Police Blotter
From our weekly issue dated February 20, 2008
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Friday, Feb. 8
*Loud music was complained about in the 5000 block of Westside Road.
*In Selma a woman said that her niece and a friend tried to run her off the roadway by running into her vehicle, apparently with a vehicle of their own.
*Two children, 9 and 13, were reported by their mother to have left their rural Cave Junction home without permission. It was noted that when the 13-year-old runs away, she often returns for breakfast.
*A teen-aged driver was said “turning donuts” in a field on Schumacher Street, but not the kind you can eat.
*Involved parties were separated after a dispute on Lakeshore Drive reported at 9:20 p.m. One intoxicated man was arrested on a probation department detainer.
Saturday, Feb. 9
*A youngster playing basketball outside her Lakeshore Drive residence at 1:30 p.m. reported hearing gunshots overhead. She was advised to go indoors, and call back if it happened again.
*Jacob R. Lackey, 14, was cited in Selma on charges of driving without an operator’s permit, driving uninsured and warned for a defective headlight. The vehicle was towed.
*An hour’s worth of gunshots were reported in the vicinity of the green bridge on Finch Road at 5:30 p.m.
*Drivers on Caves Hwy. were warned about a wide range of defective vehicle equipment, speeding, and failure to dim headlights this evening.
Sunday, Feb. 10
*A customer at a CJ restaurant was said to be refusing to pay for food he said was served cold. The customer was told that the sheriff’s office could not negate the bill, and the diner left, paying only for what he ate, not what he ordered. The owner was advised of her options.
*At 10 a.m. a Caves Hwy. resident reported theft of a jewelry chest and approximately $8,000 worth of items. Returning home around 5:30 p.m., the resident reported finding her home ransacked again.
Monday, Feb. 11
*A 12-year-old girl from rural Cave Junction was reported as runaway person.
*Proving that thieves will take anything, a small, black plastic pond was reported stolen from the rear of a Caves Hwy. home.
*Scrap metal and a pickup truck were reported stolen from a residence on Illinois River Road. It was not noted if the pickup was used to haul the haul.
*A residence on Warren Road was reported burglarized.
*Thieves apparently looking for entertainment cut a hole in the back door of a Hogue Drive residence to take a TV, DVD player and other items.
Tuesday, Feb. 12
*Two listed runaway persons were reported to have come home.
*Following a reported disturbance on Caves Hwy., a couple was determined to have had a verbal altercation without a crime being committed.
*A stolen vehicle was discovered in an Illinois Valley towing company yard.
*Chapman Creek Road residents reported witnessing recent tenants removing saleable metal fixtures and wire from a nearby property.
*A woman who reported theft of jewelry earlier this week reported that she found the young people responsible as they were throwing the items onto a roadway.
*An anonymous caller reported the location of a stolen Toyota engine.
*No good reason was found for an alarm at a CJ restaurant at 11:46 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 13
*A Selma man said that he would look into a restraining order after his wife, distraught over their marriage breakup, cut power to his house and took off with their daughter. The child was recovered after the woman’s vehicle became stuck on Thompson Creek Road. She also was to be warned for telephonic harassment.
*The owner of a stolen vehicle located in a towing company yard said that a man from the business phoned to say that she owed $900 in storage fees. The caller also said that the man swore at her and called her a “loser.”
*Credit card-issued checks were reported stolen from a Selma man’s mail and cashed.
*More loud music was complained about on Westside Road.
*On Caves Hwy. a man wanted his ex-girlfriend warned against trespassing.
*Fredrick P. Hampton, 49, was cited on a charge of VBR (violation of the basic rule) for speeding (76/45) through a construction zone on Redwood Hwy. at 7:14 p.m. Hampton was warned about reckless driving and reckless endangerment.
*Several firearms were reported stolen from a Waldo Road residence.
Thursday, Feb. 14
*Anthony S. Thomas, 20, was cited on Illinois River Road for driving without insurance.
*Following a report of threats exchanged and shots fired on Norman Road at 4:49 p.m. Michael Scott Tice, 54, was arrested on warrants charging failure to appear (FTA) on charges of fourth-degree assault and second-degree criminal mischief; Robert Earl Newberry, 52, was cited on a charge of fourth-degree assault; and Brian D. Williamson, 34, was cited on a charge of harassment.
*Following a report of a vehicle in a ditch on Thompson Creek Road at 6:42 p.m., Brian Lee Dunn, 47, found walking on Lakeshore Drive, was transported to Three Rivers Community Hospital. He subsequently was cited on charges of DUII and second-degree criminal mischief.
*A white pickup truck with three occupants was reported being used to tear up a vacant lot on Schumacher Street at 5:30 p.m.
*A Norman Road resident phoned 911 repeatedly to say that his neighbor was shining spotlights on him. The neighbor agreed to move the light.
*A Norman Road resident said that a neighbor, perhaps having a bad day, was rattling his gate and screaming threats to kill “all of them” at 11:21 a.m.
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