Police Blotter
From our weekly issue dated July 07, 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.)
- Tuesday, June 22
- A caller reported that transient persons were camping on St. Mathias Episcopal Church property and smoking marijuana. They moved on when asked to do so.
- On a BLM road off Kerby Mainline Road, a stolen vehicle was recovered.
- From rural Cave Junction came a complaint that a threatening letter was addressed to her husband.
- Wednesday, June 23
- A Draper Valley Road resident reported theft of four medical marijuana plants from a fenced garden.
- In Kerby a resident complained that people keep parking in front of his trailer and that they attempted to steal his dog.
- An Illinois Valley resident reported that someone had sent a “derogatory, threatening letter“ to another individual and signed the complainant“s name.
- A man reported receipt of a threatening letter from a woman who says that someone else sent it.
- In the 200 block of S. Redwood Hwy., April Ann Biel Warwick, 21, was cited on a charge of speeding (64 mph in a 45 mph zone).
- A driver who was stopped alongside Laurel Road was contacted. She was eating ice cream, and left when she finished. (The flavor was not provided.)
- Dillon Duke Scott, 22, was cited on a charge of driving with a suspended license (DWS) on S. Junction Avenue at 9:21 p.m.
- On Finch Road it was reported that a woman was causing a disturbance outside a man“s home because he refused to let her inside. She said that she would leave.
- Thursday, June 24
- Some sort of green substance had been sprayed on her vehicles, said a W. River Street resident. She took photos and provided suspect information.
- Two people were cited on federal charges of insufficient number of life vests and failure to heed a road closure out Illinois River Road near McCaleb Ranch Boy Scout Camp.
- From Jubilee Park a caller reported what he said sounded like a bullet whiz past his head and strike something near the ball field.
- On N. Sawyer Avenue a resident reported that someone had thrown a green, paint-like substance on his red 1949 Cadillac.
- In Selma a man pushing a mountain bike and acting confused was sporting evidence of a fresh fall. American Medical Response was called to assist.
- James Steven Towe, 34, was cited on a charge of DWS on Redwood Hwy. at Finch Road at 6:45 p.m. His vehicle was impounded.
- At 8:06 p.m. a car was found parked in the middle of Westside Road. The ignition had been punched. A tow truck was called to remove the road hazard.
- A Downtown Cave Junction business owner reported that someone had texted him to say his shop had been robbed. It turned out to be a “prank.“
- Yelling and loud music were complained about on N. Hussey Avenue at 11:58 p.m.
- Friday, June 25
- In Selma a woman reported seeing someone shoot her cat“s face and shoulder.
- Someone broke a window at Immanuel United Methodist Church causing some $300 damage. And they took a $10 vase from the church Nifty Gifty shop.
- A driver fled his vehicle on S. Old Stage Road before a deputy initiated a traffic stop. The driver was known to have a suspended license. The contents of the unoccupied car were photographed, and a knife and .22 magazine taken for safe-keeping.
- Someone cut a hole in a shed near the Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance building and stole some paint, which they poured around the area.
- Loud music (possibly a band) connected with a large gathering at the Sam Brown Campground day-use area out Taylor Creek Road in rural Grants Pass was complained about. The situation was to be monitored.
- A larger-than-pickup size pile of garbage was found dumped out Thompson Creek Road.
- In the 27000 block of Redwood Hwy. a caller stated that his estranged wife“s son, with whom he is not permitted contact, was on his property. He wanted the man “trespassed.“
- Just after 10 p.m. a caller complained that someone on Lone Mountain Road was using a chainsaw, which kept her awake. Also, they had a burn pile, she said.
- Saturday, June 26
- There was a complaint that someone came onto a woman“s property, got into her daughter“s car and drove through the complainant“s flower beds.
- Bondon Prayer Spann, 29, was cited at Sam Brown Campground on a charge of using a U.S. Forest Service resource without a permit.
- Following investigation in the 300 block of Kerby Street , Ryan Keith Hutchison 23, was cited on charges of second-degree assault and criminal trespassing and lodged in Josephine County Jail in Grants Pass.
