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, Aug. 19
  • A disturbance regarding retrieval of personal items from a Barnes Way location was reported.
  • In Cave Junction, a man was advised by his bank that an Internet company had attempted to withdraw funds from his account.
  • Someone cut their way through the fence at the Southern Oregon Sanitation Kerby Transfer Station and rummaged through the recycled paper, a caller stated.
  • Employees felt uneasy because of a man sleeping under the carport of a business in the 26000 block of Redwood Hwy.
  • A suitcase containing clothing for a woman and child was reportedly lost when it fell from the roof of a vehicle traveling on Hwy. 199 from Gasquet, Calif. to Rogue Valley/Medford International Airport.
  • On S. Junction Avenue, a vehicle hood was reportedly “keyed,” resulting in an estimated $700 worth of damage.
  • On Finch Road west of the green bridge, Roshana Ursula Hohm, 28, was cited on a charge of speeding (54 mph in a 40 mph zone). She also was cited on a warrant charging failure to appear (FTA) on a charge of DUII, and warned for failure to carry and present a license.
  • In connection with the previous incident, Jeremy N. Hurst, 26, was cited on a warrant charging FTA on a traffic offense charge.
  • Christopher Lincoln Evans, 21, was cited on a charge of speeding (53 mph in a 45 mph zone) on Hwy. 199 in Cave Junction at 10:16 p.m.
• Thursday, Aug. 20
  • Christopher Thomas Martin, 20, was cited on a charge of speeding (58 mph in a 45 mph zone) on Hwy. 199 in Selma at 1:21 a.m.
  • Some sort of alarm had been sounding for 40 minutes in the vicinity of Takilma and Dick George roads, a caller stated at 2:48 a.m.
  • Obscenity-laced graffiti had been spray-painted on Cave Junction City Hall and a business on W. Lister Street, a caller reported at 9:22 a.m.
  • Billy Jack Biggs, 32, was cited on a charge of speeding (68 mph in a 55 mph zone) on Hwy. 199 near O’Brien at 10 p.m.
  • Richard Henry Schaller Jr., 28, was charged with speeding (50 mph in a 30 mph zone) on Hwy. 199 at Hanby Lane at 10:02 p.m.
  • At 10:17 p.m., Jeannine Louise Williams Barnard, 48, was cited on a charge of speeding in the 27000 block of Hwy. 199.
  • Diane Marie Fehr, 23, was cited on a charge of speeding in the 24000 block of Hwy. 199 at 11:31 p.m. (69 mph in a 55 mph zone).
  • Tammy J. Huntamer, 19, was cited on a charge of speeding in the 23000 block of Hwy. 199 at 11:56 p.m. (67 mph in a 55 mph zone).
• Friday, Aug. 21
  • Damp footprints indicated that someone had walked to the front doors and peered through the bedroom windows of a residence on S. Junction Avenue, a caller reported at 6:33 a.m.
  • Following a tip, some 15 mature marijuana plants were eradicated on U.S. Forest Service property out Eight Dollar Mountain Road.
  • Some $100 in coins was reported stolen from a Honeybee Lane residence.
  • A tenant at a Lakeshore Drive residence complained that her landlord was demanding the title and keys to her car. Turns out the car was his, and so she turned it over to him.
  • Todd Heiller, 18, was charged with speeding (84 mph in a 55 mph zone) on Rockydale Road at 6:56 p.m.
  • Nathan Munro, 33, was cited on a charge of failure to obey a traffic control device (Stop sign) on Holland Loop at 9:31 p.m.
  • Neil F. White, 58, was cited at 10:21 p.m. in Cave Junction on a charge of FTA on an original charge of second-degree criminal trespassing on Hwy. 199.
  • Said to be traveling 70 mph in a 55 mph zone caused Alfred Dean Wright, 53, to earn a citation on a charge of speeding at mile marker 25 on Hwy. 199 at 11:27 p.m.
• Saturday, Aug. 22
  • At 12:13 a.m. it was reported that a man in the 38000 block of Redwood Hwy. had suffered a blow to his head with a baseball bat. The man refused medical treatment, and was said to be “hostile.”
  • Steve Roscoe Dillon, 49, was cited on a charge of speeding (61 mph in a 45 mph zone) on Lakeshore Drive at 1:22 a.m.
  • Tyler Neil Wylie, 22, was cited on a charge of DUII at the 18-mile marker on Hwy. 199 at 1:38 a.m.
  • Theft of a white Jeep Grand Cherokee from a Downtown Cave Junction location was reported.
  • At a campsite near Seats Dam, Jackie Cooper, 34, was cited on a charge of identity theft and lodged in Josephine County Jail in Grants Pass. Aubrey Christian Grady, 32, was cited on a charge of possession of a controlled substance (PCS)/less than an ounce of marijuana.
  • Jason Adam Dahl, 18, was cited on a charge of speeding (58 mph in a 45 mph zone) on Hwy. 199 in Selma at 7:57 p.m.
  • At the 30-mile marker on Hwy. 199, Christopher Robin Daniel, 30, was cited on a charge of speeding (68 mph in a 55 mph zone).
  • Some gunfire was reported by Iron Way residents at 9:56 p.m.
• Sunday, Aug. 23
  • A Cave Junction woman reported that her car was stolen and that her daughter was a run-away person at 9:38 a.m.
  • In the 23000 block of Hwy. 199 at 6:03 p.m., Donald Rogers, 28, was cited on a warrant charging fourth-degree assault.
  • Theft of tools, a GPS device, two cell phones, a wallet, portable DVD player and a Sponge Bob Squarepants DVD were reported stolen from a vehicle on W. River Street.
  • An Airport Drive resident reported an attempted burglary at 9:35 p.m.
• Monday, Aug. 24
  • A caller from Selma, who lives in the last house on a private driveway at the end of a road at the top of a hill, said that someone drove to the residence just after 1 a.m. and asked for $5 worth of gas. The caller was shaken up by the incident.
  • A woman who’d reported her vehicle stolen said that her son recovered it from “tweekers with guns.” Further information wasn’t provided.
  • Someone cut his vehicle tire sidewalls, said an Addison Lane resident.
  • A report of fourth-degree assault was to follow an incident on Caves Avenue during which it was said that a woman suffered a painful eye and wounded knee after an attack.
  • On E. River Street a woman complained of repeated harassment by a man who claimed to be a forest ranger.
  • Harvey Herbert Peters, 49, was cited on a charge of fourth-degree assault stemming from an incident on Caves Avenue earlier.
• Tuesday, Aug. 25
  • A Takilma Road resident said that someone tried to trade a silver coin for gas to get to town.
  • Neighbors were said to be racing up and down a shared right-of-way on Hays Cut Off, said a caller, and it bothered her.
  • A complainant said that entry was gained into cargo containers and a residence on Thompson Creek Road, but it was unknown what, if anything, had been taken.
  • A report for attempted burglary was made following an incident in the 2100 block of Rockydale Road.
  • A Hamilton Lane resident claimed that three people armed with large flashlights burst into his home and took from him an iPod and a new digital camera.
  • The sound of a loud argument was reported on Airport Drive at 8:24 p.m. Several minors were contacted and counseled regarding whatever conduct they’d been engaged in.

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