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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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Tuesday, Aug. 22
*A man at Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass reported that he was struck on his head with a tool at a Cave Junction job site.
Wednesday, Aug. 23
*William W. Bailey, 51, was cited on a charge of second-degree criminal trespass on N. Sawyer Avenue.
*Theft of guns sometime during the past nine months was reported in the 4000 block of Caves Hwy.
*There was concern because a registered sex offender no longer on probation was living on forest service land in Takilma near children.
*Timothy Roy Wilcox, 24, was cited on a charge of driving while suspended (DWS) in Cave Junction after being stopped for riding a motorcycle without wearing a helmet. The bike was impounded.
*In CJ, Alan Carl Penna, 35, was arrested under a Kansas warrant charging failure to appear (FTA) on a charge of possession of marijuana. His vehicle was impounded.
*Someone claimed that they received a phone call from a man out Caves Hwy., who said he had slashed his wrists and was driving himself for medical care. He wasn’t located.
*Gunfire from “an automatic weapon” was reported on Lone Mountain Road at 1:26 p.m.
*No crime was detected after a reported disturbance in Kerby at 8:25 p.m.
*A couple in Kerby had a disturbance at 8:41 p.m.
*It appeared that someone “jimmied” a door to a home in the 7000 block of Takilma Road; ransacked a desk and took gun records and invoices, plus $2,000 cash, but left the $1 bills.
Thursday, Aug. 24
*During the small hours after midnight, Community Oriented Policing (COP) was conducted at Jubilee Park, and Illinois River “Forks” State Park.
*Two men outside a Cave Junction store at 12:46 a.m. were contacted.
*On N. Sawyer Avenue, William Warren Bailey, 51 was cited on a charge of second-degree criminal trespass.
*Deputies were to watch for a registered sex offender in Takilma after a concern was expressed that he was living on forest service land near some children.
*There was a call at 11:02 p.m. from a woman in Cave Junction saying that she was raped in a white van by a man who held a gun to her head.
*In the 7000 block of Illinois River Road a man gave forest service personnel a problem when told he couldn’t have a fire.
*There was a complaint from Selma that a woman’s brother had been molesting her children while visiting from another state.
*An man so intoxicated that he couldn’t walk straight caused a problem in Kerby, and was walking, sort of, in and out of traffic.
*“Verbal” was used by a deputy to describe a reported disturbance in the 24000 block of Redwood Hwy.
Friday, Aug. 25
*No one was located after a 2:46 a.m. call from Downtown CJ that three men and a woman were fighting, and that one had a gun.
*At 3:10 a.m. a man in Downtown CJ was upset because, he said, some people with guns know that he is a snitch. He was given a ride.
*Extensive littering out Upper Deer Creek Road was to be cleaned up after a complaint. It was hoped that the dumpers could be identified by some items they left.
*Trespassing by a woman at Shop Smart Food Warehouse was reported at 11:19 a.m. The woman was wanted for felony trespass, as she has been warned many times.
*Patricia Rae Doney, 54, was cited on Illinois River Road on a charge of “op with req lighting.”
*On Illinois River Road, Laith Shropshire, 20, was cited on charges of improper fenders and no insurance, and Jennifer Peterson, 20, was cited on a charge of not wearing a seat belt. The car was impounded.
*It was unclear who was cited on Illinois River Road on a charge of not having a child passenger in a seat belt.
*Steven Gilman, 35, was cited on Illinois River Road on a charge of failure to maintain lane (FaMaLa).
*Illinois Valley resident Neilia Beth Pierson, 53, was served several Grants Pass warrants charging FTA on charges of third-degree robbery, menacing, third-degree theft, and second-degree criminal trespass.
*On popular Illinois River Road, Desiree Lynn Franks, 26, was cited on charges of driving uninsured, and endangering a child passenger. The vehicle was impounded.
*Citations listing FaMaLa were issued Daniel Colman, 49; and Lisa Sue Murphy, 28.
*“Suspicious noises” like a child crying and screaming very hard” were reported on Arrowhead Drive at 4:41 p.m.
*Loud music and fireworks were reported in the 10000 block of Caves Hwy. at 6:42 p.m. No one was going to respond unless a specific address could be provided.
