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Tales from the Police Blotter
(Editor's Note: Factual information for 'Blotter' is provided by official law enforcement agencies. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.)
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Saturday, Jan. 14
*A “carload of juveniles” had been in front of his residence consuming alcohol, said a man on Draper Valley Road just after 1 a.m., and then they left, driving unsafely.
*After a “very irate and violent” Geoffrey Allen Norris, 27, contacted by phone a woman he wasn’t supposed to, he was arrested on a charge of violating a restraining order (ROV) and lodged in Josephine County Jail. Also, Erica Lee Eldred, 22, was cited on a charge of interfering with police.
*Detained in the 4000 block of Happy Camp Road, Damon Lee Hubbs, 19, was cited for lack of an operator’s permit; and Warren Lee Hubbs, 41, was cited on a charge of failure to tag a load of firewood.
*On Laurel Road a man said he suspected another person with whom he had fought at a bar overnight to have rammed his front gate with a vehicle, damaging it.
Sunday, Jan. 15
*Following an alcohol-fueled domestic altercation in the 28000 block of Redwood Hwy. at 1:23 a.m., a woman said that she did not need an medical attention. Charges of fourth-degree assault, three counts of fourth-degree domestic assault, interfering with a 911 call, probation violation and driving while suspended (DWS) were reported.
*While in Community Oriented Policing (COP) mode, a deputy contacted a group of young people in Downtown Cave Junction at 2:30 a.m. They were advised of the curfew, and told to get to their destination “and stay there.”
*Target shooters at a gravel pit on Upper Deer Creek Road may or may not have been using their firearms safely, but a resident nearby wanted a deputy to find out.
*An address sign marking a property on Lakeshore Drive was removed, a man reported.
*Subsequent to a physical altercation on W. River Street at 4 p.m. in which some people allegedly ripped a door off a car in order to get to a person inside, Brandon Joseph Griffin, 27, was served a warrant charging PV (harassment). And he was cited to appear.
*Joshua Jason Bowers, 31, was arrested on a charge of ROV and lodged in county jail.
Monday, Jan. 16
*In the 7000 block of Caves Hwy. a man said that another person continues to divert water from Sucker Creek onto his property, causing damage. The complainant said he would again contact Oregon State Police.
*At the site of a Dec. 13 structure fire on Caves Avenue, a man in a red-flannel shirt was said to be hanging around, apparently trying to gain access to what remains of the residence.
*Taken sometime the night before, a blue-and-white Ford pickup truck with 1/4 tank of fuel was reported stolen at 9 a.m.
*Contacted while parked at a church on Caves Hwy. a man eating lunch was ascertained to be causing no problem.
*Phoning from McMullen Creek Road, a young man said that he had stashed a motorcycle in bushes near Lake Selmac after someone yelled at him for riding it. When he returned for the bike, he said, it was gone. However, when asked to whom the motorcycle belonged, he said, “Never mind, I don’t want to make a report.”
*When he left a residence on White Schoolhouse Road where he had lived and worked for three years, a man took a miniature bull that he understood had been given him as partial payment. The woman complaining that her bull had been stolen did not believe this to be the case. Both parties were advised to seek legal options through the civil process.
*Continuing problems with tenants on Taurus Lane culminated in reported theft of items including a digital camera, electric drill, and police scanner a man said.
*Attempting to phone a relative in Nevada, she said, a woman on Norman Road accidentally dialed 911 at 10:43 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 17
*Completely blocking Reeves Creek Road at 12:11 a.m., a “really, really big tree” presented a big problem. County public works was notified and was on scene by 2:15 a.m. to clear the way.
*Phoning from California, a mother was concerned about the welfare of her 35-year-old daughter and her three children, who, when last heard from, said they were staying in O’Brien, were cold, lacked money and were having problems. The information was noted for patrol.
*Ryan James Dutton, 32, was served a warrant charging parole violation and failure to comply on an original charge of menacing after turning himself in to a deputy at the Illinois Valley Substation.
*Telephone service workers on Naue Way apparently caused a 911 hang-up call at 11 a.m.
*Kati Marie Johnston, 19, was served a Coos County warrant charging first-degree theft and lodged in Josephine County Jail.
*A woman in the process of evicting her ex-boyfriend was cornered by him after he broke into her home on S. Kerby Avenue, a neighbor reported. The woman was advised of her options, and was to seek a restraining order.
*Approximately $225 damage was reported at a home under construction on E. River Street where wiring was cut and removed.
*A stolen vehicle was recovered in the 400 block of N. Sawyer Avenue.
*On Holland Loop a soon-to-be evicted tenant complained that her landlord had removed a circuit breaker, cutting power to the residence. The property owner was apparently unaware that this was illegal.
*Animal Control was notified of a dog left in a broken-down and abandoned vehicle parked two days at Caves Christian Fellowship in the 24000 block of Redwood Hwy.
*Accidentally shifted into gear, a driverless vehicle with three passengers struck the Sportsman Tavern at 5:45 p.m.
*Overheard fighting about possession of a handgun in the Taco Bell drive-through, the three teen-aged occupants of a red Toyota 4-Runner were last seen headed south on Redwood Hwy. toward the California border, a restaurant employee said at 6:30 p.m.
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