Police Blotter
From our weekly issue dated February 10, 2010
(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, Jan. 28
- It was reported that a home on Gold Canyon Drive had been ransacked during the past several days.
- Anonymous information was received regarding the whereabouts of a man wanted in connection with an assault in Cave Junction.
- Theft of a green-colored Toyota pickup truck from a residence on Warren Road was reported.
- Joseph Michael Burrell, 23, was cited on a charge of speeding (66 mph in a 45 mph zone) on Redwood Hwy. in Selma at 7:35 a.m.
- Following a tip that a suspect wanted in connection with an assault had just left a Downtown Cave Junction business, Billy Jack Biggs, 33, was located in Kerby and taken into custody. He was charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, first-degree assault, two counts of first-degree theft of a firearm, and unlawful use of a weapon.
- Loud music from a residence on Fir Drive was complained about at 2:06 p.m.
- Around 3 p.m., callers on N. Redwood Hwy. reported seeing a man brandishing a shotgun as he drove a small, white-colored pickup truck at a high rate of speed.
- Subsequent to the previous complaint, a man was located in the 24000 block of Redwood Hwy. The driver of said vehicle, while “initially untruthful“ regarding possession of a shotgun, eventually admitted that while driving, the firearm “shifted“ and he had been “trying to move it into a better position.“
- A Selma resident reported that her ex-boyfriend had come to her property, took the keys to her vehicle and several items from a barn, and left. She stated that he threatened her with retribution if she contacted lawmen.
- During a traffic stop on a BLM road off Crooks Creek Road at 5:29 p.m., James David O“Grady, 15, was cited on a charge of no operator“s permit. He also was warned regarding expired registration, no proof of insurance, and no wood-cutting permit. His passenger, Jacob R. Lackey, 16, was cited on a charge of minor in possession of alcohol.
- Ethel Dawn Sanders, 37, was cited on a charge of driving with a suspended license on Redwood Hwy. at Hogue Drive at 7:23 p.m. Her vehicle was impounded.
- Gabriel C. Cano, 26, was cited on a charge of no valid operator“s permit on S. Redwood Hwy. at 11:13 p.m.
- Friday, Jan. 29
- There was a theft report involving items including saws, drills, chargers and a new, in-the-box car stereo from a vehicle parked on N. Old Stage Road.
- Several items including juice, drink mixes, push pins and matches were reported stolen overnight from the patio at Nacho Mama“s Cantina on N. Redwood Hwy. in Cave Junction.
- A report of first-degree criminal mischief was taken in connection with vandalism at Illinois Valley Golf Course (See page 1 of Feb. 3 Illinois Valley News.)
- The “friend of a neighbor kid“ on Deer Creek Road was said to be hitting golf balls toward homes nearby, apparently with the intent to break windows.
- In Kerby a caller reported that she confronted a woman she found in her vehicle. The squatter, said to be holding a container of beer, left on foot.
- Saturday, Jan. 30
- Several people on off-road motorcycles were said to be riding recklessly through an area off Hanby Lane in Cave Junction near 1:45 a.m.
- At 2:35 a.m. someone stated that someone else on a dirt bike was racing around without a headlight, and generally disregarding Stop signs and other rules of the road. This had been going on for several hours, the caller said.
- Ryan Christopher Lehman, 27, was taken from Draper Valley Road and lodged in Josephine County Jail in Grants Pass on six charges of second-degree sexual abuse.
- On S. Junction Avenue a woman stated that her home had been broken into and some $450 cash stolen from a dresser drawer. No sign of forced entry was apparent.
- A single blast from a shotgun was heard by a caller on Ollis Road, who phoned at 11:22 p.m.
- Sunday, Jan. 31
- What began as a fight between some women behind a Downtown Cave Junction establishment was reported at 1:50 a.m. as a disturbance or “small riot“ after men joined the fray. Everyone boogied prior to deputy arrival.
- After a man was seen crawling from bushes near a residence in the 500 block of S. Redwood Hwy., a caller stated that he wanted the man “trespassed.“
- Monday, Feb. 1
- The victim of vandalism stated that all four tires on his vehicle had been “ice picked“ while parked in Downtown Cave Junction.
- Three more vehicles on W. Watkins Street were found with punctured tires. An ice pick or other pointy object apparently was used.
- Two vehicles on S. Junction Avenue were reported to have tires damaged in a similar fashion as the two previous incidents.
- A first aid kit, spare tire and fuel pipe cap were reported stolen from a state-registered vehicle parked at Illinois Valley Family Resource Center.
- On N. Junction Avenue a woman reported that a man, against whom she has a “no-contact order,“ was pounding on windows and attempting to gain entry to her residence. He left prior to deputy arrival.
- The man who had been attempting to enter a N. Junction Avenue residence had returned with some sort of tool, a caller stated. Subsequently Carl William Stevens, 26, was lodged in county jail on charges of second-degree disorderly conduct and domestic menacing.
- A Cave Junction resident reported that a man with whom she wanted no contact had left a phone message, threatening to have his friends beat her. When contacted, the man said that he was upset, but that it wouldn“t happen again.
- Tuesday, Feb. 2
- Someone tried to burglarize a supply shed at Jubilee Park, a city employee reported.
- Damage to a tire on a vehicle on W. Watkins Street was complained about.
- Tools and other items were reported stolen from a shed on Caves Avenue.
- At 11:16 a.m. a caller stated that someone in a blue-colored Toyota pickup truck sped past her on Schumacher Street and then turned “doughnuts“ in the roadway.
- A Cave Junction resident reported that three hostile women forcibly entered her home and demanded to know the whereabouts of a man unknown to her.
- When she arrived at her N. Junction Avenue home, a caller said, she found a man who had taken a shower. He left when she told him to. Subsequently, Carl William Stevens, 26, was lodged in county jail on charges of first-degree criminal trespassing and domestic menacing.
- Four tires on a vehicle on the south outskirts of Cave Junction were said to be punctured with an ice pick.
- The mad stabber apparently was at work again, as someone popped a tire on a vehicle on Illinois River Road.
- Driver Matthew Stephen Coultas, 16, was cited on a charge of failure to yield to a pedestrian after a motor vehicle accident on S. Redwood Hwy. at 6:08 p.m.
- A driver was warned for failure to maintain a lane of travel after a single-vehicle roll-over accident on Bear Creek Road at 6:21 p.m.
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