- Theft of approximately $55 worth of gasoline from the Cave Junction 76 station was reported. The vehicle, a two-tone blue Ford Aerostar, was reported stolen from Crescent City. Calif. on Thursday, June 24.
- Matthew John Stone, 27, was cited on a charge of failure to obey a traffic control device on W. River Street at 9:20 p.m.
- A white pickup truck was said to be “high-centered“ off the roadway beyond a barricade on Illinois River Road.
- Sunday, June 27
- Just after midnight, Jesse James Lohmeier, date of birth not listed, was cited on two charges of failure to maintain a safe distance from an emergency vehicle and no operator“s permit.
- On Forest Creek Road a man reported being assaulted. He said that two men in a white pickup truck came alongside his vehicle and told him that he was leaking fuel. When he stopped to check, they got out of their vehicle and attacked him, he said.
- A Cave Junction business owner reported that he“d continued to receive threatening text messages.
- Someone removed plywood from windows of a structure in the 33000 block of Redwood Hwy., and stole a chair and propane heater.
- An illegally parked vehicle on Illinois River Road was nearly towed away before the owner returned. Bria G. Connolly, 18, was cited on a charge of illegal parking.
- Todd L. Rich, 42, was cited on a charge of illegal parking at Six Mile Campground.
- On Naue Way a child, 5, was counseled regarding misuse of 911.
- A Selma resident stated that harassing messages had been left on his voice mail. The caller was warned about telephonic harassment.
- A large, black dog dragging a leash was seen lingering by itself at the edge of some nearby woods, a Dick George Road caller stated. He was concerned that someone might be lost in the woods.
- Monday, June 28
- Someone entered a locked shed at Illinois Valley High School and removed 12 cases of Snapple beverage.
- A caller said that a man in a brown hoody sweatshirt was yelling at Jubilee Park. The caller was concerned for the safety of children there.
- Some people were refusing to return her satellite TV equipment, a Rockydale Road resident stated.
- A man said to be having family issues was reported threatening himself with a gun and knife in a Kerby neighborhood. He could not be located when a deputy went to check.
- Following hubbub on S. Junction Avenue in which a woman reported her 20-year-old son to be “out of control,“ Jade Charleton Yandell was lodged in county jail on a charge of probation violation.
- Tuesday, June 29
- Folks running a fireworks stand on the parking lot at Shop Smart Food Warehouse advised just after midnight that they“d been the subject of harassment by persons unknown.
- A group of disorderly young people were said to be trying to steal hay from a trailer in Downtown Cave Junction at 1:27 a.m.
- On Walters Drive a woman reported seeing a person“s silhouette on her wall. She shouted that she had a gun, and when she racked the shotgun, the person outside stumbled over something on her porch and left.
- At around 1:30 a.m., a man said, some kids threw a rock through the window of a semitruck in Downtown CJ.
- Callers complained that a man on Lone Mountain Road was falling trees and damaging neighboring properties in the process. Also, a power line was damaged due to a fallen tree, they said.
- All the windows of a home and related vehicle on S. Kerby Avenue were broken by persons unidentified.
- A man in a Kerby neighborhood said that he“d been attacked, resulting in a broken ankle. A deputy determined that the injury was an unintentional consequence of the home owner attempting to remove an unwanted person from his residence.
- All parties were advised of their options following a pushing and shoving match at a Honeybee Lane residence.
- Deputies investigated a report of first-degree animal abuse on Three Mill Road.
- Theft of a purse from a locked car at Six Mile Campground was reported.
- Somebody shot a trashcan and wooden cowboy on Warren Road, a caller said.
- An alarm was heard at Lorna Bryne Middle School at 11:43 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 30
- A 2-year-old child on Dogwood Lane apparently was playing with a telephone at 2:53 p.m.
- On Laurel Road a woman reported that the rear window of her residence had been broken and the home ransacked.
- Thursday, July 1
- Children were said to be throwing rocks at vehicles on Redwood Hwy. in Downtown CJ at 1:57 a.m.
- People staying in a fireworks tent in Downtown CJ said that they could hear people outside throwing rocks.
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