Pair with 14 pounds of pot arrested after high-speed pursuit from Selma
From our weekly issue dated November 12, 2008
Illegal weed and currency were seized. (Photo by Josephine County Sheriff’s Office)
Deputies arrested two men near Grants Pass after a high-speed chase that began in Selma, and seized 14 pounds of ready-to-use marijuana and $1,600 cash.
Arrested were Leonard Lemmond, 45, of Carlin, Nev.; and Gordon Lenz, 25, of Ashton, Idaho, said Josephine County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO). They each were charged with possession, manufacture and distribution of a controlled substance.
Lemmond also was charged with felony and misdemeanor eluding a police officer; Lenz on a misdemeanor eluding charge.
One source said that the marijuana has a street value of some $42,000.
JCSO said that Deputy Jeff Iles stopped a car with Nevada license plates on Hwy. 199 near Hogue Drive for a traffic violation at approximately 10:30 p.m. Lemmond drove off when Iles asked about the presence ofmarijuana in the car, said JCSO.
Lemmond drove toward Grants Pass at speeds reaching 100 mph, said JCSO, before other deputies and an Oregon State Police trooper used a spike strip to deflate the tires of the car near 199 and Riverbanks Road.
After the car was forced to stop near 199 and Redwood Avenue, Lemmond and Lenz jumped from the car and tried to run away. Officers chased them on foot, and both men were taken into custody.
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Anyone with information about the incident can telephone JCSO’s anonymous, confidential tip line at 474-5160; or the JCSO Narcotics Team at 474-5151.
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