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(Editor’s Note: All factual
information for ‘Blotter’ is taken
from official law enforcement
sources. Anyone listed is presumed
innocent until proven guilty in a
court of law.)
Tuesday, Aug. 20
*Extra patrol was noted at
12:20 a.m. at Illinois Valley
Swimming Pool.
*At 1:14 a.m. in Selma, a
Grants Pass car dealer repos-
sessed a vehicle on Deer
Creek Road.
*Some fool spun
“doughnuts” on the front lawn
at Illinois Valley High School,
it was noted at 2:31 a.m. in a
case of criminal mischief II.
*On W. River Street at
5:58 a.m. a possible problem
at a residence, because of a
blinking lot, turned out to be
an electrical malfunction.
*People in the 24000
block of Redwood Hwy. had a
disturbance at 10:06 a.m. in
which a woman was said to
have kicked a man in his
stomach in front of a child.
She left, and if either party
had a problem they’d phone.
*In the 9000 block of
Takilma Road a resident
wanted an adult son to leave
and was fearful of violence.
He left voluntarily, and the
complainant was seeking a
restraining order.
*Following a complaint of
obscene telephone calls to
Waldo Road, the call was
traced to O’Brien. A deputy
contacted juvenile people and
“a very disappointed parent,”
who was going to discipline
the children.
*Squatters with a flat tire
were warned about leaving on
S. Old Stage Road.
*Some 12 to 15 young
persons, believed to be teen-
agers, were drinking beer in
Jubilee Park just before noon.
They weren’t located.
*Marijuana plants out
Happy Camp Road were seen
from the air.
*John T. Nottingham, 43,
was arrested on a charge of
disorderly conduct at 4:43
p.m. after someone phoned
from a Downtown Cave Junc-
tion bar and “was repeating
gibberish,” ending the call by
saying, “Your turn,” and go-
ing into a restroom.
*Someone phoned from
out-of-state trying to reach
their mother in Cave Junction.
It was determined that she
hadn’t been seen in approxi-
mately 18 months.
Wednesday, Aug. 21
*People playing basket-
ball at I.V. High School at 3
a.m. were contacted.
*It was said that four peo-
ple officially were evicted
from Deer Creek Ranch.
*Several reports of
“marijuana fly” were logged.
*Investigation was pend-
ing about a report that a man
fondled himself in front of
children at a Cave Junction
location.
*A suspect was in mind
after graffiti was found on
benches and walls at O’Brien
Country Store.
*Theft of a $50 Oriental
rug measuring 9-by-12 feet
from a clothesline was re-
ported on W. River Street.
*Illegal entry and possible
burglary were checked at
Older Is Better in Selma.
*After contact with a pos-
sibly disturbed woman at the
south end of CJ, it was deter-
mined that she was not a dan-
ger to herself or others.
*Jerrad L. Tucker, 19, was
transported by a Mercy Flights
helicopter from a landing zone
at Deer Creek and Crooks
Creek roads after a single-
vehicle crash nearby. Ameri-
can Medical Response (AMR)
and Illinois Valley Fire Dis-
trict responded initially.
*Extra patrol was re-
quested on Hogue Drive be-
cause of a “suspicious” car.
Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, September 4, 2002
*Deputies were advised of
a possibly intoxicated truck
driver “weaving all over” and
speeding up and slowing
down erratically, headed north
from Selma.
*Someone was advised of
open hours at “Forks” State
Park at 10:56 p.m.
*Rebekah L. Watson, 23,
was cited on a charge of driv-
ing 60 mph in a 40 mph zone
on Redwood Hwy. in Kerby.
Thursday, Aug. 22
*At 2:06 a.m. in Down-
town Cave Junction a motorist
was provided directions to
reach Takilma.
*It appeared that a stove,
valued at $200 to $400, was
recovered after he interrupted
a burglary on O’Brien Road,
according to the owner.
*A deputy had to drive to
Oregon Caves National
Monument after someone with
nothing better to do dialed 911
and hung up. No problem was
located.
*A rural CJ resident said
that a man struck her head five
times with his fist.
*Three bum checks total-
ing $94.13 were reported by a
Cave Junction store.
