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Wednesday, Aug. 1
*A woman used a Selma public phone at 12:11 a.m. to report that she’d been assaulted by her boyfriend and his brother, resulting in a split lip and many bruises. She said they blamed her for the death of their dog.
*Three people in a light-blue Chevy pickup truck were said to be tossing apples at other vehicles on Redwood Hwy. in Downtown Cave Junction around 12:30 a.m.
*Someone threw rocks through the windows of vehicles for sale in the 3000 block of Rockydale Road.
*Keys in a backpack within an unlocked vehicle on Illinois River Road near Snailback Trailhead probably were helpful to the thieves who took off with a couple’s car around 3 p.m.
*Just before 7 p.m. a woman was reported walking in and out of traffic on Holland Loop with her dog.
*A Lone Mountain Road resident reported receiving telephoned death threat.
*A man who refused to leave her residence in the 27000 block of Redwood Hwy. grabbed her face and kissed her, a woman complained at 9:24 p.m.
*Robert James Myer, 37, was lodged in Josephine County Jail on charges of first-degree attempted burglary and second-degree criminal trespassing. He was also “trespassed” from the Junction Inn and adjacent properties after a complaint that he attempted to gain access to the office and refused to leave as directed.
*The mother of a 16-year-old girl reportedly caught her daughter attempting to sneak out of her bedroom just before midnight. It was suspected that she was going to meet a boy. Mom was advised of her options.
Thursday, Aug. 2
*Theft of a $3,000 motorcycle from a Caves Avenue residence was reported.
*While she was busy at a coin-operated laundry in CJ, someone stole $50 from her wallet, a woman claimed.
*A Thompson Creek Road resident reported that his ram had been shot in one leg.
*Observed by a deputy to be operating a vehicle, Edwin Scott Obed, 40, was cited on a charge of driving with a suspended license (DWS).
*Witnesses said that a “blond, female driver” backed into another vehicle when leaving an establishment at Western Plaza around 10 p.m., causing some $1,000 damage. She later was located at another Downtown CJ establishment, where she and the owner of the offended vehicle reached civil compromise.
Friday, Aug. 3
*In the matter of a bounced check, a man and woman were said to be arguing on Ollis Road. He left prior to a deputy’s arrival, and she refused to press charges.
*Though it didn’t appear entry had been gained, it was reported that someone attempted to break into a business in the 27000 block of Redwood Hwy.
*Roy V. Vance, 37, was cited on a charge of DWS on Kerby Avenue at 12:37 p.m.
*A 1932 Chevy coupe believed stolen from a Reeves Creek Road address was located in a locked building on Althouse Drive. Those responsible were advised against trespassing at the Reeves Creek address.
*An O’Brien resident complained that her neighbor drives too fast on their shared driveway and nearly struck one of her children.
*A mountain bike found by a motel guest was taken to the I.V. Substation for safekeeping.
*Some fool shot a hole through a mailbox on Deer Creek Road.
*In connection with a hit-and-run with property damage the night before, Debra Ann Elder Lambeth, 54, was cited on a charge of failure to leave name at the scene of an accident and was said to have provided false information about insurance.
*Voluble and intoxicated, a woman was “trespassed” from a CJ lounge for refusing to leave.
Saturday, Aug. 4
*Some form of intoxicated disturbance, which might have been a fight, occurred in and around a CJ bar and was reported at 1:04 a.m. Eventually the situation broke up and settled down.
*“Highly intoxicated,” a man seen lying near Lakeshore Drive holding his face was given a ride home.
*Cassandra Diane Grow, 22, was cited federally on charges of possession of controlled substances (PCS: methamphetamine and marijuana) at the green bridge on Eight Dollar Mountain Road.
*In connection with a roll-over accident on Illinois River Road, Dustin Paul Taetz, 23, was cited on charges of PCS/less than an ounce of marijuana, unlawful possession of a firearm, and failure to carry proof of insurance. A passenger, Crystal Ann Oryrchal, 20, was cited on a charge of PCS/less than an ounce of marijuana. A Jeep was impounded.
*Also involved in the preceding Illinois River Road accident, Curtis James Carr, 20, was cited on a charge of minor in possession of alcohol.
*Her boyfriend headbutted her, resulting in a knot on her skull, said a woman at a campsite on Illinois River. She declined medical assistance, and did not press charges.
Sunday, Aug. 5
*A man reported that a vehicle had been taken from his property on Hogue Drive. He was advised that the car had been towed as a hazard three days earlier on I-5 near Salem.
Monday, Aug. 6
*Some 13 miles up Caves Hwy. three “telephone batteries” valued at $1,000 apiece were removed, and a solar panel was damaged.
*At CJ City Hall at 3:28 p.m. a woman was yelling about her water bill and said she’d cut the lock off her meter. It was a civil dispute.
*Traffic “piled up” for a time due to a car fire near the KOA site at the bottom of Hay’s Hill.
*A mountain lion just ate one of her goats, and the llamas were “going wild,” reported a woman in the 1400 block of Rockydale Road at 7:11 p.m. She said that the wild cat was still chomping as she phoned.
*There was an audible alarm from an investment business on N. Sawyer Avenue at 7:41 p.m.
*After claiming that a man slapped him, the complainant at a Selma business said that he didn’t want to deal with the assigned deputy because he previously had arrested him.
*It was a case of second-degree burglary after a man on Kerby Mainline reported the loss of “very expensive tools brand-new in a box.” He needed to file a report for his insurance.
Tuesday, Aug. 7
*Items valued at $2,000 were reported stolen from a car at a Downtown CJ business. Jewelry was included.
*One of two boys was detained by a home owner on N. Boundary Avenue after he saw them kicking over trash cans and spreading the contents around. The boy, 15, could be charged with third-degree criminal mischief.
*An audible alarm sounded in the 3600 block of Dick George Road at 1:37 p.m., but all was OK.
*A bunch of people in a car were having a disturbance headed toward Grants Pass from Cave Junction.
*Following an anonymous complaint about a woman with two small children not in proper restraints in CJ, she was contacted. There were car and booster seats in the car, but they needed repair or replacement.
*Four juvenile people on bicycles caused $25 damage to a motor home in CJ by throwing rocks. The complainant said that it is a continuing problem.
*Two anonymous “threatening” phone calls were received by a Takilma Road resident. A woman said, “This is what I’m doing to your daughter,” and then the complainant heard groaning and music.
*Employee theft was reported by a supervisor at a CJ business. A pack of cigarettes was believed to be involved.
*After reporting a girl, 14, as a runaway juvenile in Selma, she was located.
Wednesday, Aug. 8
*Problems with “transients,” some eight to 10 of them, were reported at a church in CJ. They had been warned several times.
*A Kerby address was to be visited by Oregon Dept. of Human Services workers to check on a complaint about something.
*In Jubilee Park, a deputy flagged down by someone found a man “passed out sleeping in the sun” at 7:27 p.m.
*In the 6000 block of Takilma Road a resident was concerned that someone might be in a vehicle on his property. A deputy checked, but the car was gone.
*After being flagged down at 8:02 p.m. by a woman at Takilma and Dick George roads, a deputy fired one shot to dispatch a fawn the woman had struck with her car.
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