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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 10, 2004 (Continued from page 5) lodged under several war- rants for failure to appear (FTA) on charges of first- degree theft, second- degree theft, third-degree theft and second-degree criminal mischief. *On Norman Road, someone called to report a vehicle taken without per- mission, but while on the phone, received a call alerting him to where the vehicle was. *A 9-year-old on McMullen Creek Road called 911 because her brothers were picking on her. Mother was to talk to the children. *After a mother/ daughter dispute about bedtime, the girl packed her bags to go stay with her father. Thursday, Feb. 26 *Much static was heard on the line after a 911 call from S. Hussey Avenue at 3:20 a.m. When contacted, the resident said he’d been having phone problems. *Another troublesome phone line was deemed responsible for another 911 hang up call from S. Junc- tion Avenue. *A malfunction, probably the result of rain, was said responsible for a 911 hang-up from Honey- bee Lane at 7:35 a.m. *A driver was warned for violation of the basic rule/driving too fast for conditions on Redwood Hwy. at Deer Creek Road at 9:41 a.m. *Following another 911 hang-up call from S. Junction Avenue, a deputy contacted the home owner who was to contact the phone company. *When a woman went to a location on Takilma Road to retrieve her prop- erty, she was assaulted, she said. When her father went to the location, he too, was assaulted, she said. A dep- uty responding to the loca- tion determined it was a civil matter, unfounded as an assault. *A young runaway girl was found in the 27000 block of Redwood Hwy. attempting to hitchhike to California. *Property valued at $2.46 was recovered from a shoplifting suspect at Shop Smart at 12:38 p.m. *In Kerby, an emo- tionally disturbed man with a shotgun who had been drinking and taking pills was contacted at 1:14 p.m. It was determined that the man was just de- pressed, not suicidal. *Clifford D. Stockton, 61, was arrested on a charge of third-degree theft and cited to appear follow- ing a shoplifting incident at Shop Smart at 2:05 p.m. *On Old Stage Road, resident noticed a person at a vacant house. The sub- ject was gone when a dep- uty arrived. *A dead deer was in the ditch in front of a man’s home on Lakeshore Drive, but he didn’t want to move it because of high traffic volume. A message was left for Public Works to remove the carcass. *While driving on Caves Hwy. someone fired a weapon at his vehicle, causing damage, a man said at 3:44 p.m. *A driver was warned for speeding on Takilma Road at 5:49 p.m. *A driver was warned for defective tail lights and allowed to continue home with hazard lights flashing. *No injuries were re- ported when a van went into a ditch in the 1000 block of Caves Hwy. at 6:24 p.m. *A 54-year-old valley man was taken into cus- tody on a peace officer’s mental hold and trans- ported to TRCH after he told a worker at a recovery center that he was off his meds, and he wanted to end his life by calling law enforcement to his home and then ambushing the officers so they would shoot him. Friday, Feb. 27 *Two people having a verbal dispute near Coffee Heaven were contacted at 7:19 a.m. *Gunshots were heard at 9 a.m. said a man on Norman Road. *A driver was warned for having no front license plate on Lone Mountain Road at 11:48 a.m. *In the 400 block of Kinnickkinnick Drive, a man was yelling and threatening to “go get a gun” at 12:33 p.m. The man was gone when a dep- uty arrived. *A school official said a young man who had been repeatedly warned not to come on a closed, private- school campus in CJ had been there again. The com- plainant asked that the man be “trespassed” if con- tacted. *Because her adult daughter had been drink- i n g, a wo m a n o n Ki nn i c kinn ic k Driv e wanted deputy contact. The daughter left on foot prior to a deputy’s arrival. *A business owner in Downtown CJ said 20-30 transients had congregated behind the business and had been sleeping, drink- Page 9 ing, urinating and loitering there for approximately eight hours. Another busi- ness owner in the same building called with the same complaint. The re- sponding deputy was un- able to locate any tran- sients. *A business owner in Downtown CJ said she believes the loitering tran- (Continued on page 15)