Police Blotter

From our weekly issue dated January 7, 2009


(Editor’s Note: Factual information for ‘Blotter’ is provided by official law enforcement agencies. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.)


  • Friday, Dec. 26
    • Following a report of a pedestrian causing a disturbance at the Sterling Savings Bank drive-up window, a 62-year-old man was taken to Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass on a voluntary mental hold.
  • Saturday, Dec. 27
    • In the 28000 block of Redwood Hwy. a woman complained that her sister-in-law was causing a disturbance.
    • Damage to a sliding glass door and theft of numerous items from a Wood Duck Lane residence were reported.
    • Arrested on N. Junction Avenue, Craig Alan Swinney, 52, was lodged in Josephine County Jail, charged with violation of a restraining order (contempt of court).
  • Sunday, Dec. 28
    • Some 8 miles up Illinois River Road, Matthew J. Cortez, 18, was cited on a charge of cutting firewood without a permit.
    • A domestic disturbance was reported on Patton Bar Road.
  • Monday, Dec. 29
    • Vandals broke into school buses parked near Evergreen Elementary School and discharged fire extinguishers inside. Estimated cost of damage and clean-up was between $500 and $800.
    • Numerous items were reported stolen from a W. Lister Street residence. It was said that thieves entered through a window.
    • Two people were said to have been assaulted by youths who fled from CJ 76 service station around 8 p.m.
    • A man claimed to have been assaulted on S. Old Stage Road.
    • Transients were said to be hanging out near the front of the Josephine County Bldg. in Downtown CJ, where they had a heater plugged into an exterior power outlet. Neil White, 57, was cited on a charge of second-degree criminal trespassing.
  • Tuesday, Dec. 30
    • On Westside Road a man complained that his neighbor had left a radio playing loudly and unattended outside for at least two hours. Also, he thought the radio, which was pointed at his house, might have been stolen from his trash.
    • A resident of N. Junction Avenue reported hearing five gunshots at 6:53 p.m.
    • Theft of prescription medication was reported by a Fir Drive resident.
    • Damage to a fence and “Satanic” sayings penned on the door of a Glendon Drive residence prompted a report of third-degree criminal mischief.
  • Wednesday, Dec. 31
    • A rural Cave Junction man reported receiving mail and telephone calls for a man he did not know. He thought it might be a form of identity theft.
    • Arrested in Downtown CJ, Peter A. Struyck, 55, was lodged in Josephine County Jail on a warrant charging failure to appear on a contempt of court charge.
    • On Holland Loop a caller said that two men, accusing his brother of theft, threatened “to shoot their whole family and throw them in the woods.” They were advised of their options.
    • Two kids were said skateboarding on the roof at Evergreen Elementary School at 2:56 p.m.
    • Gunshots reported at 6:44 p.m. were thought coming from a camp south of Rough & Ready Creek bridge.
    • A former Millie Street resident said that his roommate signed for a prescription methadone delivery and then stole the pills.
    • A woman complained that she and her nephew were nearly struck by a vehicle on a parking lot in Downtown CJ. The driver was warned about his driving habits.
    • After booming noises were reported on Boundry Avenue around 10:45 p.m., the owner of a home-made acetylene cannon was advised of the noise ordinance and against setting off an explosive device within the city.
  • Thursday, Jan. 1
    • A man on Little Grayback Road reported finding his cat shot to death and its body “smashed all over his front porch.” He said it was the second of his cats killed in two days, and he believed the situation to be a continuation of previously reported harassment.
  • Friday, Jan. 2
    • An unsecured door at the Cave Junction water treatment plant on N. Sawyer Avenue was found to be the source of a 2:41 a.m. alarm.
    • Redwood Hwy., Laurel Road and Lakeshore Drive were partially blocked by fallen trees in the early morning. County Public Works was advised.
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