*There was a report of a
suspicious vehicle nine miles
out Illinois River Road, whose
occupants took off in a big
hurry after someone asked
them who they were seeking.
*Possible stalking of a
man by a woman was checked
in Kerby.
*It seemed that a dis-
traught woman was slapping
herself in Jubilee Park, al-
though someone thought that a
man was hitting her. Mental
health advice was provided.
*Extra patrol was re-
quested again on Hogue Drive
because of a “suspicious” car.
*Theft involving packages
delivered to an incorrect ad-
dress in the 10000 block of
Takilma Road was reported.
*In Downtown Cave
Junction an employee reported
that a couple with alcohol on
their breath had an unsecured
newborn child on the front
seat of their car.
*People in the brush were
heard at 9:10 p.m. near 1300
Illinois River Road.
Friday, Aug. 23
*Shortly before 1 a.m. on
Shadowbrook Drive a resident
reported an unknown woman
who might have been intoxi-
cated, who was screaming.
She was taken to her mother’s
residence elsewhere in CJ.
*An open door was found
at Evergreen Elementary
School at 1:08 a.m. An em-
ployee responded to lock it.
*Three boys were con-
tacted after what looked like
attempted burglary at Dave’s
Outdoor Power Equipment at
1:11 a.m. The boys - 14, 15
and 16 - were warned about
curfew, but apparently weren’t
the suspected burglars.
*Someone riding a bicycle
on Deer Creek Road at 4:03
a.m. was screaming.
*After a deer was stuck by
a motorist in the 4800 block of
Dick George Road it had to be
dispatched, and a road sign
had to be replaced.
*Seven horses were run-
ning loose on Redwood Hwy.
at the Hay’s Hill summit at
10:18 a.m. The owner cor-
ralled them.
*While a person retrieved
personal property from a resi-
dence on Hays Cut-Off, a dep-
uty stood by.
*After a domestic vio-
lence complaint from Kerby,
the man left, and the woman
was uncooperative.
*When a young man went
to a holding yard to obtain
items from a towed vehicle, he
said that he wouldn’t pay the
bill and then threatened to
burn down the business. He
was to be contacted, warned
and advised about his actions.
*There was a complaint
about juvenile people revving
their engines and popping
their clutches, thereby causing
gravel to spew, on W. River
Street at 1:02 p.m.
*It was said that someone
driving a Mustang without
license plates swerved at a
person and was being driven
at a high rate of speed on W.
River Street at 3:32 p.m.
*No injuries were re-
ported in a motor vehicle acci-
dent at 4:52 p.m. at Redwood
Hwy. and E. River Street.
Drivers were identified as
Yvonne C. Lambirth, 51, who
was warned about failure to
yield; and Judi M. Taylor, 55.
*Following a 911 hang-up
call from Rockydale Road, a
resident said that a child had
been choking, but was OK.
*In the 25000 block of
Redwood Hwy. a woman was
said to be flipping off people,
screaming at traffic, and run-
ning onto the roadway. It was
believed that she might be on
drugs. When a deputy saw her
carrying duffle bags, she
dropped them and fled.
Saturday, Aug. 24
*When a deputy checked
a car in Kerby at 12:33 a.m., a
man ran. He was with another
man wearing some sort of cos-
tume. A tow truck was on the
way for their stuck vehicle.
*A disturbance involving
“about 100 subjects” was re-
ported in the 9000 block of
Takilma Road at 12:41 a.m. It
was said that 10 people were
fighting and that beer bottles
were broken over people’s
heads. No one wanted to pur-
sue charges, and denied break-
ing beer bottles.
*Theft of a wallet contain-
ing $150 cash, and stereo
equipment valued at $320 was
reported in the 9000 block of
Takilma Road.
*A car that apparently
crashed, but without anyone
being injured, was seen in the
7000 block Deer Creek Road
at 12:52 a.m.
*Barking dogs were com-
plained about by a resident on
Martin Road, who was ad-
vised about misuse of 911 for
non-emergencies.
*“Employee error” caused
a five-hits alarm at Caves
Pharmacy at 8:41 a.m.
*People had been seen
hunting without permission
the day before on his property
in O’Brien, a man said.
