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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Judy’s Brown Barn Laundry equipment missing Troopers snag 14 pounds of pot; arrest three
Efforts to clean up Cave
Junction have hit another
roadblock with the somewhat
mysterious disappearance of
40 washers and dryers.
Judy Thomas turned her
key in the lock of Judy’s
Brown Barn Laundry on Sun-
day, July 27, and found only
a blue tarp inside.
Approximately 40 com-
mercial washers and dryers
had been removed from 120
S. Hussey Ave. overnight.
Nothing was broken to gain
entry, but the building was
gutted, right down to the
clock on the wall.
Thomas’ daughter, who
lived in an apartment upstairs,
was away for the weekend.
Josephine County Sher-
iff’s Office was telephoned
on Sunday, and was to re-
spond sometime after 6 p.m.
Monday. Surveillance video-
tapes from Art’s Red Garter
Steak House & Saloon possi-
bly could provide clues.
Thomas is worried for
her community members,
who depend on the Brown
Barn for laundry and shower
facilities.
“I would tell the street
people to come in and take a
shower, I was sick of smell-
ing them. They thought I was
a mean woman,” said the
spunky citizen.
Thomas, known to many
from her waitress days at the
former Boarding House
Reach Restaurant (now
Country Folks restaurant in
Selma), has been leasing the
laundry for nearly a year. Her
main concern now is return-
ing clothing to her customers.
She made some deliver-
ies on Monday, July 28, and
is requesting that customers
phone her at 597-2095 to
make arrangements to get
their clean laundry.
~Zina Booth
An Oregon State Police
traffic stop last week led to the
arrest of three people and sei-
zure of approximately 14
pounds of marijuana on Inter-
state 5 near Ashland.
On July 21 at approxi-
mately 8:15 a.m. OSP troopers
from the Central Point Area
Command office stopped a
2003 Dodge Neon with Ore-
gon license plates for a traffic
violation on I-5 near milepost
11. The two occupants were
identified as the driver, Estella
Lopez, 48; and a passenger,
Jaime Hernandez, 37, both
from Fort Bragg, Calif.
Subsequent investigation
(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.)
* * *
Thursday, July 17
*Gerald Batty, 48, was
arrested on charges of felony
and misdemeanor attempting
to elude, unauthorized use of
a motor vehicle, and interfer-
ing with a police animal fol-
lowing a pursuit in O’Brien at
12:43 a.m. resulting in Batty
crashing a motorcycle on
Naue Way. Deputies seized
$11,500 cash and a little more
than a pound of metham-
phetamine.
*On Deer Creek Road a
woman said that someone
came onto her property and
cut a hose leading to a cow
waterer.
*Theft of a bicycle from
a location at the far end of
Takilma Road was reported.
*A 17-year-old person in
O’Brien was called “beyond
parental control” at 6:22 p.m.
Friday, July 18
*Noisy neighbors on
Dogwood Lane were reported
at 1:25 a.m.
*A Forest Creek Road
resident reported theft of
three weed whackers, two
Stihl chainsaws, one gas-
powered auger, a leaf blower,
a compressor and a generator.
The loss was estimated at
$4,600.
*Responding to Jubilee
Park, a Josephine County
Sheriff’s Office deputy dis-
posed of a needle found in a
restroom.
*In Downtown Cave
Junction, an “extremely in-
toxicated” man and his two
remaining cans of beer were
given a courtesy ride from the
parking lot behind the Jose-
phine County Bldg., where he
had been passed out.
*An “into x icated”
woman was said to be acting
belligerently in the 900 block
of Caves Hwy. at 3:28 p.m.
She departed, leaving her
possessions behind.
*On Holland Loop a man
reported that his red Angus
bull had gone missing.
*Around 8 p.m. a woman
on Dick George Road re-
ported that her neighbor had
been assaulted.
*At 10:38 p.m. a caller
stated that a bicyclist, appar-
ently intoxicated, fell into a
ditch on S. Old Stage Road.
The man was last seen travel-
ing by foot to a relative’s
house.
Saturday, July 19
*Irate about noise from
the operation of off-road
bikes at 2:06 a.m., a Dog-
wood Lane resident threat-
ened to fire his gun into the
air. He was advised to not
pull the trigger.
*A migraine sufferer
complained that his neighbor
“is always making noise.”
The caller was asleep when a
deputy arrived.
*Robin Elizabeth Sliger,
48, was cited on charges of
second- and third-degree
criminal trespassing after a
bottle-slinging disturbance in
the 700 block of Caves Hwy.
*Someone was operating
a motorboat at Bolan Lake,
where motorized craft are
forbidden. A marine deputy
was notified.
*At Bolan Lake Camp-
ground three young men were
said to be threatening, disor-
derly and big pains.
Sunday, July 20
*Following an altercation
on Caves Avenue a man was
taken to his residence and
told to stay there.
*Three people she knew
walked into her residence and
threatened to fight her, a
young caller said.
*In Selma a woman was
concerned that someone
nearby was not shooting
safely.
Monday, July 21
*Suspicious activity
around mailboxes on Airport
Drive was complained about.
