Police Blotter
Tuesday, July 3
*Lodged in Josephine County Jail after a trip to Three Rivers Community Hospital (TRCH) for a blood draw was Robert Lee Crow, 36. He was cited on charges of driving under the influence of an intoxicant) (DUII), reckless driving, driving with a revoked license, and as a felon in possession of a firearm. Also he was cited for refusing a breath test, driving uninsured and violation of open container laws. And he was cited on warrants charging failure to appear (FTA) on charges including menacing and endangering the welfare of a child.
*A vehicle that had been driven by Robert Lee Crow was impounded from where he’d been contacted at 12:55 a.m. on Caves Hwy.
*Argumentative and uncooperative, a man on Beebe Drive off Althouse Creek Road, said that if deputies didn’t do something about his ex-wife’s boyfriend, who was threatening him, he’d “probably slice him up.”
*Thought to be having some sort of medical problem, a woman initially was brought to the Illinois Valley Substation, but soon decamped to a nearby bar. Described as hysterical and intoxicated, Debra Parsons, 47, was cited on charges of harassment and disorderly conduct, and lodged in county jail.
*An Ollis Road resident claimed that a relative used her name without permission to order some $1,100 worth of merchandise
*At Lake Selmac, a man was said to be admiring young girls in a way that seemed suspicious. While she was not present, a mother said, he’d approached her family and asked to take a 4-year-old for a ride in his red van.
*Gunshots were heard on Crooks Creek Road at 8:30 p.m., but those contacted didn’t know where they’d come from.
Wednesday, July 4
*Apparently not much happened today.
Thursday, July 5
*Around 2 a.m. a man on Lone Mountain Road claimed to have been lured from his residence and assaulted with a rifle butt. A deputy is said to have checked the area thoroughly and found no one.
*On Reeves Creek Road a man said that someone had cut through a locked gate and gone four-wheeling. Indications were that the driver became high-centered turning through a ditch, and might have damaged his vehicle.
*A dog on Waldo Road may have escaped injury, but the motorcycle rider who avoided striking it just before 8 p.m. was taken to TRCH.
*Raymond Edward Stevens, 45, was lodged in county jail on a probation violation charge.
Friday, July 6
*A man was found lying on Takilma Road in the 5000 block at 7:51 a.m. He was warned to not do that.
*His wife’s son hacked into their computer, and then attempted to blackmail them with information from there, a valley resident reported.
*Robin Elizabeth Sliger, 47, was arrested on warrants charging FTA on a charge of disorderly conduct and probation violation after her son reported from the I.V. Substation that she was beyond his control.
*No description was available for three passengers in a white Jeep, which was “spinning out and throwing gravel” on a dirt lot in Kerby, a woman said. Her car was damaged, and when confronted with this news, the bald, shirtless driver of the Jeep reportedly shrugged it off with a “You’ll live” comment.
*Loud music and gunshots were emanating from an intoxicated bash on Sherier Road, neighbors complained at 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 7
*Just after midnight, S. Old Stage Road residents reported that a couple had been involved in a verbal dispute for more than an hour. No crime was evident, and the parties separated.
*A driver with flashing blue lights on his car mirror was warned that it made his car look like a law enforcement vehicle.
*Two vehicles were found on the parking lot at Jubilee Park at 1:09 a.m. One belonged to a woman who was providing light for another who was repairing a car which needed to be moved.
*Numerous documents and a cellular telephone were seized to identify the driver of a vehicle involved in a minor crash on Finch Road after he and his female passenger fled. A third person, Matthew G. Ellingwood, 18, was cited on a charge of minor in possession of alcohol (MIP) and transported home. Some $75 damage to landscaping occurred, and a report was made for attempting to elude, MIP, and failure to perform the duties of a driver.
*During a confrontation with his wife at a CJ business, she slammed an empty car seat against a vehicle belonging to someone else, damaging it, a man said.
*Chad M. Shinerock, 23, was cited on a charge of offensive littering on Kerby Mainline Road at 12:51 p.m.
*Claiming that he had a “right to be there,” a teenaged boy was harassing customers at a valley store. Forced to leave, he said he was “going to get his dad.”
*Advised to phone if the trespasser returned, an employee at a valley store said at 1 p.m. that the kid refused to leave.
Sunday, July 8
*Three teen-agers with bicycles were seen on the roof at Evergreen Elementary School at 2:30 a.m.
*Some eight to 10 persons were thought by a caller to be fighting at a Selma business at 4 p.m., but no one seemed to know anything about it.
*Angry that she was “running (his) house,” a man in Kerby grabbed his 18-year-old daughter by the neck and hit her with a fly swatter. Both were warned about their conduct.
Monday, July 9
*Suspect information in a case of theft was provided by a man who recovered his stolen ring at a pawn shop.
*On S. Old Stage Road, a 56-year-old man was said to be trying to set himself on fire. Though found not to be a danger to himself or others, Richard Abe Linville, 55, was arrested on a warrant charging FTA on an original charge of driving with a suspended license.
*Phoning to report the fourth burglary to his residence in recent memory, a Terrace Heights Drive resident said he believes the same person is responsible in each instance.
Tuesday, July 10
*Two of four boys caught in Downtown CJ at 1:23 a.m. were warned about disorderly conduct, attempted criminal mischief, offensive littering and curfew. They were turned over to a parent. The other two boys fled.
*A noisy generator or other machine in the 5000 block of Westside Road was bothersome at 1:57 a.m.
*Charges of first-degree arson were referred to the county D.A. following a suspicious fire on Crooks Creek Road.
*Contacted on Illinois River Road with a bed full of firewood (the bed of a pickup truck), a man was cited on a charge of violating terms and conditions of a firewood permit.
*Michael Ryan Quigley, 16, was cited for operating an ATV on a roadway at Six Mile Campground.
*A green SUV with the keys locked inside was reported stolen from Ray’s Food Place parking lot sometime today.
*Following an altercation with two men at Illinois River “Forks” State Park, a man said that one of them hit him in the nose, and then they stole his gun. The complainant, who seemed to think that law enforcement did not care about him, stated he would have to “go and blow (those responsible) away.”
Wednesday, July 11 .
*Some nut in a black pickup truck was “doing 360s and swerving all over the roadway” while driving “90 to 100 mph” in the Old Stage Road and Hanby Lane area, it was reported at 10 past midnight. The vehicle then was driven at “85 mph” through Downtown CJ and then onto Rockydale Road.
*Punk thugs broke into the home of a deceased woman on S. Kerby Avenue and removed items, besides causing damage in a case of first-degree burglary and second-degree criminal mischief.
*For some reason, an audible alarm was triggered at I.V. Senior Center three times around 9 a.m.
*On Happy Camp Road a state Dept. of Human Services worker was aided by a deputy in connection with someone going to a hospital.
*The morning after hearing loud banging on S. Junction Avenue, a woman found that her mailbox had been smashed.
*Two “highly intoxicated” women on June Drive were reported yelling and cussing at 11:33 p.m. Each said that the other hit her. They were asleep when a deputy arrived.
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