Illinois Valley News

(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.)

• Wednesday, Feb. 4
  • Michael McNelly, 57, was cited on charges of domestic menacing and harassment following a reported disturbance on Glendon Road.
  • Entry to a vacant house on Chapman Creek Road via a window was reported.
  • The person responsible for a vehicle illegally parked on W. River Street was advised to move it.
  • Jacob Aaron Dolph, 21, was cited to appear in Cave Junction Municipal Court on charges of speeding (38 mph in a 25 mph zone) and driving with a suspended license (DWS). His vehicle was impounded.
  • Pamela Anne Boone, 37, was cited on a charge of speeding (39 mph in a 25 mph zone) on S. Junction Avenue at 3:41 p.m.
  • Arrested on Rockydale Road, Damien Michael Clark, 15, was cited on a charge of minor in possession (MIP) of tobacco and lodged at the Juvenile Justice Center in Grants Pass on a charge of violation of a release agreement.
• Thursday, Feb. 5
  • In the 5000 block of Rockydale Road, Laurel Denise Glenn, 49, was cited on a charge of speeding.
  • Gary Lance Haberman, 49, was cited on a charge of speeding (74 mph in a 55 mph zone) on Redwood Hwy. at Sauer’s Flat at 12:28 p.m.
  • Jerrod Robert Bruner, 26, was cited on a charge of speeding (38 mph in a 25 mph zone) on E. River Street at 3:49 p.m.
  • Linda Kay Stevenson, 51, was cited on a charge of failure to obey a traffic control device on W. River Street at 6:04 p.m.
  • On E. River Street, a woman said that someone had parked in front of her residence and honked the horn for a few minutes.
• Friday, Feb. 6
  • At 5 a.m. a screaming man entered an E. River Street residence. The resident said this was in violation of a no-contact order.
  • The following drivers were cited on charges of speeding on Redwood Hwy. between 8 and 9 a.m.: Mark Orville Camp, 48 (60 mph in a 45 mph zone); Jessica Dawn Rousseau, 19 (59 mph in a 45 mph zone); and Jacob Thomas Campbell, 17 (74 mph in a 55 mph zone).
  • In the 29000 block of Redwood Hwy. Jackie Lee Cooper, 34, was cited on a Jackson County warrant charging possession of a controlled substance: methamphetamine, and lodged in Josephine County Jail in Grants Pass. Cooper also was cited on charges of DWS and speeding.
  • Jeffery William Davis, 57, was cited on a charge of violation of the speed limit at milepost 35 on Redwood Hwy. at 12:04 p.m.
  • A highly intoxicated man was told to get off the road when found walking on Redwood Hwy. near Rockydale Road at 2:46 p.m.
  • Sharie Elaine Kanig, 53, was cited to appear in CJ Muni Court on a charge of speeding (47 mph in a 25 mph zone) on N. Redwood Hwy. at 3:13 p.m.
  • Two people sitting in a bluish-green SUV were said to be smoking marijuana on a parking lot on N. Redwood Hwy. at 4:44 p.m. How the complainant knew this was not clarified.
  • On White Schoolhouse Road a woman complained that her neighbor’s dogs killed her calf.
  • Four people in a vehicle parked in front of a business on Hamilton Avenue at 10:53 p.m. stated that they were looking to see if the business was open Saturdays.
• Saturday, Feb. 7
  • Christa Henning Sign Ahluwalia, 63, was cited on a charge of violation of the basic rule (VBR)/speeding, (41 mph in a 25 mph zone) on E. River Street at 12:23 p.m.
  • Boyd Eugene Elkins, 43, was cited on a charge of speeding (42 mph in a 25 mph zone) on E. River Street.
  • A caller stated that someone on Lone Mountain Road stopped him while he was driving, threw a pair of gloves at him and threatened to kill him.
  • A dog might have been responsible (somehow) for a 911 hang-up call from Burch Drive at 5:58 p.m.
  • It was reported at 10:18 p.m. that party-goers on Deer Creek Road were driving in the creek bed. Another caller stated that there were minors in possession of alcohol.
  • Three men in a black car were contacted after a citizen reported at 11:56 p.m. that a driver was running “Stop” signs throughout Cave Junction. Those contacted denied having done it.
• Sunday, Feb. 8
  • A loud explosion of some sort was heard by a Rockydale Road caller at 3:27 p.m.
  • Following an exchange of words (exact language not listed) on W. River Street, a caller said that another man pulled a gun on him. It was determined to be a squirt gun, and the two were advised to stay away from one another.
  • “Bums fighting” in front of I.V. Senior Thrift Shop in Downtown CJ was reported at 5:32 p.m. Those contacted insisted it was just a “confrontation.” They were warned regarding trespassing at various locations.
• Monday, Feb. 9
  • There was a report of vandalism and theft of gasoline from two buses parked at Cave Junction Head Start on E. River Street.
  • In Selma a woman stated that she’d been feeding what she thought was a stray cat for about a year. When she trapped the feline to take it home, a woman appeared from a nearby residence and said that the animal belonged to her, and threatened to call police. Who ended up with the cat was not explained.
  • Jade Yandell, 19, was cited on charges of second-degree criminal mischief, third-degree theft and minor in possession of alcohol (MIP) after a bottle of wine was reported stolen from Shop Smart Food Warehouse.
  • A mother reported that her 15-year-old son was provided marijuana by an O’Brien resident. The boy then changed his story and said he got it at school.
• Tuesday, Feb. 10
  • A van being driven in circles on S. Kerby Avenue seemed suspicious to a caller. Those contacted were a man with suspended driving status, who was teaching a woman with no operator’s permit how to drive.
• Wednesday, Feb. 11
  • Two apparent transients, a man and a woman, were reported loitering near Junction Inn at 12:08 a.m.
  • Kyle Beairsto, date-of-birth not listed, was cited on Deer Creek Road at 9:46 a.m. on a charge of no insurance.
  • A 27-year-old man was said to be “out of control” and violent toward his parents on Caves Hwy. at 10:22 a.m.
  • A driver, whose name was given only as Rosenberry, was cited on Redwood Hwy. in Kerby on charges of DWS, driving uninsured and switched plates. The man’s passenger fled.
  • A landlord/tenant dispute was reported on Draper Valley Road.
  • Brent D. Bruso, 27, was cited on a warrant charging failure to appear on an original trespassing charge.
  • Three people were trespassed from behind a business in the 200 block of S. Redwood Hwy.
  • A boy’s socks and hat were stolen by a transient who pulled the youth into the woods as he walked on Redwood Hwy., stated the victim’s mother.
  • Contacted at 9:27 p.m. near a business in the 200 block of N. Redwood Hwy., a man claimed that he was using the Internet there.
  • Three youths were contacted near a business on S. Redwood Hwy. at 10:27 p.m. and advised of curfew.
  • Michael Alexander Olmstead, 27, was cited on a charge of speeding (65 mph in a 55 mph zone) near milepost 20 on Redwood Hwy.

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