Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, August 1, 2007
(Editor’s Note: Factual
information for ‘Blotter’ is
provided by official law en-
forcement agencies. All per-
sons listed are innocent until
proven guilty in a court of
law. Charges can be
amended or dismissed.)
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Sunday, July 15
*On W. Watkins Street
a resident noted that a win-
dow had been removed, and
that stuff might be missing.
He said that the crooks ap-
parently know when he’s
not home.
Monday, July 16
*Someone stole a full
propane tank from Illinois
Valley Grange Hall with a
loss of $200.
*Because a pipe was
run onto his property by a
neighbor in the 7000 block
of Caves Hwy., a man said
that he was upset.
*A wandering cow was
reported in the 1000 block
of Lakeshore Drive at 6:43
a.m.
*Because of fraudulent
deposits, Evergreen Federal
Bank took a $915 loss.
*Beer bottles were
thrown from a car being
driven recklessly on
Westside Road at 10:48 a.m.
*Julie Josephine Britt,
42, was arrested in Cave
Junction under warrants
charging failure to appear
(FTA) on charges of sec-
ond-degree theft and first-
degree theft.
*Theft of firewood from
the 1200 block of Deer
Creek Road was reported.
*Daniel Troy Harwood,
16, was taken into custody
in Cave Junction on a
charge of probation viola-
tion.
*Someone had an acci-
dent out Happy Camp Road
and ended up 10 feet down
an embankment.
PUBLIC NOTICE
TO WHOM
IT MAY CONCERN
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the Josephine
County Commissioners will con-
duct informal meetings with pub-
lic officials, county department
heads and employees, and other
citizens, every legal day, Monday
through Friday, with the excep-
tion of Wednesday, between the
hours of 9:00 A.M. and 12:00
P.M. and 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.,
in Room 154 of the Josephine
County Courthouse. On Wednes-
days, the office hours are from
8:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. and 1:00
P.M. to 5:00 P.M. A daily sched-
ule of all prearranged meetings
will be posted each morning
beginning at 8:00 A.M. from the
Executive Secretary of the Board
of Commissioners. The purpose
of these meetings will be to
gather information, discuss is-
sues, and deliberate toward deci-
sions concerning matters of pub-
lic policy and concern. All inter-
ested persons may attend said
meetings except those desig-
nated as “Executive Sessions.” In
addition, notice of advisory board
and commission meetings are
also posted in the Commission-
ers Office.
DONE and DATED this
22nd day of Jan. 2005.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
Jim Raffenburg, Chair
Dave Toler, Vice Chair
Dwight Ellis, Commissioner
Approved:
Steve Rich
Josephine County
Legal Counsel
PUBLISH ONCE A MONTH
*There was concern
about a girl, 18, who was
overdue from a camping trip
out Illinois River Road. A
deputy checked the area,
and while speaking with the
complainant, the girl arrived
home. “All was well.”
Thursday, July 19
*Cash, a cell phone, ID
and keys in a purse were
reported stolen from a
pickup truck on Illinois
River Road.
*Six marijuana plants
were seized on Pine Cone
Drive.
*Employee error caused
an alarm at Abiding in the
Vine at 10:12 a.m.
*There was a continu-
ing problem on Westside
Road with a child playing
with a telephone and dialing
911.
*A “suspicious inci-
dent” was noted on W.
Schumacher Street. A
woman drove onto a parking
lot; used a rag to wipe off
the steering wheel, door
frame and door handle of
her pickup truck; walked to
a group of transients and let
her hair down; then changed
her shirt and threw the one
she had been wearing into a
trash container.
*When a woman re-
turned home in rural Cave
Junction, all the locks had
been changed at her house,
and there were notices about
the property being in pro-
bate.
*O’Brien Country Store
lost $7 worth of fuel to a
thief in a car.
*Some $50 worth of
damage was reported after
someone broke into a house
in the 7000 block of Caves
Hwy.
*Gunshots were heard
on Warren Road. The com-
plainant feels the shooting is
for intimidation.
*Reckless drivers were
reported at the end of W.
Schumacher Street.
*Theft of a 1966 pickup
truck was reported in the
9000 block of Takilma
Road. It was located in Cave
Junction.
*Younger people speed-
ing at 90 mph and “doing
brodies” were complained
about on Pine Cone Drive.
*Possible harassment
by people shooting a gun
was logged from Lone Mt.
Road.
Friday, July 20
*Following a complaint
of a reckless driver in the
Hwy. 199/Lakeshore Drive
area at 1:08 a.m., the vehicle
was found, but all the people
had gone to bed.
*A girl, 16, returned
home on Dick George Road
after being reported as a
runaway juvenile person.
*Theft of a $50 bicycle
from Pinewood Way was
reported.
*Ten to 15 intoxicated
transients, and what
sounded like a gunshot,
were reported behind Sub-
way in Cave Junction at
11:50 a.m. As a deputy ar-
rived, they all left.
*Custodial interference
was reported in Kerby.
*There was a phone call
from a Cave Junction bar at
7:17 p.m. from a man who
said he got punched. He
wouldn’t answer any ques-
tions and hung up. He
phoned again with what
sounded like a license plate
and hung up again.
*People were reported
fighting on S. Caves Ave-
nue at 10:03 p.m.
*A ransacked house and
a boy, 17, with a bloody
face were noted on S. Junc-
tion Avenue at 10:09 p.m.
Saturday, July 21
*People lacking brains
used orange pylons and a
lighted sign to totally block
Hwy. 199 at the north end of
Cave Junction at 11 past
midnight. The obstructions
were cleared.
*At Illinois River
“Forks” State Park at 1:38
a.m. a man and woman,
who live in their car, were
advised of park hours. They
were too intoxicated to leave
the area.
