Police Blotter

Wednesday, April 11

*Theft of a motor vehicle was reported on Pine Cone Drive.

Thursday, April 12

*Because someone would not return his indoor grow lights, a Kerby man was upset.

Friday, April 13

*A reported stolen pickup truck was fully involved in flames at Laurel Road and E. River Street at 12:13 a.m.

*Some nut stole a golf cart from I.V. Golf Course and then damaged part of the turf by “doing broadies.”

*In Cave Junction a driver was weaving his car all over, apparently because he was using a cell phone.

*Theft of fishing gear valued at $1,160 was reported on Old Stage Road.

*Halfway up Hay’s Hill an officer found a love seat and a chair in the middle of Redwood Hwy. They were removed.

*A man who grows medical marijuana  in CJ said that he’s been receiving threatening phone calls from a Medford man.

*No problems were found after an alarm at Dave’s Outdoor Power Equipment.

*Extra patrol was provided at a CJ bar.

*Gunshots were heard at 10:51  p.m. in the 1900 block of Thompson Creek Road.

Saturday, April 14

*Theft of a 20-year-old pickup truck with a broken windshield and a large dent in the driver’s side door was reported on N. Hussey Avenue.

*Seven loose cows in the 4000 block of Takilma Road were mooing about.

*There was an alarm at Blakeley’s Automotive, but no problem was located.

*How now, brown cow was indicated by a bovine wandering on and off Takilma Road in the 4000 block.

*Although she was weaving her car about, a woman on Draper Valley Road wasn’t intoxicated. She was warned.

*An alarm sounded at Valley Open Door in Selma, but all seemed OK.

*The park host at the county portion of Lake Selmac reported that someone backed a pickup truck to a yurt, and removed nearly all the furniture after cutting the lock.

*Before emergency personnel could reach the scene, a man who suffered a severe hand laceration at the south end of CJ fled. He had tried to grab a chain around a dog.

Sunday, April 15

*A large group of juvenile persons was reported at Redwood Hwy. and Watkins Street throwing items onto the road at 43 past midnight.

*Following a 1:50 a.m. complaint, Olena H. Davis, 25, was cited on S. Junction Avenue to appear on a charge of failure to comply with a diversion agreement in connection with driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUII).

*Jubilee Park was patrolled at 2:22 a.m., and Evergreen Elementary School six minutes later.

*At 2:40 a.m. at Caves Hwy. and Laurel Road, Denise G. Engebretson, 48, was cited to appear on a charge of DUII. She also was cited on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, speeding, failure to use turn signal, driving without insurance, and refusing a blood alcohol content evaluation.

*Because a woman repeatedly contacted a man’s cell phone while he was involved in a traffic stop at 3:59 a.m. in CJ, she was warned about telephonic harassment. He was warned about speeding and failure to maintain lane.

*The CJ Post Office was checked at 4:27 a.m.

*Some sort of 4:33 a.m. incident involving a screaming woman yelling, “Mark,” on Wild Park Lane turned out OK.

*Dustin Hardie, 21, was cited on a charge of driving 75 in a 55 mph zone on the north side of Selma at 5:15 a.m.

*Disorderly conduct was checked on W. Lister Street. The complainant was told to phone again if the problem continued.

*James T. Evans, 49, was cited on a charge of speeding at Rockydale and Waldo roads.

*Phone line problems apparently caused a weird noise and an odd recording on S. Junction Avenue.

*Someone was said to have pulled a gun on someone else at a CJ bar, and a report was pending on attempted first-degree robbery, and menacing.

*Djuan Reed, 29, was cited on a charge of speeding in Kerby.

Tuesday, April 17

*Damage and theft at a vacant rental home were reported on Reeves Creek Road.

Thursday, April 19

*A fire on an exterior wall at Art’s Red Garter  was extinguished. It appeared that someone ignited flammable material  on the sidewalk.

*Following theft of two $800 water meters reported by the city of CJ, a woman was reported trying to sell them at a scrap yard in Grants Pass.

*People were having a problem in the 9000 block of Takilma Road.

*An eighth-grade student appeared intoxicated. He later said that he took vodka from his mother’s bedroom.

Friday, April 20

*In Takilma, a man on whom deputies want to bestow a stalking complaint was seen.

*For some reason, seven rifles were removed for safe-keeping from a home on Dick George Road.

*Reported domestic violence in CJ turned out to be unfounded.

*In Kerby, kittens kept setting off an alarm.

*Gary M. Phillips, 54, was arrested on a warrant charging two counts of second-degree possession of a controlled substance.

*An estranged couple and the woman’s boyfriend figured in a disturbance in Selma. The husband wanted a hug.

*A confused man who stopped his car in the middle of the highway in CJ was helped home.

*Two disturbances were reported at the south end of CJ around 11 p.m.

Sunday, April 22

*A runaway boy, 16, was reported in the 18000 block of Redwood Hwy.

*A runaway girl, 15, was reported on Dick George Road. Later, she was located.

*Three black loose cows were in the 3000 block of Dick George Road.

*Gunshots on Happy Camp Road were found to have been fired safely.

*On Redwood Hwy. near River Street a man kept darting into traffic.

Wednesday, April 25

*An audible alarm on Lone Mountain Road at 6:52 a.m. was caused by a broken pipe.

*There was a dispute in the 7000 block of Holland Loop about theft from a vehicle.

*Assistance was rendered in Jubilee Park after a complaint that a large group of middle school students were on an outing, and that there were several transients in the park, who were drinking alcohol and had a bunch of dogs.

*Assault on a woman on E. River Street was reported.

*From a CJ bar came a call that a suspicious woman was present and that she was a suspect in a  burglary at the complainant’s house.

*Following statements of concern about a boy, 9, who ran from school, he was located at his home.

*While a man removed three children from a Selma residence, a deputy stood by to keep the peace.

*Following a complaint that a boy, 7, was screaming profanities and was out of control, everything was OK.

*Around 10:30 p.m. on Althouse Road a woman was worried because her ex-husband was intoxicated and kicking her door. The situation eventually wound down as the man said he couldn’t find his cigarettes, and was given a ride to a relative’s home in Cave Junction.

*Jeremy D. Dutton, 25, was arrested in CJ on a charge of probation violation.

Friday, April 27

*Gunshots were heard at 1:06 a.m. in Downtown Cave Junction near car washing equipment.

*Following a 4:19 a.m. alarm at Wild River Brewing & Pizza Co. in Downtown CJ, no one could figure out why the alarm went off.

*James C. Wheeler, 20, was warned about speeding near milepost 25 of Redwood Hwy.

*On N. Junction Avenue a woman claimed that three known drug dealers were conducting business in the middle of the street.

*On Dick George Road a motorcycle was repossessed.

*Herbert K. Bright, 52, whose last-known address was in CJ, was cited in Grants Pass on a Josephine County warrant.

*A CJ man said that a woman had taken a company laptop computer and wouldn’t return it. The situation was deemed civil in nature because the device had been given as a gift.

*On Rockydale Road at Crest Drive, a woman was warned about speeding.

*In Kerby a woman complained that a contractor was taking photos of the site on which he had been working. The two were said to be yelling at each other. The situation involves a lawsuit.

*A reported “mental subject” on Lakeshore Drive was found to be upset, but not a danger to himself.

*It was reported that an intoxicated woman on Tracy Lane screamed at children and threw a pizza against a wall.

*Supposedly a man who stole a shotgun from a CJ man returned and said he was coming back with a gun. It was deemed a case of first-degree theft and unlawful entry to a motor vehicle.

*The possibility of a prowler, maybe on a motorcycle, was reported in the 9000 block of Takilma Road.



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