Police Blotter
Wednesday, June 27
*In O’Brien, gunshots were heard shortly after 8 a.m. The caller thought it might be someone upset about barking dogs.
*A stolen pickup truck was discovered near Rough and Ready Creek. Somehow, its tires and radiator were missing.
*On Caves Avenue, a caller said that his ex-girlfriend had assaulted him, shoving him into a wall and aggravating an existing injury. Deputies stood by while she packed her belongings and left.
*A woman in the 24000 block of Redwood Hwy. was advised of her civil options after she reported that a man had been attempting to break into her home.
*Out Deer Creek Road an orange-yellow flare was sighted in the air for approximately a minute. The caller stated that it did not look like fireworks.
Thursday, June 28
*A cell phone and small handbag were reported lost at a Cave Junction watering hole the night before.
*Gates and “No Trespassing” signs have been no deterrent to would-be river-goers, who were reported to have run over them with vehicles and caused other damage on private property on Schumacher Street.
*No action was taken against an underage person who attempted to purchase alcohol from the state liquor store in Cave Junction. Originally confiscated, his ID was returned.
*Fishing licenses were checked at Bolan Lake.
*On Norman Road at 4:49 p.m. a man was trespassing, and he was not welcome.
*A “rowdy” group of young people were said to be setting firecrackers alight in Jubilee Park around 5:30 p.m.
*Increased traffic of young people to Seats Dam out Airport Drive has resulted in vandalism, a caller said. Numerous street signs were run over or broken down. The county public works department was notified.
*Cave Junction’s city recorder was notified that a “Stop” sign had been knocked over on S. Junction Avenue around 8 p.m.
Friday, June 29
*Despite a report of a loud explosion in the 5000 block of Westside Road around 10 a.m., a person contacted by Illinois Valley Fire District personnel said that there had not been one.
*A 911 Dispatch Center call-taker advised a young man that he could not take another person’s television set, even though the person owes him money.
*Someone nearby had been burning marijuana for two days, said a caller from Caves Hwy. near Chapman Creek Road.
*Loud vehicles were racing up and down E. River Street, a caller complained at 9:40 p.m.
*Gunshots and loud “bomb” noises had been disturbing her animals all night long “for several weeks,” said a Honeybee Lane resident.
*Loud music, many voices and the sound of one person screaming were heard at 11:14 p.m. over an open cell phone line traced to an address on Caves Avenue. The call-taker continued to listen, thinking it might be a disturbance. But noting that the voices began to discuss their colleges, and hearing music, the incident at 11:41 p.m. was pegged as a party.
Saturday, June 30
*People who refused at 2:40 a.m. to be quiet in a rented room in Illinois Valley were contacted by a deputy. The occupant’s unregistered guests left on foot at that time.
*At 12:06 p.m. a motel guest was said to be refusing to leave. Deputies removed the 57-year-old man, warning him about trespassing.
*Fire involving slash, debris and tree litter was reported off Draper Valley Road at 2:49 p.m. The .78-acre blaze was at an old logging site on county property on Indian Creek Road.
*A tenant nearby had been screaming since 6 a.m., said a resident in the 300 block of Schumacher Street. The caller thought the screamer, who was alone, might be a threat to herself.
*A white gas stove with a black handle was reported stolen from the 23000 block of Redwood Hwy.
*While at a CJ convenience store, a young woman threatened to kill her 16-year-old daughter, according to a concerned citizen.
*Some 30 carloads of teen-aged party-goers were gathering near the green bridge on Eight Dollar Mountain Road, someone said at 8 p.m.
*A couple of teen-aged boys, who appeared to the caller to be intoxicated, were said to be stepping into traffic on Caves Hwy. on purpose around 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 1
*Chaz Albert Lindsey, 22, was cited under two Medford Police warrants charging failure to appear (FTA) on original charges of third-degree theft.
*At 12:48 p.m. a “very bad accident” occurred in Downtown Cave Junction, sending five people to hospitals and demolishing half the Pizza Pit building. (See I.V. News, July 4, 2007; plus a follow-up story elsewhere in this issue).
*“Stop” signs were reported uprooted and knocked down by imbecilic individuals around the Holland Loop area.
*Extra patrol was conducted around the Pizza Pit wreckage around 11:30 p.m.
Monday, July 2
*While walking her leashed dog around CJ, the canine lunged for a cat, a woman said. The cat’s owner then screamed and turned a water hose on her.
*A two-shot .22-calilber Derringer was found on the loading dock at the Cave Junction Post Office two days earlier, a caller said. It was requested that a deputy retrieve the weapon, as federal law prohibits storing weapons at post offices.
*Two rented outhouses were dragged around the parking lot at Illinois River “Forks” State Park, effectively destroying them, reported an Oregon State Parks employee. It was noted that the crappers had a $2,200 replacement value.
*James Wesley Kendall, 41, was cited on a charge of FTA on original charges of possession of a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a child.
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