*Fred Tamayo, 52, was
arrested on N. Junction Ave-
nue on charges of fourth-
degree assault, and felony
strangulation and menacing
after a woman complained.
*Subsequent to a report
of a pickup truck stolen
from Rough & Ready Lum-
ber Co. property, it was
found that John L. Spradley,
32, had been arrested with
the vehicle by the California
Highway Patrol. Initial
charges were driving under
the influence of intoxicants
(DUII) and resisting arrest.
Until the stolen match was
made.
*Four people were yell-
ing in the 6000 block of
Takilma Road at 8:26 p.m.
*“Dialing error” caused
a 911 hang-up call from
Addison Lane at 8:41 p.m.
*Harassment was re-
ported on Westside Road.
The complainant feels that a
neighbor purposely is firing
a gun toward his house.
*At Lake Selmac a man
wearing a jacket with “Otis”
on the back was warned
about being in bushes near a
woman’s rest room. He ac-
cused the complainant of
messing with his bicycle. It
was thought that maybe he
was under the influence of
something.
Sunday, July 22
*It was found that an
alarm at Lorna Byrne Mid-
dle School at 8:42 a.m. was
caused by an authorized
church group.
*Following a report of
three intoxicated transients
on a driveway and refusing
to leave on S. Hussey Ave-
nue, Jeremy Justin Beck, 27,
was cited to appear on a
warrant charging FTA on a
charge of third-degree theft.
And the three were told to
move on.
*At 12:36 p.m. behind
Evergreen Federal Bank in
Cave Junction, Robert
James Myers, 37, was cited
to appear on four FTA war-
rants. They charge third-
degree sexual abuse, fourth-
degree assault and menac-
ing, and two for second-
degree criminal trespass.
*At Speedy Mart in
Cave Junction, Michael Ja-
son Phillips, 36, was cited on
a charge of DUII. Heidi Mi-
chelle Hill, 27, was cited
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under a warrant charging
possession of methampheta-
mine and FTA on a charge
of providing false informa-
tion.
*A Happy Camp Road
resident was irate because,
he said, his neighbor was
shooting a gun unsafely.
Eventually, all calmed
down, and the neighbor said
he didn’t realize that three
rounds went over the com-
plainant’s head.
*On Thompson Creek
Road close to midnight, a
woman reported a possible
prowler, and was concerned
because her son, she said,
has threatened to saw off her
head. The area was checked;
several deer were present.
While the deputy was still
on-scene, the son phoned
and was warned about tele-
phonic harassment.
Monday, July 23
*Some fool tried to
break into the Federal Para-
legal office in Cave Junc-
tion, causing a reported
$500 damage to a glass
door.
*Following a call about
a large black cow on Reeves
Creek Road at Hwy. 199,
the owner couldn’t be con-
tacted at 7:33 a.m.
*Theft of a 1980 pickup
truck was reported in the
300 block of Caves Avenue.
*After obtaining $48
worth of gasoline at O’Brien
Country Store, people in a
newer gold-colored Dodge
Quest van drove away with-
out paying, a manager said.
*While his car was
parked in the 6000 block of
Illinois River Road, punks
got into it and took cash,
various ID, a CD player and
CDs, a man complained.
*Outlaws tried to enter
King’s Chinese Cuisine,
causing damage to pipes and
the roof.
*Debra C. Perazzo, 43,
was cited in Cave Junction
on charges of DWS and not
having insurance. The vehi-
cle was impounded.
*Theft of a $2,100
Craftsman green-colored
riding lawn mower and its
$1,100 trailer was reported
on Forest Creek Road.
*Some $2,000 worth of
cash withdrawals likely
were the work of an as yet
unknown suspect who used
her credit card, said a
woman on Westside Road.
*In Cave Junction,
David Ray Baker, 56, was
cited on a charge of failing
to renew his vehicle regis-
tration.
*When a deputy deliv-
ered a subpoena in rural
Grants Pass, a Black Lab
mix dog named “Harley” bit
his left leg. Medical care
was to be sought for the
deputy.
*Christopher John
Alexander, 44, was cited on
Laurel Road on charges of
DWS and driving without
insurance. His vehicle was
impounded.
*On Crooks Creek
Road, a man was warned
about his action after a
neighbor said that he hit his
right hand with a metal post.
*Some $1,000 damage
was caused when mindless
vandals smashed the wind-
shield of a large RV on S.
Junction Avenue.
*A 47-year-old man
was warned about tele-
phonic harassment and tres-
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passing after the mother of a
teen-age girl in rural Cave
Junction reported that the
man is attracted to the girl.
He also was accused of
sending an email referring to
being happy because of
mass murder.
Tuesday, July 24
*Screaming by a
woman and a child near or
in a motorhome near the
Eight Dollar Mt. Road green
bridge, plus two gunshots, a
loud clang and people run-
ning about prompted a call
at 12:37 a.m. Nothing was
found, and it was noted that
regular patrol vehicles can’t
navigate some side roads.
*A Bowie knife, de-
pression and six shots of
brandy figured in an unfor-
tunate situation on Westside
Road at 1:12 a.m., prompt-
ing a voluntary mental hold
by a resident.
*Repossession of a ve-
hicle was reported in the
28000 block of Redwood
Hwy., and the license plates
were removed at 8:13 a.m.
*Juvenile people were
said to be throwing rocks
and dirt clods at an above-
ground pool on Shadow-
brook Drive, causing dam-
age. One of the suspects
might be a girl approxi-
mately 8 years old.
*Custodial interference
was reported by a Caves
Avenue resident, who said
that he has full child cus-
tody, but that after his di-
vorce his former wife took
the children to another state.
*Kevin Louis Cleman,
49, was cited in Selma on
charges of driving uninsured
and driving while suspended
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