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, Oct. 21
  • Contacted on Caves Hwy. Raymond Edward Stevens, 47, was cited on a charge of parole violation and lodged in Josephine County Jail in Grants Pass.
  • A girl, 5, reported missing on Pinewood Way was located nearly a mile away at a neighbor’s house.
  • Part of a deer was removed from Lakeshore Drive at 4:28 p.m. No indication was given as to which part was moved or where the rest of the animal went.
  • In the 300 block of S. Redwood Hwy. Troy L. Donahue Jr., 54, was cited on a charge of failure to appear (FTA) on an original charge of driving under the influence of an intoxicant.
  • Paul Matthew Showalter, 37, was cited on a charge of speeding (70 mph in a 55 mph zone) on Redwood Hwy. in Selma at 7:07 p.m.
  • Diann Renee Williams, 38, was cited on a charge of speeding (61 mph in a 45 mph zone) on S. Redwood Hwy. at Watkins Street at 7:24 p.m. Shortly thereafter, Nancy L. Linton, 61, was cited for speeding (65 mph in a 45 mph zone) in roughly the same location.
  • Aaron Joel Lumen, 25, was lodged in county jail on charges of fourth-degree domestic assault and coercion following an incident on Crooks Creek Road.
• Thursday, Oct. 22
  • Clifford Ryan Jantz, 19, was cited on a charge of speeding (73 mph in a 55 mph zone) on Redwood Hwy. at Clear Creek Road in Selma at 12:23 a.m.
  • Joshua Seth McDaniel, 29, was cited on a charge of speeding (60 mph in a 45 mph zone) on Redwood Hwy. near Glendon Road in Kerby at 12:55 a.m.
  • A Cave Junction woman reported that a former tenant attempted to run her down with a vehicle.
  • Although several complaints were received about a seemingly apparent transient camp off N. Sawyer Avenue, no information had been received from the property owner. Two people were contacted there.
  • William Judson Burdette Jr., 32, was cited on a charge of speeding (59 mph in a 45 mph zone) on Redwood Hwy. at Pugetville Road in Kerby at 7:16 p.m.
  • On McMullen Creek Road, Nicolas Steven Davis, 25, was arrested on Grants Pass Dept. of Public Safety warrants charging FTA on charges of first-degree burglary, first-, second- and third-degree theft, unauthorized use of a vehicle, felon in possession of a firearm, methamphetamine possession, second-degree criminal mischief and DUII.
  • An 8-to-10-inch thick tree was said to be blocking passage on Deer Creek Road at 9:34 p.m.
  • Three teen-aged persons were warned against trespassing at Evergreen Elementary School at 10:55 p.m.
  • Contacted during a traffic stop in the 29000 block of Redwood Hwy., Manuel Sonato Saldana, 33, was lodged in county jail on a Humboldt County warrant charging homicide.
• Friday, Oct. 23
  • Lifeline requested a welfare check on a client who lives on Rockydale Road. She was OK.
  • Theft of a stainless steel prep table (probably for meals) from Cave Junction Head Start on E. River was reported.
  • A boy, 13, was transported to Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass by American Medical Response after he was struck while riding his bicycle on Redwood Hwy. at Laurel Road around 4 p.m. A witness stated that the bicyclist turned in front of a southbound vehicle. Also, it was noted that the cyclist was not wearing a seatbelt. (Well, that’s what it read).
  • Following a confrontation among neighbors on W. Schumacher Street at 4:51 p.m., Dudley William Gay, 48, was cited on charges of unlawful use of a firearm and two counts of menacing with a firearm.
  • An 8-year-old boy on Dick George Road was said to be “evasive” when a call-taker returned his aborted 911 call. He was to be counseled by an adult at the scene about playing with a phone.
  • No problem was located at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building on S. Junction Avenue, where it seems that another child was playing with a phone around 6:22 p.m.
  • It was stated that a Hogue Drive resident had been assaulted, but no victim was located.
  • A Cave Junction woman reported that her boyfriend’s “ex” had threatened via telephone to “stab her to death.”
• Saturday, Oct. 24
  • A caller on Caves Hwy. noted reckless driving by the operator of a small, dark-colored pickup truck.
  • Otherwise, not much happened today, apparently.
• Sunday, Oct. 25
  • Christopher Lawrence Urie, 26; and Elyndsay Arlene Young, 24, each were cited on a charge of unlawful possession of marijuana during a traffic stop in the 100 block of S. Redwood Hwy. Urie also was cited on a charge of improper display of vehicle tags.
• Monday, Oct. 26
  • An O’Brien resident stated that she heard her neighbor yelling about ramming their house with his vehicle and setting the house on fire. Why the neighbor wanted to do that was not logged.
  • A caller was concerned for the welfare of several dogs left at a residence on Too Far South Lane. The former tenants returned to retrieve their dogs, a neighbor said later.

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