Police Blotter
From our weekly issue dated October 08, 2008
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Monday, Sept. 22
When a man was found sleeping inside Carlos Restaurante, the complainant handcuffed the suspect, identified as Stephen Ray Clardy, 52. He was charged with second-degree burglary. First-degree criminal mischief involving a car, which included obscenities on the trunk, was reported on Merlot Drive at 7:13 p.m. A suspect was identified. Various areas of the valley were patrolled for extra attention. A vehicle was impounded after its driver was cruising without any lights at 1:36 a.m. on Hwy. 199 in Illinois Valley. He was pursued; then abandoned the vehicle and kicked in someone’s front door before escaping into some woods. The death of a woman, 56, was reported near 3 a.m. at the KOA Campground near the bottom of Hay’s Hill. Damage to a window at Lorna Byrne Middle School was estimated at $450 thanks to some yahoo. Gasoline stolen from a vehicle at the U-Haul business in Cave Junction caused a loss estimated at $150. Theft from a car was noted at Six Mile Campground on Illinois River Road. On S. Old Stage Road a repo man did his thing. On Schumacher Street at 4:25 p.m. a woman found her front door open after she went to her bathroom. In the Holland area, a man reported a scam, as he was told he’d get $3.5 million if he came up with $3,000 cash. He added that he’s already put out two large sums to get the millions. A boy caught smoking at Illinois Valley High School didn’t go home. Some dorks tried to steal a 1965 Chevy pickup truck from 201 Shadowbrook Drive, but dumped it into a ditch at the bottom of the driveway after damaging a fence. The pickup was slightly damaged. Numerous areas of the valley, from one end to the other, received extra patrol. Amy M. Mayville, 29, was cited on charges of driving while suspended (DWS) and driving uninsured on Reeves Creek Road. A man on S. Junction Avenue said that he was assaulted by a woman. Assault on Westside Road and a tossed soft drink were reported at 6:49 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 23
There was a report from Illinois Valley High School (IVHS) that after two students were said to be smoking marijuana on a school bus, a Crown Royal bag containing a pipe and a small quantity of illegal weed were confiscated and destroyed. Wednesday, Sept. 24 All sorts of stuff happened today. None of it was especially significant, although a light and cover at CJ City Hall were broken by raging vandals. Otherwise, the happenings were pretty much the same as on other days, but with different people, none of them arrested.
Thursday, Sept. 25
An alarm at the former location of Fire Mtn. Gems in Cave Junction was caused by an errant bat that was loosed to the wild at 12:09 a.m. Some nut ignited a roll of toilet paper at Art’s Red Garter and dropped it onto a restroom mat, causing I.V. firefighters to respond at 12:17 a.m. A rumor that firefighters and patrons scuffled is unfounded. For some reason, an alarm sounded at Clear Creek Family Practice in Selma at 2:10 a.m. No problem was located. Assistance was rendered at 3:48 a.m. by a deputy and I.V. firefighters when someone needed help with an oxygen tank because of a power interruption. From Westside Road came a call advising of a forthcoming party about which a neighbor might complain. A drunk, driving a pickup truck, was reported on Laurel Road, but no troopers or deputies were available. A Sherwood Avenue resident said that a teen-age boy keeps riding his dirt bike up and down the street. There was a similar complaint from S. Junction Avenue. Harassment was reported on S. Kerby Avenue. A deputy took a woman on Holland Loop into custody under a police officer’s mental hold. Theft of two medical marijuana plants was reported on Warren Road. The cops were advised of a man wearing blue jeans and white T-shirt staggering into traffic near milepost 15 of Hwy. 199. Extra patrol around the valley looking for bad people doing bad things was logged.
Friday, Sept. 26
The areas of Holland Store and Lake Selmac were patrolled in the wee hours. Some kind of disturbance was reported at 1:40 a.m. on Hanby Lane, but the complainant didn’t want to press charges against her husband, who had been drinking. Someone reported a suspicious vehicle in the 5400 block of Holland Loop at 3:06 a.m. At least two people were inside a vehicle with tinted windows. Emergency personnel responded at 3:43 a.m. to Pine Ridge Trailer Park because of a woman said to be trying to commit suicide. She had to be restrained, and was arrested under a police officer’s mental hold. Lester R. Ramsey, 58, was arrested on a charge of trespassing at Lake Selmac. Women were fighting in Selma for some reason. It was “a closing error” when the SOFCU Community Credit Union office in CJ was found open at 8:07 p.m. It also was reported that janitors were inside.
Saturday, Sept. 27
A cleaning person discovered a break-in with broken glass at the dental office of Dr. Thomas Housel at 11:44 a.m. The door was unsecured; no deputy was available. An inventory was to be taken to see what might be missing. Possible kidnapping was reported at Jubilee Park. But apparently not. A Selma man was worried because he couldn’t contact his medical marijuana farmer. A bunch of rowdy people caused problems at the county area of Lake Selmac. Then they all left, taking their problems with them. Brandon Shain Croft, 23, was cited in Kerby on a charge of careless driving. Domestic violence was the call in the 33000 block of Hwy. 199 at 9:50 p.m., but no one was arrested, and there were no reported injuries.
Sunday, Sept. 28
Dingie girls were said to be running around ringing doorbells on N. Junction Avenue at 1:09 a.m. It’s been occurring for at least a week, the complainant said. More extra patrol was logged around the valley. There was a disturbance at River Valley Mobile Home Park reported at 3:27 p.m. Some jerk was causing a problem at Oregon Caves Chevron by trying to start fights. He finally left. Timothy J. Hunt, 56, was cited at Hwy. 199 and Westside Road on a charge of driving 64 mph in a 45 zone.
