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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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Friday, Dec. 15
*It was believed that a bear was responsible for a broken mailbox post and overturned trashcan on Idlewild Drive, but that a person could be, too.
*Another caller from Idlewild Drive reported his mailbox open and mail scattered everywhere. He thought it might have been the wind.
*In the 3000 block of Rockydale Road, a man said that his mailbox had been smashed outright. Damage was estimated at $15.
*In Downtown Cave Junction a woman said that a spotted, white pit-bull “went after” her daughter. Animal Control was notified, but had no address at which to contact the dog’s owner.
*A disturbance on W. River Street reported just after 10 p.m. resulted in much yelling and screaming, a felled Christmas tree and shattered ornaments. Both parties agreed to remain in separate rooms for the evening.
Saturday, Dec. 16
*People were being good for Santa?
Sunday, Dec. 17
*A woman on Honeybee Lane said that a large animal was kicking around on her porch just after 2 a.m. She was advised to turn on the light to scare it away.
*Former tenants were believed to have damaged a residence on Dogwood Lane, a property manager reported.
*A woman stated that her boyfriend had strangled, punched, and threatened to kill her. Subsequently, Jeremy L. Whyte, 22, was arrested on charges of fourth-degree domestic assault and menacing. He was lodged in Josephine County Jail.
*Some sort of commotion over the alleged theft of a vehicle took place in the 27000 block of Redwood Hwy.
Monday, Dec. 18
*At 2:37 a.m. loud music from his neighbor’s house was disturbing a Honeybee Lane resident.
*Theft of a 50cc four-wheeler valued at $1,800 from Dave’s Outdoor Power Equipment was reported.
*A rural Cave Junction woman reported her 17-year-old daughter as a runaway.
*On W. Schumacher a man phoned just after 2 p.m. to say that some kids threw rocks at him and his pregnant wife. He was unsure if his wife had been hit, as he was busy yelling at the kids.
*An Airport Drive resident reported hearing 10 bomb-like “shots,” and then a loud roaring sound. She could see either fog or smoke, but did not know which it was.
*Loud noises like fighting or yelling could be heard coming from behind the open-air stage (often mistakenly called an amphitheater) at Jubilee Park, said a caller at 7:15 p.m.
*A woman expressed concern for a man on White Schoolhouse Road, who said that he was going to make a “journey” with a dozen other men, women and children to Mexico on foot. She requested a deputy check on his welfare.
*Although a fight was reported to have broken out on the Shop Smart parking lot around 8 p.m., a thorough check of the area turned up no participants or victims.
*Matthew Miller, 19, was cited in Downtown Cave Junction at 8:44 p.m. on a charge of minor in possession of alcohol.
Tuesday, Dec. 19
*A loud television was complained about on Honeybee Lane at 2:16 a.m.
*Some $9,000 worth of photovoltaic equipment and the wheelbarrow presumably used to cart it away were reported stolen from a shed on Brown Road.
*A young woman on Schumacher Street said that her mother had grabbed her by the hair and tried to hit her. The complainant left for a friend’s house.
*Because he was “known to be violent,” store personnel would not approach a man who was reportedly making customers nervous in a CJ business around 3:30 p.m. The caller wanted him warned about his actions.
*No crime had been committed, though a woman on Lone Mountain Road said that she’d been attacked by a man, who elected to spend the night elsewhere.
*At 10:35 p.m., the man from Lone Mountain Road had returned, a woman advised. He’d been drinking, she said, and was pounding on the door. All was deemed “Code 4” when a deputy checked. The parties had worked out their differences.
Wednesday, Dec. 20
*Attempted burglary was reported at the U.S. Forest Service/Illinois Valley Ranger Station compound at 9:22 a.m.
*Several persons contacted in the 2000 block of Illinois River Road were warned for failure to extinguish their campfire.
*Some young people who were said to be “up to no good” around 8:30 p.m. were the likely cause of an overturned dumpster on S. Junction Avenue.
Thursday, Dec. 21
*A deputy “extensively searched” an area around S. Old Stage Road and Addison Lane after a caller reported hearing a woman scream and someone else seen running around 2 a.m. Nothing amiss was found.
*Two people claiming to have a flat tire on Laurel Road left soon after they were informed that law enforcement would be summoned to assist them, a caller said.
*On Lamont Way a 15-year-old boy was said to have attacked his sister with a metal chair. He eventually calmed down, and went to a friend’s house.
*A deputy couldn’t locate the source of loud music and hammering said to be coming from an E. River Street garage around 10 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 23
*All was secure and no reason could be found for an alarm at Bi-Mor Tobacco Outlet on N. Redwood Hwy. at 2:16 a.m.
*Someone threw an egg at a house on Schumacher Street, it was reported at 2:36 a.m.. The resident said that when he went to chase away the culprits, they threw rocks at him. He also requested a deputy come investigate damage to his vehicle.
*A possibly intoxicated man in a flannel shirt (and trousers, likely) attempted to enter a residence on Schumacher Street at 5:43 a.m. The caller stated that he would shoot the man if he made it through the door. When checking the area, a deputy could not locate the man.
*A girl on S. Junction Avenue said that two others were harassing her over a fence.
*On Hogue Drive a woman complained about a 17-year-old who was trying to pick a fight with her and her husband. She stated that this is a continuing problem.
Monday, Dec. 25
*Damage to outdoor Christmas decorations was reported on Kerby Street at 8:21 a.m.
*Hazardously high water was reported on several roadways in Illinois Valley this morning.
*It appeared that some people were itching for a fight after a motor vehicle accident on W. River Street near Redwood Hwy. at 3:40 p.m.
*A Kerby resident phoned at 5:48 p.m. to report a fight at his residence. Then a woman came on the line and stated that everything was “OK,” and law enforcement was no longer needed.
*Someone in a white passenger vehicle crashed through a fence on Deer Creek Road just before 11 p.m., but the driver could not be located.
*Gunshots and yelling were heard in the 8000 block of Caves Hwy. around 11 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 26
*A dog owner on Frederick Court said that when her pet returned from outside, his nose and mouth were bloodied, as though someone had hit him.
*Though it was reported that an aggressive woman was being restrained from lunging at another person near Siskiyou Market at 2:30 p.m., by the time a deputy arrived from Wolf Creek, no one involved was around.
*A 72-year-old man on Caves Hwy. said that he’d been assaulted by two men, one of whom brought a baseball bat with which the victim fought back.
*In Downtown CJ, a service station employee thought it suspicious that a driver used wires to start his vehicle, which had a broken rear window.
*The party responsible for running into her vehicle did not want her to phone law enforcement, said a Selma woman at 6:30 p.m.
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