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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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Sunday, May 14
*Near the 17-mile marker of Redwood Hwy. a driver was warned about offensive littering at 8:30 p.m.
Monday, May 15
*Joshua Lee Burns, 23, was lodged in Josephine County jail on warrants charging failure to appear (FTA) on original charges of first- and third-degree theft. He also was cited on a charge of providing false information to police.
*An officer gave brief chase to a dirt bike rider in the 6000 block of Rockydale Road before losing the subject on a BLM road.
*On E. River Street a mother complained that her 12-year-old son wasn’t listening to her and was “terrorizing” his younger brother. The two were counseled regarding parenting.
*The driver of a white Suburban-type vehicle was said to be swerving all over Redwood Hwy. southbound near Lakeshore Drive, and honking at people who tried to pass.
*It appeared that someone was camping in a vehicle on the Sterling Savings Bank parking lot. A deputy was to check through the evening.
*At 5:45 p.m. a woman claimed to have been assaulted at “Forks” Park by two women and three men who also, she said, slashed her tires and attempted to burn her vehicle.
*In the 27000 block of Redwood Hwy. a 61-year-old woman said that her care-giver pushed her to the ground, causing breathing difficulties. She also received a threatening message on her answering machine, she said.
*After walking her property with people who offered to do tree work, a Honeybee Lane resident noticed that her purse was missing.
Tuesday, May 16
*Some 20 gallons of fuel were reported stolen from a bus parked at Illinois Valley Head Start on E. River Street.
*After attempting to shoplift a bottle of organic juice from Shop Smart Food Warehouse, Raymond Paul Hicks, 27, was cited to appear on a charge of third-degree theft.
*A three-week supply of medication was reported stolen from a home in the 24000 block of Redwood Hwy.
*From the 3000 block of Holland Loop, it was reported that a 17-year-old had taken his grandfather’s car and three guns valued at $1,000 without permission.
*Transients drinking in the 100 block of Hussey Avenue made themselves unwelcome around 4 p.m., and were told to move along.
*A highly intoxicated person was said to be sitting on a planter in the 200 block of S. Redwood Hwy., “speaking to the world.” He left when asked.
*Wearing cut-off shorts, an intoxicated man was said to be sleeping on S. Lakeshore Drive around 5:30 p.m. The man was gone when a deputy arrived to check.
*At 9:43 p.m. a “Stop” sign was found knocked down on E. River Street.
Wednesday, May 17
*While investigating a report of youths fighting at Jubilee Park just after midnight, a deputy seized a bolt-action .22 rifle and a license plate from an unlocked car in the vicinity.
*In the 700 block of N. Old Stage Road several items including a watch, digital video camera, CDs and miscellaneous tools were reported taken from an unlocked vehicle overnight.
*In an attempt to steal a vehicle from the 200 block of S. Redwood Hwy., a culprit smashed a door window and caused extensive damage to the steering column.
*A soon-to-be ex-tenant was said to be harassing other residents on Ollis Road, and the complainant was advised of options.
*Two miniature horses valued at $2,500 were reported missing from a location on White Schoolhouse Road, from which another horse had been seized earlier by animal control officers.
*Some 30 CDs and a garage door opener were discovered in Jubilee Park, and turned in at the Illinois Valley Substation at 8 a.m.
*Leland E Howard, 36, was cited on charges of driving with a suspended license (DWS), and driving uninsured in Downtown CJ at 12:18 p.m.
*Contacted behind Caves Minimall, a sleeping man was awakened and told to move on.
*A man on N. Old Stage Road said that his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend has continued to make unwanted contact. The person was warned via voicemail about their behavior.
*On S. Kerby Avenue, a driver was warned for failure to provide proof of insurance and also for inoperative turn signals.
*An intoxicated man with a dog in a box was harassing people near CJ 76 gas station at 7:30 p.m.
*Following a fender-bender between two vehicles at a boat ramp at Lake Selmac, one driver reportedly tried to pay the other $50 and then leave. The parties soon exchanged information on their own.
*Banging on the drive-through window at Dairy Queen with a flashlight was a red-haired man with a dog who seemed angry that the business was closed at 10 p.m. and was yelling at and harassing employees.
*The same “foul-mouthed” man had returned to CJ 76 at 10 p.m.
Thursday, May 18
*Reporting at the I.V. Substation, a woman claimed to have been assaulted three times in the past three weeks, twice at Jubilee Park, and once at “Forks” Park.
*On Arrowhead Drive, a man said that a credit card had been removed from his residence and that within a matter of hours some $1,500 in charges were reported.
*Ten windows and two sliding-glass doors were broken at the McCaleb Ranch caretaker’s house, a representative of the Boy Scout council reported.
*Driving a vehicle with admittedly switched license plates, Glen Earl Reese, 41, was cited to appear on a misdemeanor charge of DWS. The vehicle was impounded.
*A caller said that she had left a bag containing prescription medications at a public phone near O’Brien Store & Deli, but that it was gone when she returned.
*In Selma, a suspected methamphetamine lab in a storage unit was reported to Josephine Interagency Narcotics Team (JOINT).
*Registration tags were reported stolen from a vehicle on Shadowbrook Drive.
Friday, 19 May
*On Deer Creek Road a woman said that her intoxicated neighbor screamed and yelled at her, and that she defended herself with a dog leash.
*Jewelry and a camera were reported taken from a residence in the 17000 block of Illinois River Road, after ransacking thieves entered through a window.
*Mail theft was reported in the 5000 block of Caves Hwy.
*Vulgar, spray-painted graffiti gracing a wall at Caves Minimall could be removed for an estimated $100, a complainant said.
*Sara Couick, 20, was cited on a charge of DWS in the 18000 block of Redwood Hwy. at 11:47 a.m.
*At Four Aces Mini Storage on Hogue Drive, Candice E. Stauffer, 28, was arrested on a warrant charging unlawful possession of methamphetamine. She was lodged in Josephine County Jail.
*Having torn down two fences, a tusked pig named ‘Wilbur’ then frightened a horse and attacked some dogs, a Kerby woman reported at 6:30 p.m. Animal Control was notified.
*Following a single-vehicle motor vehicle accident in the 25000 block of Redwood Hwy., Robert Walter Couick, 52, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUII) and failure to carry insurance, and failure to perform a breathalyzer test.
*Animal Control was notified of a spotty, pitbull mixed-breed dog which, allowed to run loose daily, chases cats and knocks over trash cans .
Saturday, May 20
*Three men on dirt bikes who were racing up and down Forest Creek Road at “approximately 60 mph,” were said to have “flipped off” a man who tried to get them to stop.
*Thieves cut locks and chain-link fencing, and also demolished a door to access a shop building on Rockydale Road from which they stole some $100 worth of copper wire.
*After he sprayed a 14-year-old in the face with mace, the 40- to 50-year-old driver of a black Jeep was said to have taken a paintball gun from the kid and left in an unknown direction of travel on Rockydale Road.
*A red Toyota pickup truck was reported stolen from Western Plaza at 4:42 p.m.
*Alarms sounded at various locations in Cave Junction, perhaps as a result of a power outage.
*At Lake Selmac Resort, a man was said to have taken a money box and thrown it into the lake. The park host gave chase for a time, but the suspect eluded capture even though deputies arrived.
*On Forest Creek Road a man said that his son-in-law had phoned several times to threaten to beat someone with a baseball bat.
*Dennis James Hofer, 49, was cited to appear on charges of DWS and DUII after a traffic stop near Oregon Caves Chevron.
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