*A laptop computer and
digital camera were reported
stolen from a McMullen
Creek Drive residence.
*Someone thought to be
involved in a string of recent
burglaries was in a vehicle on
her driveway, a Hogue Drive
resident said at 8:15 p.m.
*Jewelry and tanning
lotions were reported stolen
from a Downtown Cave
Junction business.
*Advised to phone the
nonemergency line to make a
noise complaint, a Westside
Road caller said that
“something bad is gonna’
happen” if no one responded.
*In the 5000 block of
Westside Road at 10:21 p.m.,
a caller said that his neighbors
were throwing large objects
at his house. He was warned
for misuse of 911 and his
neighbors, Michael William
Scott, 44; and Rachael Dawn
Lawson, 34, each were cited
on a charge of violation of the
county noise ordinance.
Tuesday, July 22
*An anonymous caller
claimed that under-age per-
sons were drinking alcoholic
beverages at Pomeroy Dam at
2 a.m.
*It was reported that a
woman was disorderly and
causing problems for a proba-
tion officer at the Josephine
County Bldg. at 11:13 a.m.
*Theft of an air compres-
sor from Rough & Ready
Lumber Co. was reported.
*In Cave Junction a fa-
ther said that his neighbor’s
7-year-old child pointed
a .BB gun at his 7-year-old,
and he wanted it noted.
*Several persons were
reported drinking alcohol in
public in the 100 block of S.
Redwood Hwy. at 10:32 a.m.
*On Hogue Drive a
woman reported that her son
threw a rock through a win-
dow and he was generally out
of control. She wanted him
and his friends to be gone for
the night.
*An emotionally dis-
turbed individual was re-
ported standing in the road-
way in the 28000 block of
Redwood Hwy. and making
obscene gestures at 8:37 p.m.
Wednesday, July 23
*A vehicle was located
on its side in an open ditch on
W. Watkins Street at 1:27
a.m. How it got there or who
was involved remained a
mystery.
*A June Drive resident
said that two men were
pounding on his door at 3:28
a.m., demanding to be let in.
Charges of menacing and
criminal mischief were re-
ferred to the district attorney.
*Detained while deputies
were responding to the inci-
dent above, Jesse Swift, 18,
was cited on a charge of mi-
nor in possession of alcohol.
*A business owner asked
that several vagrants be
“trespassed” from a location
in the 200 block of S. Red-
wood Hwy. at 9:26 a.m.
*Christopher James Du-
long, 35, was arrested at Illi-
nois River “Forks” State Park
at 3:08 p.m. on a warrant
charging perjury.
*An ice chest, two fish-
ing poles, sunglasses and a
cell phone were reported sto-
len from a campsite near Six
Mile Campground.
*Annoying people in a
small, dirty pickup truck were
said to be exhibiting road
rage on Deer Creek Road at
11:05 p.m.
*Two men were report-
edly assaulted in Downtown
CJ around midnight and then
chased at high speed by their
assailants in a beige-colored
van, which rear-ended their
vehicle repeatedly. The vic-
tim’s vehicle blew a tire and
eventually crashed in
O’Brien, and the van fled
toward Takilma.
Thursday, July 24
*At 5:55 a.m. a beige
van was reported stuck in a
ditch in the 5000 block of
Rockydale Road. William
Allison Harvey, 37, was
lodged in Josephine County
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charges of unlawful possession
and delivery of a controlled
substance/marijuana Ornelas
and Rico were arrested on
charges of unlawful manufac-
turing, possession, and delivery
of a controlled substance/
marijuana.
The fourth person, Her-
nandez Ornelas, was cited and
released on charges of unlaw-
ful possession and distribution
of a controlled substance/
marijuana. Investigation is
continuing, OSP said.
Redwood Hwy. at the South Y,
across from Bi-Mart, Grants Pass
$1 00 cold wash
Open 7 Days
25¢ for 10-minute dry
7 am - 9 pm
Wash & Fold 65¢ lb.
William A. Harvey
The little shop of this & that.
Jail on charges of first-degree
criminal mischief, two counts
of attempted fourth-degree
assault reckless driving, reck-
less endangering, eluding
police, failure to leave name
at the scene of an accident
and misdemeanor driving
with a suspended license.
*Victoria Jeanette Sum-
ner, 32, was cited on
Schumacher Street to appear
in Cave Junction Municipal
Court on a charge of failure to
obey a traffic control device
(Stop sign).
*On Holland Loop a
resident reported a man tres-
passing on his property.
*Angela Gail Cogburn,
37, was lodged in county jail
on a charge of fourth-degree
domestic assault following an
altercation reported in the
27000 block of Redwood
Hwy.
*A caller stated that a
large amount of trash had
been dumped on his Waldo
Lookout Road property.
*A deputy was on foot at
Illinois River “Forks” State
Park at 11:11 p.m. to investi-
gate a possible camp.
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led to troopers finding approxi-
mately 14 pounds of marijuana
in the car. OSP estimated the
value at $60,000.
Additional information led
to the stop of an associated vehi-
cle occupied by the driver, Cesar
Hernandez Ornelas, 20, from
Beaverton, Ore., and his passen-
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in Jackson County Jail:
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