Police Blotter
From our weekly issue dated February 6, 2008
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Friday, Jan. 25
*On White Schoolhouse Road a man said that his daughter had been hitting him, he needed her to leave, and stop hitting him.
*An entire set of tree-cutting accouterments -- saw, gasoline, sharpening kit and chaps -- was reported stolen from a locked vehicle on Waldo Road.
*Several cars were reportedly broken into and damaged in the 600 block of Eight Dollar Mountain Road. Mental giants obviously were responsible.
*“Possibly mental,” a man was reported walking on the middle of Rockydale Road in the 1700 block, where he was almost struck by a motorist.
*When retrieving a vehicle stored at a Hogue Drive residence a woman noted that it had been damaged. Some people on-scene blamed her, and a verbal disturbance ensued. She said that they kicked her vehicle, damaging it further, before she drove away.
*Following an altercation on White Schoolhouse Road reported around 8 p.m., a caller wanted her daughter’s welfare ascertained, but she didn’t want her to return home. After a call to the Women’s Crisis Center, a room for the daughter was arranged at the Junction Inn.
*A valley woman, 50, was taken to Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass on a peace officer’s mental hold following her father’s report of abuse and threats.
*A valley woman, 50, was taken to Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass on a peace officer’s mental hold following her father’s report of abuse and threats.
*An intoxicated person was said to be responsible for phoning 911 from the 400 block of Daisy Hill Road at 8:46 p.m., but that person was no longer around when a deputy arrived.
*Rex Alan Denham, 30, was cited on a charges of driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUII) and failure to maintain lane on Laurel Road at 9:43 p.m. Denham’s reported blood-alcohol contest was .19. His vehicle was impounded.
Saturday, Jan. 26
*A Selma couple said that a man, who claimed to be a hit man for the Mafia, was demanding money and TV tubes as payment for his work. The man, described as “mentally ill,” had not worked for the couple in years, they said.
*Some four or five gunshots were heard in Downtown Cave Junction at 8:10 p.m.
*Following a traffic stop on Redwood Hwy. in CJ, during which he was warned for defective head and tail lights, David Wayne Sheldon, 22, was lodged in Josephine County Jail on a warrant from Ashland Police Dept. charging failure to appear (FTA) on a charge of possession of a controlled substance (PCS).
*ODOT was advised that a large amount of trash was littering Redwood Hwy. near the Selma weigh station and that it needed to be cleaned up.
Sunday, Jan. 27
*Debris was removed from the roadway and damage to a city bench noted in Downtown CJ at 1:23 a.m.
*On Redwood Hwy. at milepost 26, Robert Scott Smilo, 50, was cited on a charge of DUII. His vehicle was impounded.
*An intoxicated man was found asleep in a vehicle with its engine running in Selma at 1:41 a.m. He was advised to not drive until he was sober.
*While chasing his runaway son through the woods on Walters Road, a man said that someone started shooting at him. He wasn’t sure where the gunshots were coming from.
*When located in Selma, a runaway boy was taken into protective custody.
*Colin Alexander Flynn, 23, was cited on a charge of driving with a suspended license (DWS) and warned for a defective headlight on Redwood Hwy. at Gold Canyon Drive at 6:41 p.m.
*On Norman Road a man said that his neighbor was yelling and screaming at 8:35 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 28
*A Cave Junction mother was advised to retrieve her son, who’d been picked up by Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office.
*A Kerby driver reported damage to her vehicle caused by rock-throwing youngsters.
*A valley resident reported that his 68-year-old father had been missing since traveling to California for a medical appointment. The missing man was located in Humboldt County Jail.
*Joseph Anthony Mazza, 20, was cited on a charge of DWS and warned for failure to signal a turn on Millie Street at 7:40 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 29
*He’d been talking to his girlfriend on her cell phone when she said, “Oh, my God,” and the line went dead, reported a concerned caller, who asked that deputies look for a possible motor vehicle accident somewhere between O’Brien and Cave Junction. The woman was located at the home of a friend, who had pulled her out of the situation, whatever it was.
Wednesday, Jan. 30
*A teen-aged friend of her daughter’s continues to harass her family, a rural Cave Junction mother said. She wanted to obtain a stalking order against the boy.
*Kenneth Robert Vineyard, 31, was cited on charges of DWS and driving without insurance on Caves Hwy. at 7:47 p.m.
*Frolicsome (that’s one description) youngsters in a small silver pickup truck were seen throwing snowballs at windows on W. Palmer Street at 9:30 p.m.
*Eric E. Johnson, 27, was cited on a charge of driving without insurance and warned for speeding in the 1100 block of Caves Hwy. at 11:10 p.m.
*Wendy May Owens, aka Wendy M. Damm, 21, was lodged in Josephine County Jail on warrants charging failure to appear on charges of PCS/methamphetamine. Owens also was cited on charges of DWS and no insurance.
Thursday, Jan. 31
*Angry with her physician’s office, a rural Cave Junction woman stated, “Fine, I’m just going to kill myself.” This earned her a visit from the sheriff himself, who determined that she didn’t mean it.
*A mother on Takilma Road said that while her 10-year-old daughter and a friend were playing outside around 3 p.m., a man in a light-blue four-door vehicle pulled up to the fenceline and tried to wave the girls over to him. They ran home.
*Six gunshots were heard in the vicinity of Schumacher and W. Lister streets.
*Robert Calvin, 35, was cited on charges of DWS and failure to carry insurance on N. Redwood Hwy. at Lister Street at 8:38 p.m.
*A deputy tried to take a runaway girl into custody at a residence in Kerby, but after getting through a locked gate, the deputy found that no one would answer the door.
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