Police Blotter
Wednesday, Jan. 24
*Her daughter’s father, against whom she has a restraining order, attempted to contact the girl through a chain-link fence at Illinois Valley High School, a woman reported.
Thursday, Jan. 25
*A caller from the 2000 block of Lakeshore Drive complained that drivers routinely violate a 20 mph speed limit.
*Residents of the 5000 block of Westside Road were counseled on “how to be good neighbors” following a complaint of loud music at 10 a.m.
*Contacted by a corrections officer on a supervisory authority warrant in the 200 block of S. Redwood Hwy., Cameron Roger Dailey, 38, was arrested on a charge of possession of a controlled substance (PCS)/methamphetamine, and lodged in Josephine County Jail. He also was cited into Cave Junction Municipal Court on a charge of PCS/less than an ounce of marijuana.
*The manager of a Kerby mobile home park complained about a nonresident who frequently rides his small motorcycle through the neighborhood although he’d been asked not to.
Friday, Jan. 26
*Two mothers reported their 14-year-old daughters had run away and were likely en route to Crescent City. They subsequently were located, one mom said.
*A 19-year-old man who’d been “spinning doughnuts” in Jubilee Park was warned about his behavior and “trespassed” from the park for 30 days.
*The owner of a motor home who’d parked near Illinois River on W. Sixth Street in Kerby said that a man and woman were yelling and screaming at him to leave the property. They were also said to be throwing mud on his vehicle. When contacted, the parties had separated, and the complainant was told to leave.
*Following a single-vehicle accident at 6:46 p.m. on Iron Way which severed a utility pole, Jennifer A. O’Neil, 30, was cited on a charge of driving under the influence of an intoxicant.
*On Shadowbrook Drive, a car alarm was reported sounding at 8 p.m., but there did not appear to be anyone around it, a woman said.
*Around 9:30 p.m. people were beginning to congregate around a pickup truck abandoned earlier in the day on Airport Drive, a concerned caller said. Left behind by a couple who ran out of fuel, the pickup was surrounded by shattered glass, it was said, because the male half had punched the window before leaving.
Saturday, Jan. 27
*An 11:30 a.m. caller from Kerby Mainline was concerned that young people firing guns on BLM property nearby were being reckless.
*A young child playing with a telephone dialed 911 at 12:17 p.m. The mother was “very apologetic.”
*Ten persons were contacted around an open fire at Illinois River “Forks” State Park because it had been reported at 4:50 p.m. that they were drinking, yelling and being belligerent. They were warned about their actions and told to clean up their mess when they left.
*While a deputy was investigating a reported transient tent camp on the south side of Cave Junction, Carrie Lynn Thom, 36, was cited on a Grants Pass Dept. of Public Safety warrant charging failure to appear on an original charge of third-degree theft.
Sunday, Jan. 28
*Removed from a rooftop on E. River Street, where he’d been alternately yelling nonsense or curled up and unresponsive since 4:30 a.m., Anthony Vidales-Frank, 24, was transported to Three Rivers Community Hospital (TRCH) in Grants Pass on a peace officer’s mental hold.
*Following an interrupted 911 call from Illinois River Road, Lorde Laviess Drake, 38, was cited on charges of domestic menacing, interfering with initiating a 911 call and fourth-degree domestic assault. Drake was placed in Josephine County Jail.
*A disoriented woman was given a ride from a Cave Junction store, where she’d been wandering in and out most of the day, to TRCH on a mental hold.
Monday, Jan. 29
*After it was reported that he was stalking around property on Arrowhead Drive at 8:30 p.m. and yelling, Manuel J. Cerecedes, 23, was arrested on charges of stalking and violating a restraining order.
*While hunting, a man reported finding a two-wheel drive pickup truck in snow on Page Mountain. He was concerned that the occupants might be lost. Subsequently checking the registration, a deputy responded to the Takilma Road residence of the vehicle’s owner, to find the truck and owners safely home. They “appreciated the welfare check.”
Tuesday, Jan. 30
*A Norman Road resident said that someone opened a gate overnight and turned his horses loose. He also claimed that other area residents had experienced the same action.
Wednesday, Jan. 31
*At 1 a.m. a resident on W. Lister Street said that her on-and-off-again roommate was destroying things and punching walls. Both parties were advised of their options, and separated.
*Once again a gate on Norman Road had been opened overnight, allowing horses out, a man said.
*While walking in the 200 block of S. Redwood Hwy. at 2:21 p.m., a man reported that he was approached by another who said, “I’ll beat you up if you don’t buy me a beer.” The threat was ignored.
*A caller thought he might have interrupted a person prepared to dump garbage on Lone Mountain Road at 10:11 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 1
*Several persons were contacted after a complaint of transients loitering behind Caves Pharmacy at 11:35 a.m. Michael C. Hammond, 40, was cited on a warrant charging him with twice having failed to appear on an original assault charge. The others were told to move along.
*Five people thought to be breaking into a house on White Schoolhouse Road at 3:15 p.m. explained that they were trying to determine if the house was for rent. They were told to stay off the property.
*Several vagrants set fire to a dry Christmas tree behind Pizza Pit just before 5 p.m., the owner reported. The fire was extinguished.
*A suspicious “acidy ether” aroma was reported coming from a Norman Road residence.
