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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Dryness causes industrial fire hazard rise
A 14-year-old girl, identified as Selma resi-
dent Jamie Foster, was transported by
American Medical Response (AMR) follow-
ing a vehicle vs. tree accident in the 300
block of Deer Creek Road on Saturday,
(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.)
* * *
Saturday, Sept. 6
*Following a noninjury
accident on Illinois River
Road around 1:30 p.m., two
drivers, Carole Ann Thomas,
46; and Paul Karel Koci, 21,
each were cited on charges of
driving without driver li-
censes. Koci also was cited
for failure to yield.
*Two thoughtful women
were reported fighting and
throwing bottles and other
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Sept. 13. The driver was not identified. Jo-
sephine County Sheriff’s Office and Illinois
Valley Fire District (IVFD) responded with
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items at each other in a Cave
Junction store at 5:54 p.m.
*Some sort of tenant-
and-landlord dispute was re-
ported on Fir Drive.
*A deputy located a tran-
sient camp somewhere on S.
Junction Avenue, but nobody
was home.
*An intoxicated man
spun out and drove away after
an angry confrontation on a
parking lot in O’Brien, it was
reported at 7:26 p.m. The
driver, Richard James Roy,
39, was cited on charges of
driving under the influence of
an intoxicant (DUII), driving
with a suspended license
(DWS) and detained on a
probation violation.
*Kaalyn Shae Campbell,
21, was cited on a charge of
DWS and warned about a
defective license plate light
on N. Redwood Hwy. at
Lister Street at 9 p.m. The
vehicle was impounded, and a
female passenger requested a
trip to Three Rivers Commu-
nity Hospital in Grants Pass,
as she hadn’t been taking her
meds and she felt “close to
the edge.”
*Several drivers who felt
above the law were warned
about speeding in and around
Cave Junction between 9 p.m.
and 12:30 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 7
*At 2:12 a.m. -- well past
curfew -- a 16-year-old girl
was struck by a white van as
she and other teen-aged per-
sons were walking in the 300
block of Caves Hwy. It was
reported that the driver re-
turned and attempted to hit
more people.
*At 1:05 p.m. a woman
said that while swimming at
Seats Dam, she and her 12-
year-old son were assaulted
by people with paintball guns.
She stated that she felt threat-
ened.
*A caller wanted the
owner of two large yellow-
colored dogs to secure them
because, he said, they attack
pedestrians.
*An O’Brien resident
wanted his son warned
against trespassing and tele-
phonic harassment.
*James David Breedlove,
34, was cited on charges of
DUII, DWS and refusing a
blood-alcohol content draw.
He was stopped in the 25000
block of Redwood Hwy. at
7:16 p.m.
*A caller complained of
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The complaint was forwarded
to animal control.
*Luey Magic Ocean Mu-
sic Glenn, 19, was lodged in
Josephine County Jail on
charges of fourth-degree do-
mestic assault and second-
degree criminal mischief.
Monday Sept. 8
*A Selma man reported
that several unauthorized
charges had been made online
against his debit card.
*As a result of a break-
in, vandals who are the pride
of their parents caused ap-
proximately $500 damage to
a building housing a radio
repeater near Oregon Caves
National Monument.
*Unconscionable thieves
took two bicycles from a
campsite at Lake Selmac.
*Theft of a Harley
Davidson motorcycle from a
Dogwood Lane address was
reported.
*Theft or burglary of
some $7,000 worth of items
from a Reeves Creek Road
residence was reported.
*Kayse M. Jama, 34, was
cited on a charge of speeding
on Redwood Hwy. in Selma
at 8 p.m.
*After a report from the
700 block of Caves Hwy. of
an assault, Jason Andrew
Bergstad, 34, was lodged in
county jail on charges of
fourth-degree assault and
taken to jail on a probation
violation.
*On S. Old Stage Road
at 10:40 p.m. a caller stated
that three people dragged a
fourth, unconscious individ-
ual into a ditch following a
physical altercation, also
known as a fight.
Tuesday, Sept. 9
*An apparently disturbed
woman entered a Cave Junc-
tion financial firm and threat-
ened employees and their
families. Although she didn’t
have an account, she left a
deposit slip with her name.