Tuesday, Sept. 30
At 1:07 a.m., the area of Lake Selmac was patrolled. Because she was accused of biting a man’s left nipple at 27890 Hwy. 199, a woman was “trespassed.” At 1:23 p.m. in the 28000 block of Hwy. 199, a woman said that she wanted to die. There was a report at 8:44 p.m. that people in Jubilee Park were smoking either marijuana or crack, and that a small child was with them. People in O’Brien had a situation in which a husband said that his wife was breaking in and looking for money. Illinois River “Forks” Park, O’Brien Country Store, Lorna Byrne Middle School and Evergreen Elementary School were patrolled. David A. Wonderling, 44, was cited on a charge of DWS on Holland Loop, and his vehicle was impounded. In the 7800 block of Takilma Road at 11:42 p.m., Robert J. Harrison, 40, was arrested under a warrant charging second-degree criminal mischief, and cited on a DWS charge. His quad was impounded.
Wednesday, Oct. 1
Jubilee Park in Cave Junction was checked for any problems at 1:16 a.m. Someone stopped at Hwy. 199 and Laurel Road at 1:17 a.m. for defective equipment, apparently on his car, had already been stopped by another deputy. “Everything was OK” after a 911 hang-up call from the 1600 block of Crooks Creek Road. And a child, 2, might have been talked to. A speeder was warned on Hwy. 199 in Kerby. James Mutina, 56, aka “Red-Eye,” was told to move on, as he was in front of a Downtown CJ business. He wasn’t wanted there. A runaway boy, 15, was at IVHS and was picked up by his mother. In O’Brien a couple had a situation with child custody and a bipolar condition. Although it appeared to a civilian on Upper Deer Creek Road that someone had exhumed a casket, that was found to be unfounded. Described as a fugitive, Clinton R. Markl, 23, was arrested on E. River Street under an OSP warrant charging failure to appear (FTA) in connection with dangerous drugs. Subsequent to a complaint that her husband tried to strangle her in O’Brien, Michele J. Anderson, 32, was arrested on charges of fourth-degree felony domestic assault, and strangulation. People in the 37000 block of Hwy. 199 had a situation involving a locked shed, personal belongings, and reported threats to the complainant about blowing off his head. In Selma, a man said that his son, 16, ran away from home. Some sort of trespassing call was received from Sportsman Tavern in CJ. After concern about an 83-year-old man in Cave Junction who couldn’t be contacted, Illinois Valley firefighters were called to “make entry.” The man wasn’t home; there was no resolution. After a woman dialed 911 from the Junction Inn about a nose bleed, she was advised about improper use of the emergency line. A woman at “Forks” Park was advised of open hours at 10:27 p.m. The Cedar Brook area on Laurel Road was patrolled at 11:40 p.m., and Rough & Ready Lumber Co. at 11:42 p.m., apparently by two different deputies or one with a really fast car. Today and during other days in this report, deputies stopped various vehicles to warn numerous drivers about speeding, defective lighting and other such stuff.
Thursday, Oct. 2
There was a red Pontiac blocking the roadway in the 6000 block of Deer Creek Road at 6:07 a.m. Then it was gone without explanation. Following two hang-up 911 calls from the 2000 block of Dick George Road, it was determined that they were made by a girl, 4, playing with a telephone. No injuries were reported from an 8:31 a.m. traffic accident at the intersection of Hwys. 199 and 46. Drivers were identified as Cedar Yandell, 24; and Lloyd K. Hipp Jr., 29. When a residential alarm was received at 9:15 a.m. from Lone Mountain Road, the alarm company was notified. In Grants Pass at the Juvenile Justice Center, an alarm was said to be caused by a chair. Some sort of scuffle, involving approximately nine people, was reported at 10:11 a.m. outside Art’s Red Garter. No charges were filed, as apparently no one was so inclined, and it appeared to be no big deal. Two of Downtown Cave Junction’s favorite street people, Neil White and Charlie Vile, were contacted in front of a store at 12:26 a.m. Classified as a landlord/tenant dispute, there was a complaint from 291 S. Old Stage Road that people allowed to spend the night wouldn’t leave when asked, and were being threatening. Leonard C. Holland Jr., 22, was cited into Cave Junction Municipal Court on a citation charging DWS after being stopped on Hwy. 46. Melissa Jayne Lowenstein, 41, was arrested under several warrants in Downtown Cave Junction. Charges included driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUII), second-degree criminal mischief, and first-degree criminal trespass. Threats of stabbing a boy and a girl, made by a named suspect who is a student, were reported at IVHS. After reported threats by a man to burn a house in O’Brien, the information was logged. While speaking with his mother in rural Cave Junction, said a man from another county, she began screaming and then the phone went dead. A deputy responded and was told by the mother that she was screaming because something good happened, and she didn’t know how they got disconnected. Jubilee Park was checked at 6 and 9:02 p.m. “Forks” Park at the south end of Cave Junction was checked at 7:10 p.m. Galen Aller, 60, was cited under a warrant charging FTA on a DUII charge. The area of O’Brien Country Store & Deli was checked at 10:25 p.m. Upon coming upon a man, 21, and a woman, 18, in the 4000 block of Waldo Road, and finding that they had been stranded by a third unnamed person, a deputy provided a courtesy ride into Cave Junction. The Lake Selmac area was checked at 10:26 p.m., and the Holland Store area at 11:39 p.m.
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