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Wednesday, Sept. 19
*Thieves drove a red-colored Toyota pickup truck with a white canopy through a steel gate to steal it from a Takilma Road resident, it was reported.
*Talent Police sought information about a silver-colored pickup truck involved in an accident, as the vehicle is registered to a Cave Junction resident.
*A Selma resident reported receiving phone calls from a man threatening to shoot her and her husband for some reason.
*People ordered by the court to vacate a residence on S. Sawyer Avenue were refusing to do so and being verbally abusive, a caller said.
Thursday, Sept. 20
*Community Oriented Patrols began in Selma locations around midnight, and officers cruised the area for approximately 40 minutes.
*Reported by a sheriff’s office volunteer to be stumbling from his vehicle at 12:56 a.m. in the 24000 block of Redwood Hwy., Randy D. Kuhn, 49, was cited on a charge of DUII. His blood alcohol content was reported to be .19. His vehicle was impounded.
*Two cell phones were reported lost, but probably not by cell phone.
*Investigating a report of disorderly conduct at Illinois Valley Visitor Center at 1:45 p.m., an officer warned two men about trespassing. They probably were not tourists.
*Two elk hides were left with a tanner three years ago, a man complained, and the tanner would not return his phone calls or the hides. The matter was determined civil in nature.
*A mother on Rockydale Road was advised of her options, and her children counseled regarding their behavior, after it was reported that the 16-year-old was “beyond parental control.”
*A manager at a Cave Junction business complained that someone who was not a deputy, but dressed like one, was harassing employees, who worked after closing, about parking in handicapped spaces. The person threatened to fine the store if employees violated parking laws, it was reported.
Friday, Sept. 21
*An alarm was heard in the 5000 block of Dick George Road at 4:14 p.m.
*After threatening suicide, and other people on Hogue Drive with a 12-gauge shotgun, Edwin Obed Scott, 40, was cited on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and pointing a firearm at another. He was lodged in Josephine County Jail.
*Loud music and talking were heard over an open cell phone connection from Jeannie Way at 9:35 p.m., but otherwise there was no trouble at the residence.
Saturday, Sept. 22
*David Lee Howell, 22, was cited on a charge of driving with a suspended license in the 32000 block of Redwood Hwy. His vehicle was impounded.
*A driver was warned about an illegally parked vehicle on E. River Street.
*Some 20 to 30 people were involved in a fight behind a Cave Junction watering hole at 10:45 p.m., a deputy said. No one was willing to pursue charges or explain who started the fight. Three people were “86’d” for the remainder of the evening.
Sunday, Sept. 23
*Four or five youngsters were cavorting on the roof of Evergreen Elementary School at 1:36 a.m., according to a caller.
*Michael John Sullivan, 23, was cited on a charge of failure to comply in connection with DUII. He and his companion also were advised of the public hours at Illinois River “Forks” State Park, and they agreed to leave the location.
*Again getting high without alcohol, young people were said to be frolicking on the roof at Lorna Byrne Middle School at 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 24
*Theft of a soft-top made for a Suzuki vehicle was reported in the 23000 block of Redwood Hwy.
*A parent of an LBMS student reported a pattern of harassment that he stated is racially motivated.
*On Mona Way, theft of firewood from a garage was reported.
*Someone in a brown-colored pickup truck was chasing her daughter, a Holland Loop mother reported.
*A 5-year-old was reported missing from her home on Honeybee Lane, but soon located asleep in a closet.
*Anthony James Gallegos, 20, was cited on a charge of driving without a license in the 200 block of Redwood Hwy. at 3:52 p.m. His vehicle was impounded.
*Five intoxicated vagrants were camping on her S. Hussey Avenue property, a woman complained.
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