Police Blotter

From our weekly issue dated February 25, 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.)


  • Thursday, Feb. 12
    • After a law enforcement officer pepper-sprayed a pit-bull at Illinois River Forks State Park, the dog’s owner, Michael Walter Mangles, was cited on a charge of having a dog as an attractive nuisance.
    • On Norman Road, a man stated that he shot his neighbor’s dog, which was thought to have been attacking other animals. The man requested deputy contact.
    • Mark Steven Tice, 56, was cited to appear on a Josephine County warrant charging harassment.
    • Damage to a pickup truck parked in Downtown Cave Junction was caused by a hit-and-run driver on Feb. 11, the owner reported.
  • Friday, Feb. 13
    • Logs unavailable.
  • Saturday, Feb. 14
    • At Forks State Park, a man was warned for having a dog off-leash.
    • Contacted at Forks State Park, Donald David Bernald, 48, was cited to appear on a warrant charging failure to appear (FTA) on an original charge of driving while suspended (DWS). He was warned for expired registration and switched plates, and his vehicle was impounded.
    • Near Forks State Park, Thaleda Lynn Prater, 49, was cited on charges of driving uninsured and having obstructed license plates.
    • Also at the Forks, Joseph V. Guess, 31, was cited on charges of DWS and driving uninsured.
    • Benjamin Charles Ingram, 21, was cited on Eight Dollar Mountain Road on a charge of DWS. The passenger, Brandi Lanell Miller, 21, was cited on a charge of allowing illegal operation of a vehicle.
    • George Edmond Doney, 48, was cited on a charge of DWS near Forks State Park at 4:51 p.m. He was warned regarding expired plates, and his vehicle was impounded.
    • Near Page Creek a woman residing in a trailer without electricity was contacted. She was given a few days to vacate the property.
    • Following investigation, Jess Paul Calderon, 23, was cited on a charge of first-degree theft and lodged in Josephine County Jail in Grants Pass.
  • Sunday, Feb. 15
    • On E. River Street a woman said that someone knocked on her door and then fled in a vehicle. She wanted the incident logged.
    • Brothers were reported fighting about cutting trees on mutually owned Iron Way property.
    • The operator of a white Toyota pickup truck was said to be driving erratically through Downtown Cave Junction at 6:56 p.m. Last seen heading north on Redwood Hwy. at a high rate of speed, the pickup also was observed “going up on (the) embankment.”
    • Some sort of incident involving a man yelling for help from a white sedan was reported at 8:32 p.m.
  • Monday, Feb. 16
    • Some $500 damage and a list of items taken from a storage unit at the transfer station on Kerby Mainline were reported.
    • Theft of a purse containing cash, credit cards and ID from a vehicle in the 100 block of Redwood Hwy. was reported at 10:16 a.m.
    • Two propane tanks were reported stolen from a Pine Cone Drive resident.
    • While riding motorcycles off Waldo Road, Matthew T. Shawn Lopez, Christopher George Culver, and Bradley Dean Loyd, all 16, each were cited on a charge of no Off-Highway Vehicle permit. And the trio was warned about riding motorcycles on a paved highway.
    • At a camp on Rough & Ready Creek, Herbert K. Bright, 53, was arrested on a warrant charging FTA on an original DUII charge.
    • A caller complained that another man was cutting trees along the high-water mark of Illinois River on his property. The caller also stated that the tree-cutter pulled a weapon and fired it. Subsequently, Herbert Russell Higgins, 80, was cited on charges of pointing a firearm at another, reckless endangerment, and menacing.
    • Daniel Brent Morrison, 47, was cited on a warrant charging FTA on original charges of fourth-degree assault, and DWS.
    • A pair of dogs running loose on Deer Creek Road were said to have attacked a resident’s canine and chased the resident’s granddaughter.
    • Theft of a commemorative badge and ID holder valued at $95 was reported by a Selma resident.
    • Following a noninjury accident on a parking lot in the 300 block of Redwood Hwy. no one wanted to press charges.
  • Tuesday, Feb. 17
    • Some $350 in cash and coin was reported taken from Illinois Valley Praise Center after an apparently unreligious thief smashed a bathroom window to enter the center; then broke into the office. The caller stated that he has suspect information.
    • A 15-year-old boy was reported as runaway from his Westside Road residence.
    • Rocks or a .BB gun were used to damage a company vehicle in the 28000 block of Redwood Hwy., a caller stated. He said that this has happened before and that he is concerned that a driver could be hurt.
    • Josephine County Sheriff’s Office received $9,053.95 from the DEA for seized assets.
    • Acacia Elise Steinbach, 24, was cited on a charge of speeding (74 mph in a posted 55 zone) on Redwood Hwy. north of Selma at 10:04 p.m.
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