Dry weather in South-
western Oregon drove up
Industrial Fire Precaution
Level (IFPL) restrictions at 1
a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13 af-
fecting state, private, county
and Bureau of Land Manage-
ment forestland in Jackson
and Josephine counties.
Oregon Dept. of Forestry
(ODF) added that the public-
use fire danger level remains
at “high.” Under IFPL III:
*Cable-yarding is not
allowed. However, gravity
operated-logging systems
employing nonmotorized
carriages may operate until 1
p.m. and after 8 p.m. These
systems must have all blocks
and moving lines suspended
10 feet above-ground, except
the line between the carriage
and the chokers.
*Power saw use is not
allowed. However, power
saws may be used until 1 p.m.
and after 8 p.m. at loading
*In Kerby a man said
that he was assaulted when he
confronted some people
breaking into his neighbor’s
vehicle. The incident was
captured on video tape, it was
reported.
*Raymond Edward Ste-
vens, 46, was taken into cus-
tody at the Illinois Valley
Substation at Cave Junction
City Hall on charges of DUII
and probation violation.
*Frustrated artists left
graffiti on traffic signals and
benches along Redwood
Hwy. in Cave Junction.
Wednesday, Sept. 10
*An Illinois Valley High
School student admitted dur-
ing an investigation to having
had alcohol at school. He was
cited on a charge of minor in
possession.
*A caller stated that she
saw a man in “hippy” cloth-
ing throw a fluffy, German
Shepherd-sized animal,
wrapped in a blanket secured
with a rope, into Illinois
River. An OSP game trooper
was to investigate.
*Three people were
warned against trespassing on
W. Watkins Street near a
building at 5:52 p.m.
*Theft of fuel from vehi-
cles was reported by a Ste-
venson Street resident.
*A Pinewood Way resi-
dent reported continuing tele-
phonic harassment.
*Two men on Hogue
Drive were contacted in refer-
ence to a report of menacing
behavior, and criminal mis-
chief stemming from an inci-
dent in Wilderville.
Thursday, Sept. 11
*A Pinewood Way resi-
dent said that a woman was at
his gate, and heaving rocks at
his house.
*Kathtyn Elizabeth
Dickerson, date-of-birth not
given, was cited on a charge
of speeding (37 mph in a 20
mph school zone) and warned
for lack of current insurance.
*Raymond Anthony
sites and on tractor or skidder
operations.
In addition, the following
equipment and operations
must shut down between 1
and 8 p.m.:
*Tractor/skidder, feller-
buncher, forwarder, or shovel
logging operations where
tractors, skidders or other
equipment with a blade capa-
ble of constructing fireline are
immediately available to
quickly reach and effectively
attack a fire start.
*Mechanized loading or
hauling of any product or
material.
*Blasting.
*Welding or cutting
metal.
*Any spark-emitting not
specifically mentioned above.
For more information
about ODF fire season regu-
lations, contact the Grants
Pass Unit at 5375 Monument
Drive, Grants Pass; phone:
(541) 474-3152. Or view at
www.swofire.oregon.gov.
Pot, ammo, weapons in GP seized
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gon Medical Marijuana
grower’s permit that allows
him to grow 24 plants for one
patient. The permit allows six
mature plants and 18 imma-
ture plants.
Watanabe has more than
50 mature plants, said JCSO,
and told investigators that he
was never informed about the
restrictions.
He was not taken to jail,
but issued a citation, said
JCSO. Additional investiga-
tion related to child abuse,
receiving stolen property, and
unlawful possession of body
armor might be referred to the
district attorney, JCSO said.
Moore, 20, was cited to ap-
pear in Cave Junction Mu-
nicipal Court on a charge of
failure to use a seatbelt.
*Russell Richard Brum-
mett, 36, was cited to appear
in CJ Municipal Court on a
charge of driving without an
operator’s permit on Watkins
Street.
*Kenten Christopher
Melhoff-Brannon, 21, was
cited to appear in CJ Munici-
pal Court on a charge of
speeding (40 mph in a 30
mph zone) in the 100 block of
Redwood Hwy.
*For some reason, a pos-
sibly intoxicated driver was
reported on Caves Hwy. at
6:41 p.m.
*Dogs barking and a
suspected prowler were noted
on Elwood Lane behind
Rough & Ready Lumber Co.
*On Queen of Bronze
Road a man with dark,
stringy hair was “hanging
out” near a complainant’s
property line.
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