*There was some sort of
complaint from Rockydale
Road about a wanted man re-
ceiving SSI checks.
* Lou d n oises were
checked in the 900 block of
Lakeshore Drive. A resident
was advised that if it were
determined that the noise
came from his property that he
would be cited.
*After a 911 hang-up call
from Palmer Street it was de-
termined to have been made
by a child, 3, playing with a
telephone. He was counseled.
*While his personal car
was parked near the sheriff’s
office in Grants Pass, said a
deputy, his $375 GPS and $15
case were stolen.
*At Lake Selmac some-
one found a beverage con-
tainer with freshly plucked
marijuana leaves inside.
*Vehicular hit-and-run-
was reported on a Downtown
CJ parking lot.
*Possible theft of pre-
scription pills was checked on
W. River Street, but it was
indicated by a person said to
be a possible suspect by the
complainant that the latter lost
them or took them, and didn’t
remember because of alcohol.
*Someone driving a white
vehicle was accused of driving
too fast and nearly hitting 10
firefighters walking along
Lakeshore Drive near Lake
Selmac Resort.
Wednesday, Aug. 25
*Matthew R. Barbosa, 20,
was cited to appear on a
charge of minor in possession
of alcohol at 1:12 a.m. at
Caves Hwy./Old Stage Road.
*Some sort of fight was
reported at 2:20 a.m. behind a
Downtown CJ store. A deputy
checked, but found no one.
*There was a complaint
from W. River Street at 2:37
a.m. that someone had been
racing a car up and down the
street for the past hour.
*Extra patrol was logged
at several valley locales.
*Ne’er-do-wells turned
over an outhouse and made
holes in the #2 green at I.V.
Golf Course, causing some
$300 worth of damage.
*No crime was listed after
a 2:10 p.m. incident in the
5000 block of Holland Loop
involving someone who
wanted to leave with the com-
plainant’s son.
*No crime was listed after
a 2:55 p.m. incident in the
5000 block of Holland Loop
in which it was said that two
women were yelling, tearing
up a house and kicking items.
*Merle L. Southard, 22,
was arrested on a charge of
burglary in connection with an
incident on Pinecone Way.
Charges of reckless endanger-
ing, animal abuse I, and crimi-
nal mischief I were to be re-
ferred to the D.A.’s office.
*At 6:45 p.m. a man said
he discovered people tearing
metal off a building on Davis
Creek Road, and that the prop-
erty is for sale.
*OSP was to be advised
about a truck with a dangling
chain that was causing sparks
being driven through I.V.
*In CJ a man voluntarily
submitted to a peace officer’s
mental hold after suffering
military flashbacks.
*Barking dogs on O’Brien
Road at 10:54 p.m. caused a
woman some worry.
Thursday, Aug. 26
*David N. Shaw, 24, was
cited on a charge of driving 77
mph in a 55 zone at Redwood
Hwy. and Lakeshore Drive at
1:21 a.m.
*Michael R. Luna, 24,
was cited on a charge of driv-
ing without insurance, and
failure to obey a traffic control
device at Caves Hwy. and Old
Stage Road at 1:41 a.m.
*Michael Cassidy, 19,
was cited on a charge of fail-
ure to obey a traffic control
device at 1:53 a.m. at Red-
wood and Caves highways.
*When a deputy checked
a possible campfire out Eight
Dollar Road at 2:49 a.m., it
turned out to be a blinking
construction light.
*Two men wearing black
clothing were said to be walk-
ing near Lakeshore Drive and
Thompson Creek Road at
11:07 a.m., pointing guns at
people driving by. A deputy
responded rapidly, but the
men weren’t located.
*A CJ resident com-
plained that her son hadn’t
returned from another country,
as promised by the father, and
that she couldn’t get a straight
answer from the father.
*After a boy, 13, was yell-
ing and cussing at his mother
in CJ, they worked it out, and
all was under control.
*Following a complaint of
a sleepy truck driver, a deputy
checked Redwood Hwy. in
Selma, but found no truck.
*Assistance was rendered
in the 24000 block of Red-
wood Hwy. in connection
with a move-out order.
*Reckless drivers were
reported in the 100 block of
Caves Hwy.
