Police Blotter

From our weekly issue dated June 16, 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, June 3
    • Angry because he was awakened to go to school, a 14-year-old boy on Kerby Avenue was “out of control,“ according to his sister.
    • Gregory Wayne Sampley, 57, was cited on a charge of violation of a city ordinance prohibiting consumption of alcohol on public premises on S. Redwood Hwy. at 1:38 p.m.
    • The city of Cave Junction asked for a welfare check of elderly Millie Street residents, as recent recorded water use was zero. The home owner advised he and his wife no longer live there.
    • A N. Junction Avenue resident said that her estranged husband entered her home and took her rent money.
    • On W. River Street a woman complained that her son took paperwork that doesn“t belong to him.
    • Theft of firearms from a Rockydale Road residence was reported.
  • Friday, June 4
    • Two extremely wooly sheep with horns were loose in the 2000 block of Dick George Road, a caller stated at 10:51 a.m.
    • Justin Harvey Dale Metcalf, 29, was cited on a charge of speeding (61 mph in 45 mph zone) on N. Redwood Hwy. near Cave Junction at 7:34 p.m.
    • Warren Benton McCrary, 38, was cited in the 24000 block of Redwood Hwy. on a charge of driving uninsured at 7:44 p.m.
    • James Anthony Davis, 69, was cited on a charge of speeding (65 mph in a 45 mph zone) on Redwood Hwy. at Laurel Road at 7:47 p.m.
    • On Kerby Avenue a resident complained of telephonic harassment.
    • Michelle E. Stewart, 40, was cited on a charge of no valid operator permit on Redwood Hwy. in Downtown Cave Junction at 9:52 p.m.
    • A driver reported striking a raccoon with his vehicle on Westside Road, causing damage to the front bumper, fog lights and radiator. He was making a report for insurance purposes.
  • Saturday, June 5
    • Two people were cited on charges of failure to use seat belts on S. Redwood Hwy. at 8:15 a.m.
    • Paul E. White, 61, was cited on a charge of failure to use a seat belt on S. Redwood Hwy. in Cave Junction.
    • In the 20000 block of Redwood Hwy. at 9:31 a.m., Thomas Andrew Greco, 58, was cited on a charge of speeding.
    • Susan Louise Palleson, 18, was cited on a charge of speeding (72 mph in a 55 mph zone) on Redwood Hwy. at Eight Dollar Mountain Road at 10 a.m.
    • On Holland Loop someone complained about harassing phone calls from a Grants Pass-area cell phone.
    • No gun shot was heard, just a “thump,“ a complainant said, when the rear window of a vehicle parked at Ray“s Food Place in Selma was shot out around 6:20 p.m.
    • A report for felony eluding, reckless driving, endangerment and possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) was to be filed following a chase on Westside and Turner roads around 8:30 p.m. The driver of the tan-and-maroon Chevrolet Tahoe in question fled.
  • Sunday, June 6
    • In Kerby a tenant stated that some animals were missing from her residence. She thought her landlord might have taken them.
    • Two more rural Illinois Valley residents complained of harassing, obscene phone calls from the same Grants Pass number from which others reported receiving calls.
    • A home owner on Robinson Corner Road said that his residence and fruit trees were damaged as a result of a “huge“ party. A criminal mischief report was initiated.
    • Someone reported that a woman with a possible mental issue was screaming at a shopping cart in the 400 block of S. Redwood Hwy. The woman“s caretaker was contacted.
  • Monday, June 7
    • In Takilma a property owner stated that a cable gate had been cut. She was concerned that people who want to mine on the mountain behind her home were trying to gain access across her land.
    • A Selma resident claimed that her identity was used fraudulently to purchase some $7,000 worth of computer equipment.
    • Former tenants were removing fencing at a Hogue Drive location, a citizen said.
    • An intoxicated woman was asked to leave after she was found eating unpaid-for food in the produce aisle at Shop Smart Food Warehouse. In response, she knocked an employee“s eyeglasses off his face and spat at him. She was warned against trespassing.

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