Police Blotter
From our weekly issue dated May 21, 2008
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Thursday, May 8
*On Takilma Road a woman reported that at 9:22 a.m. another driver, a person known to her, passed her on a corner and cut her off.
*Assistance was given to some people whose vehicle was stuck in snow on Onion Mountain Road.
*Two ATV operators were warned for driving their machines on Draper Valley Road.
*A man who was carrying a pink backpack and apparently talking to himself as he walked on Redwood Hwy. south of Cave Junction prompted a concerned call at 2:36 p.m.
*Verl Verdel Boatman, 48, was cited on charges of driving under the influence of an intoxicant and failure to perform a breath test in the 400 block of S. Redwood Hwy. at 7 p.m.
*Two people were warned for having an unattended camp fire near the green bridge out Eight Dollar Mountain Road.
*Robert Kelm, 52, was arrested on charges of second-degree assault, two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, recklessly endangering another, and pointing a firearm at another. Deputies were responding to a report of a woman throwing rocks at a residence on Pinewood Way.
*On Westside Road a man complained that his neighbor had blocked the driveway and threatened him.
*A woman was given a ride to a relative’s home after a disturbance on Fir Drive.
Friday, May 9
*Having gained entry to a barn on Deer Creek Road by cutting a lock, thieves made off with some mining equipment, a caller reported.
*A vacant rental property on Caves Hwy. was reported burglarized. Missing items were said to include most of the furniture, the water heater, furnace and well pump.
*There was a complant that an angry man was slamming car doors and yelling at a woman on a parking lot on W. Watkins Street at 8:19 p.m.
*Loud music in the 5000 block of Westside Road was complained about at 10:04 p.m.
*Amber Lureigne Whitwing, 49, was cited on a charge of driving while suspended (DWS) on Redwood Hwy. at Finch Road at 11:36 p.m.
A Downtown Cave Junction business owner was contacted as he was dropping off a night watchman for his shift at 11:47 p.m.
Saturday, May 10
*A vehicle missing a rear wheel and parked hazardously on Lakeshore Drive was towed at around 1:45 p.m.
*Audible alarms sounded at Lorna Byrne Middle School, but no cause was discovered.
*Tracy Ann Easterford, 41, was cited on charges of DWS and failure to carry proof of insurance on Redwood Hwy. in Kerby. Her passenger, Michael Ray Spliethof, 45, was charged with probation violation and lodged in Josephine County Jail.
*Some sort of disturbance was reported on Norman Road at 7:15 p.m.
*A Westside Road resident was concerned that her neighbor was not shooting his large-caliber firearms in a safe manner at 9:47 p.m.
*A man whose wife was demanding the children and money for the return of his stolen vehicle recovered the truck himself from an Upper Deer Creek Road address.
*Some idiot in a 4-by-4 vehicle was reported to be tearing up and down the creek bed on Deer Creek Road at 10:53 p.m.
*A loud party was complained about on Airport Drive.
Sunday, May 11
*Not much happened.
Monday, May 12
*Three men walked away from a vehicle which had been driven into a ditch on White Schoolhouse Road at 10:38 a.m. Later, some people in a red pickup truck came to pull the car out, a caller said.
*An altercation between a father and son was reported on Briar Lane at 9 p.m.
*A complaint of shots fired was reported at 9:30 p.m. from Warren Road.
*It was reported that a man with a firearm attempted to take his children away from their grandmother, who has an informal custody arrangement.
*After it was reported at 10:40 p.m. that a man had been pointing a gun at customers at a CJ lounge, Michael Allen Shinault, 43, was cited on a charge of menacing.
Tuesday, May 13
*Vandalism causing some $695 damage to the “Welcome to Cave Junction” monument on the south side of town was reported at 1:40 p.m.
*There was concern that a shootout could erupt, as a woman on Warren Road was convinced someone was shooting at her, and she was determined to shoot back.
*A 15-year-old boy was listed as a runaway from a Westside Road address.
*A burglary at a residence in the 29000 block of Redwood Hwy. was foiled by an alert neighbor. The suspects left in a white passenger vehicle.
*In CJ a man said that he was assaulted a week ago, and that his backpack and computer were stolen. His assailants offered to return his computer for $150, he said.
*Admittedly the owner and driver of a white vehicle seen leaving the scene of an interrupted burglary earlier, Misti Renee Johston, 19, was charged with conspiracy to commit burglary and lodged in county jail.
*A Cave Junction man reported being harassed by his neighbors, who he said deal drugs and with whom he said he’s been having trouble.
*Joshua John Lewis, 25, was cited on a charge of speeding (45/30) on Redwood Hwy. at Hamilton Avenue at 11:52 p.m.
Wednesday, May 14
*A hit-and-run driver damaged a vehicle parked in the 100 block of S. Redwood Hwy., the owner said.
Thursday, May 15
*A Madrona Drive resident said that a man has continued to attempt to gain access to her residence through her daughter’s bedroom window.
*An alarm sounded at the Cave Junction Library at 2:52 p.m.
*“Mouthy” teen-agers in a little green car were locked behind a gate, while trespassing on Schumacher Street, a caller said. The caller said he allowed them to leave.
*Deputies chased a speeding, unlicensed motorcycle down N. Old Stage Road, and through Jubilee Park, but the yellow-helmeted rider escaped.
*A Draper Valley Road resident reported theft of several guns and a chainsaw from his home.
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