*A door was kicked down at a residence on W. Lister Street by a sometimes resident, who told the occupant to go ahead and throw his stuff down the stairs.
*Open beer bottles were seen inside a vehicle that crashed in the 6000 block of Caves Hwy. around 6:43 p.m. No one from the car was found.
*After a man looked toward another man, the latter became offended and was beating on the complainant in Downtown CJ at 9:07 p.m. He said he’d kill the suspect or at least put him in a hospital.
Saturday, Aug. 26
*Someone reported a car in a ditch in the 8000 block of Caves Hwy. at 1:05 a.m.
*Someone reported a truck in a ditch in the 1500 block of Rockydale Road at 1:06 a.m.
*Some “200 kids” were said to be at a gathering in the 1200 block of Illinois River Road with alcohol involved.
*COP occurred at the green bridge on Eight Dollar road at 3:13 a.m.
*Michael Gutierrez, 45, was cited on a charge of FaMaLa on Illinois River Road. Also Ashley Vint, 27; Shan Smedley, 33; Darin Jantzer, 31; Raymond Henry Holt III, 44; and Danielle Layton, 22.
*On that preceding road, Douglas Trowbridge, 34, was cited on charges of FaMaLa and no operator’s license. His vehicle was impounded.
*Also on that road above, Alicia Ann Shelton, 24, was arrested on a DWS charge; and cited and released on charges of FaMaLa and driving without insurance. Trevor White, 25, was arrested and jailed under warrants charging FTA on charges of menacing, fourth-degree assault, and contempt of court.
*Creeps struck CJ 76, damaging various equipment, but not taking anything.
*Eviction options were provided a Selma woman for someone in a motorhome refusing to leave.
*Harassment was complained about in the 38000 block of Redwood Hwy.
*Weird thieves stole some $250 worth of bingo cards and related items from Illinois Valley Grange Hall.
*FaMaLa was the charge against Bryon Lee Malcolm, 25, on Illinois River Road. Also Charles Daniel Cavanagh III, 21.
*Wayne Overlin, 36, was cited on a charge of violation of the basic rule (VBR), driving too fast for conditions on Redwood Hwy. in Selma.
*An obscenity-screaming person keeps phoning her, a woman on S. Junction Avenue said.
*People were fighting in the 24000 block of Redwood Hwy. at 9:26 p.m.
*One gunshot was reported near I.V. High School at 10:07 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 27
*After a complaint of shooters in the 1800 block of Crooks Creek Road, there was no evidence of a crime or unsafe shooting. The complainant said that the suspect has shot at frogs and motorcyclists.
*A man in Kerby wanted a deputy to stand by while he returned a child. He was provided options “for making the exchange less problematic.”
*Loud music in the 9300 block of Takilma Road was complained about at 9:39 a.m.
*It was reported that a man and woman walking on Laurel Road were involving in domestic violence with the man choking her.
*Because a man in the rear of a car near milepost 32 of Redwood Hwy. was “mooning” and partially exposing himself, a mother was upset because of her two young daughters.
*A suspicious person and people smoking marijuana were complained about in Kerby.
*Two people were contacted at McCaleb Ranch out Illinois River Road about leaving alcohol around children while they weren’t around.
*A hit-and-run vehicle accident was reported in O’Brien.
*People riding quads through property at Siskiyou Community Health Center again were the subject of a complaint by a nearby resident.
*A glass-breakage alarm sounded at Joe’s Market at 8:31 p.m. Then the responsible party was present, and there were no more log notes.
Wednesday, Aug. 30
*COP occurred in the small hours after midnight at Jubilee Park, Holland Store, O’Brien Country Store, Rough & Ready Lumber Co. and in the Redwood Hwy./Eight Dollar Road area.
*Helen R. Blankenship, 28, was cited on a charge of DWS at 8:04 a.m. at Laurel Road and Walters Road. Her vehicle was impounded.
*Following an alarm at a home in the 5000 block of Lakeshore Drive, it was believed caused by six Chihuahuas.
*Someone reported a loose horse near 1800 Deer Creek Road at 12:06 p.m.
*When a deputy went to Selma to serve a Clackamas County warrant on a man, he found that the person had moved.
