Police Blotter
From our weekly issue dated April 21, 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.)
- Wednesday, April 7
- Theft of a pump from a pumphouse at a vacant residence on Pinewood Way was reported. The owners live in California.
- Friday, April 9
- What appeared to be an ill-fed horse was reported in the 28000 block of Hwy. 199 by someone who cares.
- Illinois River Road out to McCaleb Boy Scout Ranch was checked around 8 a.m., followed by checks at a number of other countryside sites including Grayback Camp, Oregon Caves National Monument, Waldo Lookout and Page Mtn. Sno-Park.
- Someone was cited at the snow park for not having a parking permit.
- “Because of animal problems“ (dogs), an assault occurred on Hogue Drive. One person was warned about harassment and “trespassed.“
- On Millie Street, Lucas Vance Tillett, date of birth not listed, was arrested under a warrant from Del Norte County in California, and taken to Josephine County Jail in Grants Pass pending extradition.
- No injuries were reported in a two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 199 and Eight Dollar Mtn. Road. Drivers were identified as Rene Ernest Eichmann, 20; and Cristy Lynn Brehm, 31.
- Some people in O“Brien had a problem, and a fight was reported, but it was determined that no crime had been committed.
- Some people in Selma had a problem, including a methamphetamine user, and someone threatening to kill a woman and her children.
- Neighbors on Patton Bar Road were worried about a man living in his van.
- Harassment was reported on Hogue Drive.
- Harassment was reported in Kerby.
- A boy, 16, was listed as a runway juvenile person from Selma. His mother thinks that a neighbor might be supplying him with marijuana.
- More harassment was reported in Selma.
- Various warnings were spoken to people driving cars. A couple of guys were warned about speeding.
- A mentally ill person, but no evidence of a crime, was logged from Selma.
- Saturday, April 10
- Following a car crash shortly prior to 1 a.m. on Laurel Road, a long-haired man ran from the scene. It was discovered that the car had been stolen.
- Deputies responding at 8:16 a.m. to Lakeshore Drive were warned that a man involved could be a threat to them. However, no crime was found, although a complainant had claimed violation of a restraining order.
- People camping along Briggs Valley Road were advised of their driving status, and the tow statute.
- Subsequent to the preceding incident, Jacob Lee James Tiffin, 35, was arrested on a charge of probation violation and taken to county jail in Grants Pass.
- Numerous areas of the valley were patrolled by eagle-eyed deputies.
- On Eight Dollar Mtn. Road, a man was warned about no front license plate, no mud flaps and no fender flares.
- At Oregon Caves Chateau around 1:36 p.m., a deputy patrolled on foot.
- On Eight Dollar Mt. Road, Bruce Edward Perry, 66, was cited to appear on a charge of possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana.
- Extra patrol was requested in the 500 block of S. Hwy. 199 because of what the complainant described as transients walking across private property.
- A man said that when he asked two juvenile persons to stop riding their non-street legal quads in the vicinity of Hanby and Burgundy lanes, they became hostile.
- Two carloads “full of teen-agers“ near a Downtown Cave Junction bar were the subject of a complaint of disorderly conduct, as they (gasp) were yelling at each other. Then they left.
- Approximately an hour later, around 8 p.m., some of the yellers were contacted in CJ, and it was found that one guy had been arguing with a girl“s boyfriend. Something like that.
- A traffic complaint possibly involving a drunk was checked in Cave Junction.
- Sunday, April 11
- At the base of Hay“s Hill or the top, depending on who phoned shortly after midnight, two cars crashed, with black ice listed as the prob. One car was on its side; the other on its wheels. Both drivers refused medical attention after getting out of the cars without help.
- Monday, April 12
- Near the north end of Draper Valley Road on Hwy. 199, Animal Control responded because of an injured dog reported by a kindly trucker. Traffic was hampered for a time.
- Near the Selma Post Office at 10 a.m., a man was warned about yielding the right-of-way.
- In the Eight Dollar Mtn. Road area, a deputy checked for stuff. Later, the Page Mtn. Sno-Park and Illinois River Forks State Park were checked. And later, Lake Selmac got checked.
- People on Warren Road had a civil matter about an easement dispute.
- On S. Junction Avenue, a device called an arm bar was used to guide an uncooperative boy, 12, to the floor for handcuffing. He was said to have violated probation for his behavior at school this day. He was taken to the Juvenile Justice Center in Grants Pass.
- A Kerby mother reported her daughter, 13, as a runaway juvenile person.
- In rural Cave Junction a woman said that she feared for her life because a restraining order had been lifted.
- There was concern by a resident on N. Sawyer Avenue because of a possible drunk man with dreadlocks standing in the middle of the street staring at the resident“s home. The man was gone when a deputy arrived.
- On S. Hussey Avenue a woman wanted another woman “trespassed,“ as she doesn“t want her around her daughter.
- Tuesday, April 13
- Around 9 a.m. a deputy conducted area checks in the Eight Dollar Mtn. Road vicinity and environs.
- On Holland Loop at 8:15 a.m., a woman was worried about a man who seemed bent on harassment.
- Despite a report of an abandoned auto on Hays Cut Off Road, such was not the case, a deputy discovered.
- Some sort of landlord/tenant dispute prompted a call from a woman on N. Caves Avenue about three guys with a trailer, but all was well, and no crime was noted.
- During an 11:39ish area check in the 300 block of Happy Camp Road, a deputy noted the license plates of three parked vehicles.
- There was a report from a woman on W. Stevenson Street that a man leaped over her fence, ran through her yard, and kept moving.
- When a deputy checked a vehicle on Briggs Valley Road, he found a note inside, reading that the owner was working in the area, and that the car was not abandoned.
- The area of Oregon Caves National Monument, some 19 miles east of Cave Junction, underwent an area check around 1:18 p.m. Numerous other valley areas also were checked.
- Catherine Lenore Putney, 66, was cited on a charge of violation of the basic rule (VBR)/speeding, 38 mph in a 25 mph zone, near Illinois Valley Senior Center.
- Following a traffic stop involving Cedar Raymond Jerome Yandell, 26, a report was pending on driving while suspended.
- Kaleigh Rose Morlan, 19, was warned about no front license plate and no mud flaps near milepost 29 of Hwy. 199 at 4:13 p.m.
- While walking with her service dog on Hussey Avenue, a woman said, someone loosed a black dog that became aggressive to the complainant“s animal. The woman added that the other dog owner said that he didn“t care about the leash law.
- Some sort of restraining order situation was logged from Crooks Creek Road.
- Allegations involving “threat of harm“ at a residence on Waldo Road were received from the state Dept. of Human Services, but no law enforcement was necessary “at this time.“
- A woman on Laurel Road, who is armed, said that her landlord, also armed, is “demanding sexual favors for rent.“ And “weird noises“ were reported.
- Valley emergency personnel tried to find a staggering man, possibly intoxicated, at E. River Street and N. Junction Avenue, but no patient was located. Later, it was found that the man has “prior medical issues.“
- Among locales checked around 7:30 p.m. was Six Mile Campground, 8.75 miles out Illinois River Road. And two men underwent field interrogations at Store Gulch Campground.
- There was a Laurel Road landlord/tenant dispute.
- A landslide was partially blocking Eight Dollar Mtn. Road near mile 3.5.
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