying to fight a visitor at the residence. In that incident, Chief Duby explains, “When police arrived Mr. Romine was shirtless and acting erratic. As an officer attempted to contact individuals at the residence, Mr. Romine charged an officer, and Mr. Romine was tased with negligible effect. As the officer attempted to take Mr. Romine into custody, Mr. Romine got hold of the officer’s leg and bent it at the knee, placing the officer in a dangerous situation. In an effort to get free the officer deployed a closed fist strike to Mr. Romine. Eventually, after an additional taser deployment officers finally got him handcuffed.”
Johnanthan Romine is currently lodged at the Baker County Jail on the charges accrued February 1st.
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