*A CJ man discovered that his stolen car had been impounded.
*Following a 5:13 p.m. alarm at First American Title in CJ, it was found to be not an intruder.
*Some sort of disorderly conduct near Siskiyou Community Health Center was reported at 6:56 p.m.
*Extra patrol was requested on Lakeshore Drive because of speeders.
Thursday, Aug. 31
*Screaming squatters with guns at a former drug lab were among aspects of a complaint from the 1700 block of Dick George Road.
Friday, Sept. 1
*A site on N. Sawyer Avenue was checked as a transient camp.
*From E. River Street a woman noted that the wheels and tires were removed from her vehicle. The estimated value was $1,500.
*There was a likelihood that while a woman and her husband were away from the 25000 block of Redwood Hwy., someone drove their rental car and damaged it.
*Someone took a wallet from an unlocked car in O’Brien, and it contacted items including $230 cash, according to a complainant.
*A “repo man” did his thing on Draper Valley Road.
*Harassment was reported in the 33000 block of Redwood Hwy. by a woman who did not want to pursue charges or speak to a deputy, although she said she suffered a scratched face.
*Theft of a box of documents from Jonathan Court was logged.
*Paul J. Manzone, 41, was cited on Illinois River Road on charges of FaMaLa and no driver’s license. FaMaLa citations also were issued Michael V. Stewart, 32; and Carl Furfuson, 30.
*Marty D. Thornton, 26, and Jessie James Smith, 23, were cited on Illinois River Road on charges of failure to wear seat belts, and Smith also was cited on a charge of FaMaLa.
*Following a disturbance report involving a man with a machete and a gun threatening two girls, Otis Jones, 52, was arrested and jailed on the following charges: attempted second-degree assault, harassment, menacing, second-degree theft, unlawful entry to a motor vehicle, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
*Approximately $2,000 damage was reported to a car after the driver of Mustang convertible couldn’t avoid striking a deer at 8999 Deer Creek (appropriate) Road.
*Logged for information at 4:56 p.m. at the request of a complainant on Hogue Drive, she reported that an adult threw a table at her child and that the glass broke, causing a small cut on one leg of the child.
*Another Hogue Drive complaint at 5:06 p.m. came from a landlord who said that tenants were “throwing crap and refusing to pay rent.” She was advised of civil options.
*At 5:15 p.m. someone drove a green Chevy pickup truck through Oregon Caves Chevron so fast that an attendant was unable to obtain a license plate.
*Adrian Diego Contreras, 21, was cited on Illinois River Road on a charge of FaMaLa. Marty Leslie Thornton Jr., 26, was cited on charges of failure to wear a seat belt, and possession of less than an ounce of a controlled substance.
*Theft of a $200 cell phone from a man in the area of Seats Dam was reported.
*It was complained about from Turnagain Drive that one man shot at another in connection with one trying to move a car.
*Bottles of beer and fighting were reported at a CJ bar at 7:45 p.m. Subsequently, Robert James Harrison, 37, was arrested and jailed on two charges of attempted second-degree assault, and one each of menacing and third-degree criminal mischief.
*Another Deer Creek Road deer was reported injured, but it wasn’t located.
*Animal Control was to be notified after a woman in the 7500 block of Holland Loop reported that her son was attacked by a black dog, part of a pack of five. The boy’s ankle was swollen after being knocked down by the beast.
*A “Chrysler or Thunderbird” with four men inside was being driven too fast on W. River Street, a man said.
*Probable cause for domestic menacing resulted in Rita Carroll Bennett, 41, being taken to county jail after a report from June Drive that she threw a chair at a woman.
*Today and during others in this report, several complaints were received about erratic, reckless and speeding drivers on Redwood Hwy. at various spots between the California border and Grants Pass.
*Profanities were yelled at people on W. River Street at 8:42 p.m. after they asked the driver of a car with a bunch of people inside to slow down because of children in the neighborhood.
*Subsequent to a report that someone was lying on the road in Kerby, unable to move, Anthony G. Dutton, 17, was cited on a charge of being a minor in possession of alcohol.
*Jacob Lessard, 16, was cited on a charge of having an illegal campfire on Illinois River Road at 9:46 p.m.
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