*Because of an incident
the day before, a Pinecone
Way resident wanted people
“trespassed,” and they were.
*In Selma a boy, 12, was
being violent and beyond pa-
rental control, but then the
situation was resolved.
*It was said that a battery
was taken from an abandoned
car on Deer Creek Road.
*It was unclear (to the
editor) exactly who was cited
on Deer Creek Road on a
charge of theft III involving
unlawful entry to a vehicle.
*For some reason an
alarm sounded at Oregon
Caves Chevron at 11:06 p.m.
*In Jubilee Park at 11:30
p.m. a woman, 38; and a man,
44, underwent field inter-
views.
Friday, Aug. 27
*“Employee error” caused
an alarm at My Brother’s Pub
at 10:01 a.m.
*A valley resident asked
for extra patrol while he’s on
vacation.
*Possible equipment mal-
function was blamed for two
panic alarms on Taurus Lane.
*No problem could be
found after a residential alarm
on Ken Rose Lane.
*The possibility of pursu-
ing sexual offense charges
against a former husband to-
ward a daughter was being
considered by a valley family.
*Help was rendered on W.
River Street involving a man
who needed mental aid.
*Another alarm at the
same place on Ken Rose Lane
was attributed to wind.
*People were said to be
stripping a car near milepost
seven of Deer Creek Road.
*Theft of a handgun was
reported in the 9000 block of
Takilma Road.
*ODF was to check on a
suspicious bulldozer at 8:40
p.m. on S. Old Stage Road
being used without lights. The
complainant claimed that
there already had been a fire.
*There was an alarm at
J&M Hobbies and Crafts at
10:34 p.m., but no problem
was located.
*Oregon National Guards-
men reported suspicious per-
sons near 2000 Illinois River
Road at 10:46 p.m., but a dep-
uty was unable to locate any-
thing suspicious in the area.
HOLLAND LOOP CRASH - Two vehicles were involved in a
motor vehicle accident on Friday, Aug. 30 on W. Holland
Loop, a short distance south of Caves Hwy. American Medi-
cal Response, I.V. Fire District, and law enforcement re-
sponded. Details were unavailable at the time of this issue.
Substance abuse traffic
accident fatalities down
Although each traffic fa-
tality is a tragedy, there is
some good news to report in
terms of the big picture in
Oregon.
The just-released traffic
death toll for January through
July 2002 indicates that the
state’s roadways are once
again becoming safer for mo-
torists.
“We have put the post-
September fatality spike be-
hind us,” said Troy E.
Costales, manager of the Ore-
gon Dept. of Transportation
(ODOT) Transport ation
Safety Division.
“From September through
early 2002, we saw an in-
crease in substance abuse and
driver distraction that led to a
big increase in traffic fatali-
ties,” he said. “Data from the
first seven months of this year
indicates that we have re-
turned to our record-low fatal-
ity rate of the past three
years.”
From Jan. 1 through July
31 there was a preliminary
total of 254 fatalities on Ore-
gon roadways, vs. 258 fatali-
ties for the same period in
2001. By the end of 2001, a
total of 488 people had lost
their lives in traffic crashes,
capping the first three-year
period with under 500 fatali-
ties since the early 1960s.
“Anything can happen,
but based on historical data
for the remaining months of
the year, I would project that
we will end this year at some-
where around 450 fatalities,”
Costales said. “If we end up
with fewer than 500 this year,
we will have completed the
best four-year run since 1959 -
1962 in terms of actual fatality
count.
“That is astounding when
you consider there are about
four times as many cars on the
road today as in 1962.”
ODOT urges caution be-
cause the end of summer is
one of the busiest travel
months as families scramble
to get vacations and other trips
in before the start of school.
The agency uses a regionally
based program to cooperate
with law enforcement and lo-
cal groups in educating and
informing the public about
traffic safety issues.
The top three killers on
the road are excessive speed,
failure to wear safety re-
straints, and driving while im-
paired by alcohol or other
drugs. Therefore, transporta-
tion officials urge all motorists
to obey the posted speed,
buckle up and avoid driving
after consuming alcohol or
other drugs.
For more information,
visit the Transportation Safety
Division Web site at: http://
www.odot.state.or.us/
transafety/.