Jenkins

PENDLETON — A familiar face is back in the ranks of the Umatilla County District Attorney’s Office.

Umatilla County Commissioner George Murdock reported Jaclyn Jenkins once again is going to handle prosecutions in Umatilla County.

Jenkins was the chief deputy prosecuting attorney in January 2021 when she left for a role with the U.S. Attorney’s District of Oregon office in Portland.

But a year later, according to Murdock, Jenkins is returning to family, friends and her professional colleagues in Umatilla County.

One of those colleagues is Daniel Pachico. He came to the county in March 2010 and left for private practice in June 2020. But he returned to the district attorney’s office Feb. 1, 2021.

Pachico was the county’s chief deputy prosecutor. Murdock reported the county board at an administrative meeting on Friday, Feb. 4, voted to give Jenkins the title of chief deputy district attorney for Umatilla County with an assignment in Hermiston.

Murdock also reported District Attorney Dan Primus said Jenkins’ return was a great day for Umatilla County and a great day for his office.