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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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Wednesday, Jan. 25
*Just before 9 a.m. a manager at Shop Smart Food Warehouse reported that a man was begging for money and harassing customers.
*Assistance was provided a motorist with a disabled vehicle blocking one traffic lane on Deer Creek Road at 4:19 p.m.
*On Queen of Bronze Road a man suspected his neighbor of phoning to
harass him, and of placing signs on his property.*In the 200 block of Caves Avenue a property owner was said to be having difficulty with a soon-to-be former tenant with “violent tendencies.”
Thursday, Jan. 26
*In the 32000 block of Redwood Hwy., a father said that his 12-year-old son was cursing at people and had threatened to kill his parents in their sleep.
*Three gunshots were heard from the vicinity of Cowboy Way, said a resident on Queen of Bronze Road, who believed the shooter was doing so to intimidate the complainant.
*Though no real damage occurred, other than a fence being knocked over on O’Brien Road when a vehicle drove through it, a report of third-degree criminal mischief was filed.
*Passing on corners and hills in the Holland Loop vicinity, the driver of a large SUV with several children inside nearly caused two head-on collisions, a concerned caller said.
*On Thompson Creek Road a caller said that for several weeks all mail received from the bank was opened before he got it, and he thinks he knows a suspect.
*Clothing, personal effects and a passport application were located in a bag at a property on S. Old Stage Road. No ID was found, and due to the deteriorated state of the clothes, the caller was advised to throw the stuff away.
*John David Campbell, 28, was cited on a charge of driving while suspended (DWS) and his vehicle towed after a motor vehicle accident on Old Stage Road at E. River Street at 3:20 p.m.
*Someone attempted to enter a garage on N. Old Stage Road, causing an estimated $80 damage to locks.
*In a dispute regarding the sale of a travel trailer on Lakeshore Drive, one man allegedly pointed a gun at another. One man was warned about his behavior; the other advised of options.
*Transients and their dogs said to be trespassing at a property on Caves Avenue around 3 p.m. were not located when a deputy checked the area later.
*A girl, 15, was reported as a runaway person.
*Kicking things, fighting with her brother and threatening to stab someone, a 13-year-old on S. Kerby Avenue was cited on a charge of being beyond parental control and lodged at the county Juvenile Justice Center in Grants Pass.
*In Kerby around 8 p.m. a woman said that a man against whom she has a restraining order was at her home and wouldn’t leave.
Friday, Jan. 27
*Having returned home voluntarily, a 15-year-old girl was no longer considered to be a runaway.
*On Fir Drive, a woman said that a neighbor had taken mortgage loan information from her mailbox, and filled out the paperwork. When confronted, the alleged mail-thief claimed the victim’s identity, and claimed to have ID to prove it. The person was warned about taking mail from other people’s boxes However, she asserted that all the mailboxes on that side of the street belong to her. It was, according to a deputy, “unknown if the warning was understood.”
*Attempting to phone information, someone at a business on N. Redwood Hwy. phoned 911 instead, but there was no problem.
*Once again, a man who was unwelcome at Shop Smart was there, a manager reported.
*Traveling northbound on Redwood Hwy. in Selma at 3:30 p.m., a brown van was said to be moving “at least 100 mph.”
*Two jackets valued at $550, a first-aid backpack with supplies valued at $250 and some clothing and other items were reported taken from a locked SUV at Page Mountain Snow Park while the victims were skiing.
*Angry that no deputy responded in a timely manner when he reported that evicted persons were trespassing on his Rockydale Road property, a man stated that he would never call the sheriff’s office again. Neither would he be bothered to “handle things legally again,” the call-taker noted.
Saturday, Jan. 28
*Rain striking a door apparently caused an entry alarm at a home on McMullen Creek Road at a quarter after midnight.
*Just before 3 a.m. an intoxicated person took off in a borrowed Chevy Suburban without permission, to the consternation of the person whose grandfather owns the vehicle. It was later returned, however.
*Though he didn’t see anyone, a man in the 25000 block of Redwood Hwy. said that someone tried to open his front door at 7 a.m. No one was found in the immediate vicinity.
*In the 5000 block of Takilma Road two flatbed trailers were parked in the roadway, and even though there were two orange cones near one of the trailers, the caller thought it a traffic hazard.
*In order to close their door satisfactorily before leaving the residence at 10 p.m., some folks in the 700 block of Caves Hwy. were obliged to use a hammer, and slam the door repeatedly, which prompted a neighbor to phone 911.
Sunday, Jan. 29
*Robert Cecil Sanders, 45, was lodged in Josephine County Jail after he was cited on charges of menacing, domestic menacing, felon in possession of a firearm, third-degree criminal mischief, first-degree theft and reckless endangering in the 700 block of Caves Hwy. around 3 a.m.
*A green bike was found near Illinois River “Forks” State Park at 3:25 a.m.
*Perhaps not long for this world, a dog was reportedly chasing cars on Redwood Hwy. in the 24000 block just after 2 p.m.
*More bad dogs were said to be chasing animals in the 500 block of Lakeshore Drive.
*No reason could be found for a burglar alarm at the Cave Junction DMV office at 2:18 p.m.
*Two ponies were said to be loose on Smith Sawyer Road at quarter after one. Once the animals were secured into their pasture, the deputy made note of “many carcasses” and animals which appeared malnourished in the pasture. Information was forwarded to animal control.
*After an altercation in which a man with a stick was said to have broken the windows out of a woman’s trailer on Hussey Avenue, both parties were determined to be intoxicated beyond the point of intelligibility. Though she would have liked to have pressed charges, the woman could not clearly describe what had happened. She was advised to phone in the morning if she wanted to pursue the matter.
*Just after 11 p.m. a man on Queen of Bronze Road said that his neighbor was shooting toward his house. Also, the neighbor often shines flashlights and laser pointers at his bedroom window, he said.
Monday, Jan. 30
*On Warren Road a man said that his landlord had interrupted electrical power to his trailer, and laughing, said he can “control him.” The man, making plans to move, was advised of his options.
*In the 5000 block of Takilma Road, a woman reported a Nissan pickup truck stolen at 10 a.m.
*Tyler Neal Wylie, 18, was cited on charges of DWS, driving uninsured and violation of the basic rule (driving too fast for conditions) on Redwood Hwy. at Krauss Lane at 11:30 a.m.
*The owner of a vehicle driven into the side of St. Patrick of the Forest Catholic Church’s rectory had been arrested the night before, and so was not available to remove the car or pay for damages.
*Angry over accusations that he had taken mail from a box which was not his, a man was reportedly belligerent at the Selma Post Office at 4:21 p.m., and then he left.
*Two firearms, a Colt .22-caliber pistol and a bayoneted SKS, were reported stolen from a Lone Mountain Road residence.
Tuesday, Jan. 31
*Reporting from River Valley Restaurant, a woman said that her ex-husband violated a restraining order by coming within 20 feet of her and taking two photos.
*Found wandering around in a Community Bible Church building on Caves Avenue, a transient at first refused to leave, then departed toward CJ Select Market.
*Someone was possibly poaching geese near Rough & Ready Lumber Co., a complainant reported after hearing some gunshots around 7 p.m.
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