Police Blotter
Thursday, March 8
*Someone driving a loud pickup truck was thought by a Holland Loop resident to have stolen her trash can overnight.
*A concerned relative of a person said to be under the influence of a meth-derivative, called “Shards,” phoned for help locating the “combative … suicidal and homicidal” person.
*A “seemingly disoriented man” wearing two pairs of pants, (one around his ankles), was carrying a box as he walked on Holland Loop at 9:16 a.m.
*On Arrowhead Drive a blue vehicle was found with its four doors wide open and no one near it.
*Pauline Annette Long, 48, was cited on a charge of driving under the influence of an intoxicant, and warned about harassing behavior and trespassing after a complaint from a Millie Street resident.
*Both the driver and passenger of a two-tone four-door Buick were reported to have open containers of alcohol as they drove recklessly around the parking lot of Ray’s Food Place in Selma at 6:45 p.m.
*A 24-year-old man said to be using a drug made from meth was said to be screaming and yelling on a parking lot in Downtown Cave Junction. It also was said that he’d threatened to kill the person who notified the caller.
Friday, March 9
*Prescription medications were reported stolen from a countertop basket at Pharmacy Express at 10:39 a.m. Subsequently, Christopher J. Alexander, 44, was cited on a charge of second-degree theft, driving with a suspended license (DWS), and expired vehicle registration.
*Although she denied having it, a man on W. Stevenson Street said that a neighbor had his 4-month-old puppy. Eventually, she admitted it and returned the dog.
*A caller from Caves Pharmacy asked that a scruffy-looking man who’d intoxicated himself on cough syrup be told to leave, as he was not going to be allowed to buy more.
*Said to have been stumbling around and sitting on S. Redwood Hwy. in Downtown Cave Junction, William Harris Woodruff, 74, was transported to Three Rivers Community Hospital on a peace officer’s mental hold.
*Three bursts of automatic weapon fire were heard in the 5000 block of Caves Hwy. at 11:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 10
*The very angry owner of a stolen vehicle wanted a deputy, as he was going to recover it himself from where it was parked in the 200 block of N. Redwood Hwy.
*Just after 1 p.m. a man said that he was following his stolen vehicle southbound on Rockydale Road. The driver of the stolen car abandoned the vehicle in the vicinity of Raintree Lane, where it was later recovered.
*A tubful of Labrador puppies was left beside a commercial building in Selma. Animal Control took custody of the animals, and information about the possible culprit obtained.
Sunday, March 11
*At 12:30 a.m. on Rockydale Road a man known for odd behavior was strongly advised to not wander onto the roadway.
*Some young people were warned about their behavior after they climbed to the roof of Evergreen Elementary School to retrieve a shoe one had thrown.
*A Dick George Road resident corralled a horse and pony which “just showed up” at his house. He left information should the owner call asking after them.
*Joshua Ray Pool, 24, was lodged in Josephine County Jail on charges of third-degree sodomy, third-degree rape, third-degree sexual abuse and contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor.
*Following a report of two highly intoxicated women traveling on Redwood Hwy. in a stolen red car, deputies contacted the pair at O’Brien Country Store. One was said under the influence of an “unknown substance,” and transported to Three Rivers Community Hospital. Zondra Luanne Tifft, 37, was arrested under an OSP warrant.
*A man reported having been assaulted by two others in the 200 block of N. Redwood Hwy. at 9 p.m. because “he is friends” with one of his assailants’ girlfriend.
Monday, March 12
*A woman on Fir Drive was warned about tampering with mailboxes, but she denied involvement.
*A woman reported increasingly vulgar, harassing phone calls from a man who got her phone number from a flyer posted last fall.
*Two “very large” pit bulls were running loose on Glendon Road, a caller said.
Tuesday, March 13
*Some form of disturbance was reported on School Street in Kerby.
*Saddles were reported stolen from a warehouse on Holland Loop at 1 p.m.
*A birthday card was reported stolen from a Thompson Creek Road mailbox.
*On Holton Creek Road a stolen vehicle was recovered at 3 p.m.
*A Cave Junction woman reported a pair of strange occurrences involving the same vehicle, leading her to believe that she was being stalked.
*In Selma a horrified caller reported that a man was dragging a dog behind his vehicle. The man explained that he had been trying to get the dog (who did not appear injured) to return home. There was said to be a female dog up the road the animal was determined to visit.
*An abandoned vehicle in the 6000 block of Deer Creek Road was noted for the Patrol Division.
*A man on Wells Drive wearing two pairs of pants, one down around his ankles, was found to have rocks in his pockets and a knife on his person. His behavior and odd appearance prompted a concerned call at 6:40 p.m.
*It appeared that a residence in the 800 block of Caves Hwy. was burglarized.
