Police Blotter
From our weekly issue dated November 28, 2007
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Sunday, Nov. 18
*A man with a long, black mustache and a very big knife figured in a disturbance at a Cave Junction business on 8:24 p.m. People were yelling; there were no apparent injuries. It was said that the man with the knife returned to a party on Dogwood Lane.
*A woman in Selma said that her husband, who might have been intoxicated, took her vehicle without permission. She phoned later to say it was all OK; she had the vehicle back, and he didn’t know where.
*Max Taylor, 22, was cited on a charge of driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUII) in Downtown CJ at 9:47 p.m.
*After an OSP game officer was in foot pursuit in the 7000 block of Rockydale Road, and couldn’t be contacted by radio, deputies responded at 10:07 p.m. The trooper was OK; apparently he was chasing a possible deer poacher.
*Following a chase at 11:13 p.m., the pursuing deputy lost sight of the vehicle near a Cave Junction tavern.
*Unbelievably clever persons placed traffic cones on the roadway at Redwood Hwy. and Laurel Road.
*Close to midnight, a deputy assisted an OSP trooper with a DUII driver at Sis’s Gap near milepost 23.
Monday, Nov. 19
*In Selma a man that his former care-taker had threatened to “butcher” him.
*A Madrona Drive residence was reported burglarized.
*On Waldo Road, a woman reported that someone who was on the run from the police had hidden overnight in a building next to her house. The person was gone when a family member checked.
*A man on Kendall Road said that his cat apparently was shot with a pellet gun. He said that his dog was shot similarly last year.
*Jeff D. Lauderdale, 30, was taken to Josephine County Jail on a charge of violating probation.
*With an emphatic “Nothing happened here,” medical units were advised to not respond to what might have been (the caller was hard to understand) a report of a violent confrontation resulting in a man in Kerby being stuck in his neck with a needle.
*In the 400 block of S. Redwood Hwy., Dennis P. Miller, 45, was cited on charges of driving with a suspended license (DWS), and driving without insurance. His vehicle was impounded.
*Someone took an ax to the door of St. Matthias Episcopal Church to gain entry. It was unknown if anything was missing, but someone supplied suspect information.
*Two bottles of liquor were reported stolen from a restaurant in Downtown CJ by youths taking advantage of a power outage.
*In the 38000 block of Redwood Hwy. a woman was concerned that her neighbor might not be shooting in a safe manner, and requested a deputy check on it.
*Following a traffic stop on E. River Street at Old Stage Road, Manuel Joseph Cerecedes, 24, was jailed on warrants charging failure to appear (FTA). Cerecedes also was cited for failure to carry proof of insurance, and his vehicle was impounded. Passenger Justin Leavitt, 36, was cited on warrants from Medford and Josephine County charging FTA and lodged in county jail.
*Mark L. Jordan, 46, was cited on a charge of DWS on N. Redwood Hwy. at E. River Street at 11:20 p.m. His vehicle was impounded.
*At quarter to midnight, a man phoned from Downtown CJ to reported that he’d suffered injuries to his head and jaw after he was assaulted at a tavern by a 6-foot tall man with brown hair who left on foot.
Tuesday, Nov. 20
*Neil Joseph Martinez, 50, was cited on a charge of DWS. The vehicle he was driving was impounded.
*A man who’d reported himself assaulted earlier was contacted at 1 a.m. and transported to Three Rivers Community Hospital (TRCH).
*Her former tenant threatened to beat her because she disposed of property left behind some two years ago, a woman stated.
*Theft of a 20-inch BMX bike from a residence on N. Junction Avenue was reported.
*From Selma a caller reported that her mother was using drugs and threatening to harm herself. When contacted, the woman consented to go to TRCH for evaluation.
*Following a complaint that a man made threatening comments toward a woman and spun out on Hussey Avenue, he was counseled on his driving habits.
*In the 37000 block of Redwood Hwy. a man reported theft of prescription medication and a credit card. He later stated that the issue had been resolved.
*During a search of Illinois Valley High School students due to recent bomb threats, one student was found in possession of marijuana. The issue was dealt with by the school.
*A Kerby resident reported that the driver of a brown pickup truck pulled over in front of the residence to yell at a small child riding in the bed.
*A deer needed dispatching in the 21000 block of Redwood Hwy. at 9:18 p.m.
*Samuel A. Simpson, 19, was cited on a charge of VBR (violation of the basic rule). He was said to be traveling 75 mph in a 45 mph zone.
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