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, Dec. 2
  • While checking for an injured deer on Lakeshore Drive, a multitasking deputy warned several motorists about infractions including speeding, failure to wear a seatbelt and expired license plate tags.
  • On Rockydale Road a caller reported that sometime during the night a driver had somehow allowed a vehicle to leave the roadway, damaging two mailboxes and an antique dragsaw. The errant driver left no information.
  • A Cave Junction man claimed that someone had stolen some 250 methadone pills from him.
  • Corey Rei General, 29, was cited on W. River Street on a warrant charging failure to appear (FTA) on an original disorderly conduct charge.
  • Peggy Jean Winderweedle, 70, was cited on a charge of speeding (57 in a 45 mph zone) on N. Redwood Hwy. at 5:21 p.m.
  • A Caves Hwy. resident stated that several items were stolen from his garage.
  • Unsuccessful attempts for two years to contact the no account writer of a “No Account” check were reported by a business owner in Cave Junction.
  • Lyle Eugene Schwope, 56, was cited on a charge of speeding (61 in a 45 mph zone) on Redwood Hwy. at Rockydale Road at 8:02 p.m.
  • California driver Christopher Martin Spitznagel, 35, was cited on a charge of speeding (58 in a 45 mph zone) in the 27000 block of Redwood Hwy. at 8:13 p.m.
  • On Robinson Road, a man said that he fired warning shots when he was confronted in a threatening manner by a neighbor regarding ownership of firewood.
• Thursday, Dec. 3
  • A burglar alarm sounded at Illinois Valley Fire District Station 4 on Holland Loop at 9:39 a.m.
  • Ryan Matthew Schaeffer, 23, was lodged in Josephine County Jail on charges of probation violation and contempt of court after his probation officer located a woman, who had a restraining order against Schaeffer, hiding in a bathroom at a Laurel Road residence.
  • An Illinois Valley High School student was reported by school administrators as having been found in possession of marijuana.
  • Following a dispute between family members on Holton Creek Road, a Kerby woman went to Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass complaining of injuries sustained when she was thrown from her residence. How she was thrown was not explained.
• Friday, Dec. 4
  • “Tremendous amounts” of car parts, including a bumper and a Jeep hubcap, littered a Holland Loop residence yard after someone allowed their vehicle to demolish a lengthy section of fence, causing $500 estimated damage. A report for “failure to leave name at the scene of an accident” was filed.
  • A CHP officer noted that he was on Redwood Hwy. following a vehicle driven by a registered sex offender who had been in California -- outside of compliance with orders.
  • No contact information was available for the owner of a purse found near a Cave Junction laundry.
  • Theft of a generator from a Crest Drive residence was reported.
  • Justin Ryan Hubbard, 25, was cited on a charge of VBR (speeding/61 in a 45 mph zone) in Downtown Cave Junction at 8:40 p.m.
  • No reason was immediately discovered for an alarm at Evergreen Elementary School at 6:54 p.m.
  • A woman on N. Boundry Avenue stated that her brother, who didn’t live there, refused to leave. No evidence of a crime was discovered; the man left for the evening.
  • California driver Robert Francis Poole, 27, was cited on a charge of speeding (79 in a 55 mph zone) in the 22000 block of Redwood Hwy. at 7:51 p.m. He also was cited on a charge of failure to carry registration, and flagged as hostile to law enforcement.
• Saturday, Dec. 5
  • A caller stated at 2:31 a.m. that some people “got in her face” outside a Downtown Cave Junction establishment, and then boogied when she phoned 911.
• Sunday, Dec. 6
  • A horse was said to be running loose on Eight Dollar Mountain Road at 11:44 a.m.
  • On N. Hussey Avenue a woman said that her former mother-in-law entered her residence uninvited and began screaming at all present. It was requested that the woman be warned against trespassing at the home.
• Saturday, Dec. 19 Monday, Dec. 7
  • On E. River Street a woman said that her daughter’s ex-boyfriend had phoned, threatening to “f*** up their world.”
  • A Cave Junction resident reported some $1,000 in fraudulent online purchases made with her credit card.
  • Several county and U.S Forest Service signs on Road 40-08-23 were decapitated with a chainsaw, a caller said. He took the signs home with him so that they would not be stolen, he said.
• Tuesday, Dec. 8
  • Not much happened in Illinois Valley today.
• Wednesday, Dec. 9
  • An administrator at IVHS reported that a female student had punched another girl’s face.
  • On Dogwood Lane a woman said that her daughter was refusing to go to school.
  • Two dogs loose on Aries Lane reportedly chased some children. Josephine County Animal Control was notified.
  • In Downtown Cave Junction, Gregory Wayne Sampley, 57, was cited on a warrant charging FTA on an original charge of second-degree criminal trespass.
  • Carole Renee Shloss, 48, was cited on a charge of speeding (70 in a 55 mph zone) on Redwood Hwy. at Lakeshore Drive at 4:30 p.m.
  • Several homeless people were contacted behind St. Matthias Episcopal Church because of a complaint about a dog at large.
  • Someone set off a “stink bomb” in the 100 block of S. Redwood Hwy. at 5:13 p.m., a caller said.
  • Marvin Ray Stephens, 43, was cited on a charge of speeding (60 in a 45 mph zone) on Rockydale Road at 5:32 p.m.
  • Ronald Jermoe Baron, 49, was cited on a charge of speeding (61 in a 45 mph zone) in the 27000 block of Redwood Hwy. at 5:51 p.m.
  • On Redwood Hwy. at Holton Creek Road, Jason Russell Otanez, 35, was cited on a charge of speeding (60 in a 45 mph zone).
  • A S. Old Stage Road resident reported that her 15-year-old grandson and 10 other juvenile persons were drinking and using marijuana at her residence while she was at work. She requested that the call be logged for information.
  • On Millie Street a caller stated that someone dressed all in black and identified as “The Squirrel” entered his residence without knocking.
  • On Briar Lane a resident said because someone comes to her house night after night to pound on the windows, she has armed herself.

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