Police Blotter

From our weekly issue dated April 2, 2008

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Friday, March 21

*Someone was reported firing a gun in the 400 block of Lakeshore Drive at 3:30 a.m.

*A single gunshot was heard coming from a home on S. Sawyer Avenue at 9:30 a.m.

*A landlord/tenant dispute was reported on Dogwood Lane.

*Stating that a woman had made threats against him and his wife, a Dick George Road resident sought a stalking order. He was advised of his options.

*On Pine Cone Drive a 14-year-old girl was counseled about her behavior after her parents reported she was hitting her siblings, and throwing rocks and manure.

*After phoning 911 repeatedly from the Selma Post Office to state that he didn’t want to live at his house anymore and would cut his wrists if no one picked him up, Michael Tice, 54, was taken to Three Rivers Community Hospital on a peace officer’s mental hold.

*No reason was discovered for a hold-up alarm from a restaurant in the 300 block of S. Redwood Hwy. at 11:11 p.m.

*With a reported blood-alcohol content of .16, a driver was cited on charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants on E. River Street at 11:39 p.m. The vehicle was impounded.

Saturday, March 22

*Although “baggies” and syringes with methamphetamine residue were reportedly confiscated from a Lakeshore Drive residence, insufficient evidence was available to press charges. One person was advised to contact their probation officer.

*On Illinois River Road a driver was warned for passing over a double-yellow line, and for an undertagged load of firewood.

*Brian Lavern Ruston, 47, was cited on a federal charge of driving with a suspended license (DWS) and warned for failure to carry proof of insurance.

*On Cobalt Drive, a woman said that her neighbor threatened to burn her house after she confronted him about his dog killing hers.

*Trespassers were reported at a property in the 2000 block of Holland Loop.

*A dispute over ownership of a bulldozer was reported in Kerby, but the parties resolved the situation themselves.

*Grace Helen Polk, 32, was cited on charges of DWS and driving uninsured on Redwood Hwy. at milepost 30 at 7:55 p.m. Polk also was warned for speeding.

*A small, unattended campfire was discovered near Illinois River “Forks” State Park at 11:19 p.m.

Sunday, March 23

*A black Toyota 4-Runner with two occupants was reported speeding and “spinning donuts” in the 5000 block of Holland Loop.

*A single-vehicle accident was reported in the parking lot at the Illinois Valley Family Coalition at 12:40 a.m., and the passengers were said to be hiding in nearby bushes. The driver was not located.

*After they insisted that an unwanted young man leave, a Cave Junction resident said that they received numerous threatening phone calls from the boy and his father. Both parties were contacted and the boy was warned for telephonic harassment and trespassing.

*Robert Norman Kells, 18, was cited on a charge of driving uninsured, and warned for an obscured license plate, on Redwood Hwy. in the 21000 block at 1:26 a.m.

*A driver reported that his parked car was damaged by a hit-and-run driver on E. Watkins Street at 1 p.m.

*Erratic speed and failure to maintain a lane of travel were reasons given for reporting a possible drunken driver on Holland Loop at 8:39 a.m.

*Robert Charles Breakfield, 44, was cited on a charge of DWS on Rockydale Road at 4:43 p.m. His vehicle was towed.

*Two people were contacted in north CJ after a store employee reported that a woman was being rude, harassing customers and asking for money. It was noted that the woman’s male companion was hostile throughout the contact with the deputy.

*A man wearing all-black clothing and stinking of alcohol was said to be yelling and scaring customers at a restaurant in Downtown CJ at 8:19 p.m. He was “trespassed” from the business and told to contact his probation officer.

*Otis Jones, 54, was cited on a charge of second-degree criminal trespassing after he was contacted at the CJ Post Office at 11:45 p.m.

Monday, March 24

*Two men, arguing over money owed each, reported that the other had made threats involving a firearm.

*Shannon Rebecca Loock, 19, was cited on a charge of speeding (38/20), and warned for failure to carry proof of insurance during a traffic stop on McMullen Creek Road at 12:18 p.m.

*An O’Brien resident said that his neighbor threatened to shoot his dogs. He said the neighbor believes that his dog killed hers.

*Montgomery Robert Leach, 21, was cited on a charge of speeding (73/55) at milepost 25 on Redwood Hwy. at 2:18 p.m.

*Adam Jason Smith, 24, was cited on a charge of speeding (73/55) at milepost 26 on Redwood Hwy.

*Following a report of two persons pushing their way into a residence in the 23000 block of Redwood Hwy., Debra Susan Wallis, 56, was cited under a Klamath County warrant charging criminal mischief with property damage. A report of criminal trespassing was to follow.

*A mail carrier reported that she was stopped by a woman on Ken Rose Lane who tried to sell to her a generator that was in the back of her blue pickup truck.

*On Naue Way a woman reported receiving numerous phone calls, but no one speaking. Options were provided.

Tuesday, March 25

A drunk was said to be jumping into traffic on Redwood Hwy. near Deer Creek Road at 3 p.m.

*Michael Tice, 54, was lodged in Josephine County Jail on a charge of disorderly conduct after a caller reported that they could not keep him from walking onto Redwood Hwy. in Selma.

*On Reeves Creek Road, a paraglider was reported to have crashed near a gravel pit. No law enforcement was required.

*In Selma a woman said that she’d been harassed over the telephone by a man who blamed her for his property being stolen.

*Eastbound on Caves Hwy. near Old Stage Road, a man and woman were struggling over a baby carriage, a caller said.

*A man was attempting to sell some generators, an air compressor and water pump out of the back of his pickup truck, said a caller, who thought that the situation was suspicious.

*Jerry Victor Lewis Owens Jr., 24, was cited under a warrant from Multnomah County charging carrying a concealed weapon. He also was cited on charges of DWS, and failure to carry proof of insurance. His vehicle was impounded.

*A report of people shooting wild turkeys on White Schoolhouse Road was referred to OSP Fish & Game officers.

*At Jubilee Park a caller reported hearing what sounded like teen-aged boys harassing homeless people at 8:15 p.m.

*In Downtown CJ at 8:44 p.m. a man said that a young woman attempted to steal his van, collided with another vehicle and then fled on foot.

*An “entire family” was said fighting in front of a residence on S. Junction Avenue at 9:38 p.m. One person left, and no problem was reported upon a deputy’s arrival.

Wednesday, March 26

*John Kevin Engles, 43, was cited on a charge of DWS and warned for speeding on Lakeshore Drive at McMullen Creek Road at 8:24 p.m.

*In a dispute regarding tenancy and employment, a man reportedly was throwing and breaking items, and threatening to burn down a shop in the 27000 block of Redwood Hwy. The incident was deemed civil in nature.

*In Selma, a man said that his mother received a phone call with a recorded message which stated she’d won a trip from a large national store chain. A manager at the store said that no one from there would call about any kind of trip.


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