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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. 10
*Responding to a report of 25 to 30 trees stolen on Draper Valley Road, a deputy, noting rotting stumps, determined the area to have been logged “approximately five years ago.” He also thought the complainant “appeared to be hallucinating.”
*Vandals tore down a security light behind a business on S. Caves Avenue, causing $125 damage.
*Norman Road resident Scott Adam Seaman, 41, was arrested on a Clackamas County warrant charging first- and second-degree theft.
Thursday, Jan. 11
*A bevy of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) were reported. Some were reported again long after they’d occurred. Most were a result of icy roadways, and caused few serious injuries.
*Away from home, a woman believed that her husband needed medical attention at their Hogue Drive residence. When contacted, the man was adamant that he was just having trouble with dogs who were fighting, and did not need law enforcement assistance.
*In the 24000 block of Redwood Hwy. a man said that the driver of a large silver pickup truck spun out on his front yard earlier in the day, causing large ruts. The matter was referred to OSP.
*Robert James Harrison, 38, was cited on a charge of failure to appear on charges of menacing, criminal mischief and attempted assault.
*A driver said that he’d been rear-ended on White School House Road, and that the other driver fled without sharing information.
*The mother of a Lorna Byrne Middle School student said that someone slammed her son’s face into a desk, causing a swollen nose.
*His neighbor cut his cable TV line while using a backhoe, said a man in the 25000 block of Redwood Hwy. It was deemed a civil matter.
Friday, Jan. 12
*A woman in the 28000 block of Redwood Hwy. complained that her neighbor’s children trespass on her property to use her trampoline, which is unsafe.
*A flurry of MVAs related to slick roadways were reported.
*At or near Illinois Valley High School, young people in a light-colored pickup truck had been driving around, sliding on the ice for two days, a caller said.
Saturday, Jan. 13
*On E. River Street a boy claimed to have been beaten, and to have suffered concussion.
*Three dollars, various forms of ID and an ATM card were in a leather wallet reported stolen from a W. Lister Street residence.
*Four of five vehicles slid off Kerby Mainline on the way to the Southern Oregon Sanitation transfer station, due to extremely icy conditions.
*On S. Redwood Hwy. in Cave Junction, Gregory Warren Weems, 47, was cited on charges of expired tags, and failure to carry insurance.
*“Wildlife,” specifically a fox observed upon a deputy’s arrival, was the likely cause of “prowler” noises heard in a backyard on S. Kerby Avenue around 8:30 p.m.
*Grants Pass Dept. of Public Safety officers sought help retrieving a telephone said to have been stolen by a Cave Junction resident from Three Rivers Community Hospital.
*Renee Kayleen Petty, 49, was cited in Downtown Cave Junction at 9:30 p.m. on charges of speeding, driving without a valid operator’s permit, and driving uninsured.
*Having admitted to consuming several beers and attempting to hide another under the seat of his car, Jacob Charles Galbraith, 17, was cited on charges of being a minor in possession of alcohol, and also for failure to obey a traffic control device on N. Hussey Avenue at River Street at 10:21 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 14
*License plate tags were reported stolen from a vehicle parked near I.V. Video Mart & Radio Shack at 5 p.m.
*A deputy contacted a person who lost a large bag a trash while en route to the transfer station on Kerby Mainline and advised them how to properly tarp their load.
Monday, Jan. 15
*Prescription medication was reported stolen from a McMullen Creek Road residence.
*Illinois Valley emergency personnel responded to a fresh slew of MVAs due to ice today. Many occurred on Laurel Road near N. Old Stage Road.
*Thieves took some fire extinguishers and a heat lamp from some outbuildings at Lake Selmac, the park host reported. Also, some graffiti was noted.
*A disturbance, reportedly at times physical, but on the whole categorized as verbal, occurred at the athletic field behind Lorna Byrne Middle School. A deputy stood by to ensure “nothing flared up.”
*Her son was likely responsible for the items missing from her Dick George Road residence, a woman said.
*James Dee Campbell, 46, was lodged in Josephine County Jail on a charge of fourth-degree domestic assault
Tuesday, Jan. 16
*Logs unavailable.
Wednesday, Jan. 17
*Gary Michael Phillips, 54, was cited at the Illinois Valley Substation on a charge of failure to appear on an earlier charge of driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUII). He later was cited on a charge of driving with a suspended license (DWS), and his vehicle, which bore switched license plates and had no insurance, was impounded from a location on White Schoolhouse Road.
*A Norman Road resident said that a man broke into his home and took computers and other items which are part of a civil dispute.
Thursday, Jan. 18
*Small footprints, perhaps those of a young child, were discovered heading toward a creek off Illinois River Road. The caller was providing the information in the event anyone was reported missing.
*On Naue Way a woman thought she saw people stealing items from a car left stuck in a ditch in the 600 block.
Friday, Jan. 19
*An intoxicated woman on Finch Road was said to be yelling at passing cars at 12:21 a.m. After a deputy investigated this disorderly conduct, Melissa Jayne Lowenstein, 40, was cited on charges of probation violation, and failure to appear on an original DUII charge.
*Located at the Junction Inn, reported runaway Emily Carroll, 13, was taken to the Juvenile Justice Center in Grants Pass.
*Robert Michael Martinez, 59, was cited on a charge of violation of the basic rule (VBR/driving too fast for conditions) following an icy wipe-out on Reeves Creek Road.
*Ignoring “No Trespassing” signs, people on ATVs were crossing his property and tearing it up, according to a man on Reeves Creek Road.
*Stephanie E. Smith, 18, was cited on charges of driving uninsured and without an operator’s permit on Schumacher Street. Her passenger was warned about furnishing a vehicle to an unlicensed driver.
*Mutual combat between intoxicated persons created a commotion in the 29000 block of Redwood Hwy. at 7 p.m.
*Jacqueline Lea Landers, 49, was cited on charges of DWS and driving uninsured on Caves Hwy. at Caves Avenue at 8 p.m. Her vehicle was impounded.
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