Police Blotter
Friday, Feb. 23
*A man on Arrowhead Drive reported repeated harassing phone calls. He was advised of his options.
*In a dispute about water rights, a Happy Camp Road man reported escalating threats and telephonic harassment by another. Both were advised it was a civil matter.
*There was a man in her residence who’d been asked by another to kill her, a woman on Pinecone Drive said at 9:13 p.m. The would-be killer had a knife, she said, but was waiting for a deputy so he could take deputies to the guy who had arranged everything. Subsequently, Gary M. Phillips, 54, was lodged in Josephine County Jail on Roseburg warrants charging possession of a controlled substance (PCS), and driving while suspended (DWS).
Saturday, Feb. 24
*Sally A. Yarbrough, 56, was cited on a charge of speeding in the 23000 block of Redwood Hwy. at 9:31 a.m.
*A Lakeshore Drive woman reported finding her puppy dead near the property line, and she suspected that neighbors were involved.
*Exterior lights and fixtures were removed, and a sign broken, at Immanuel United Methodist Church on W. Watkins Street. Damage was estimated at $200.
*An irate motorist flagged down a deputy to report phone problems on Reeves Creek Road.
*On S. Junction Avenue a motorhome owner said that someone spray-painted graffiti on his rig, causing some $200 damage.
Sunday, Feb. 25
*A stolen vehicle was recovered on a BLM road off Kerby Mainline. And a report of offensive littering was generated after a deputy found a “pickup load” of trash nearby.
Monday, Feb. 26
*On Arrowhead Drive, a woman reported that her tires were slashed, and snowballs thrown at her vehicle, as well as a barricaded gate. She suspected a man against whom she has a restraining order, and she felt unsafe.
*Fighting between two brothers on Takilma Road ended when the elder was encouraged to leave.
*He said she was attempting to provoke him into a fight; she said he took restraining order paperwork away from her, and she wants him to move out. Both parties in this verbal disturbance on N. Junction Avenue were given their options.
*A friend used his bicycle without permission, and it was stolen at an Illinois Valley High School basketball game, said a 13-year-old boy.
*Two drivers exchanged information after an accident on the Siskiyou Market parking lot at 6:37 p.m., and one of them, who might have been intoxicated, had attempted to leave the scene, a caller said.
*The driver of one vehicle was “turning donuts” and another failed to obey a “Stop” sign in the vicinity of Kerby Avenue and Schumacher Street, a caller complained. Due to hazardously icy roadways, the sheriff’s office elected to not respond to Cave Junction for either situation.
Tuesday, Feb. 27
*At 3:50 a.m. a man said that he’d given a ride to a woman who’d been walking on the middle of the roadway, but he dropped her off on Holland Loop a short time later, because she was acting “weird.”
*Pacific Power was advised of low-hanging utility lines over Redwood Hwy. at the state line, as reported by a truck driver at 6 a.m.
*A boy, 13, was said to be driving his ATV recklessly on Dogwood Lane at 10 a.m. with concern about endangering other children.
*Having discovered his ex-wife’s whereabouts on Caves Avenue, a 21-year-old man was attempting to gain entry to the residence and “come after her,” a caller said. He was taken into custody on a peace officer’s mental hold after threatening to pull out his pacemaker and smashing a window with his fists.
*Someone’s blue Volkswagen was blocking his driveway, said a man on S. Kerby Avenue, and he wanted it moved.
*Michael Shawn Lazenby, 30, was arrested on a Minidoka County, Idaho warrant charging failure to appear on charges of PCS/meth, and PCS/paraphernalia.
Wednesday, Feb. 28
*Charges of criminal mischief and third-degree theft were to be forwarded to the county D.A. in the matter of an elderly man swilling cough syrup and throwing the bottles on the floor at Shop Smart Food Warehouse. The caller stated that he’d done it before.
*A Selma woman said that someone attempted to obtain a credit card using her deceased husband’s personal information.
*The Selma mother of a 14-year-old said that the girl had kicked her twice in each leg and was threatening to run away. A deputy counseled all parties, and the girl was warned for being beyond parental control.
