Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 13, 2009
(Editor’s Note: Factual
information for ‘Blotter’ is
provided by official law
enforcement agencies. All
persons listed are innocent
until proven guilty in a
court of law. Charges can
be amended or dismissed.)
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Monday, April 27
*Indications were that a
TV set and an antenna, or one
or the other, were taken by
someone from the 27000
block of Redwood Hwy.
*An alarm accidentally
was triggered, apparently by
an employee at Sterling Sav-
ings Bank in Cave Junction,
at 9:04 a.m.
Wednesday, April 29
*In Kerby a man re-
ported that $13,000 cash in a
suitcase was missing, al-
though the suitcase was still
there. A relative said that the
man might have spent it and
not remember. A safe might
have been involved.
*In Downtown Cave
Junction, a man said that
while sitting on a bench an-
other man tried to stab him
with a knife. The potential
victim stayed on the bench,
and no other information was
received from the caller.
*Whether a runaway
juvenile girl would return
home to Holland Loop was
left up to her, as her mother
wanted to see “if she’d do the
right thing.”
*The estranged husband
of a woman in Cave Junction
was, she said, giving her un-
wanted attention.
*Illinois Valley Fire Dis-
trict, American Medical Re-
sponse and the city deputy
responded; and a Mercy
Flights helicopter landed on
the soccer field at Evergreen
Elementary School to trans-
port a boy, 13, found uncon-
scious on a trail behind the
school. He had been drinking,
it was reported. The incident
was reported near 6:30 p.m.
*Vehicular hit-and-run
was reported in the 7000
block of Takilma Road. The
suspect vehicle was described
as a dark blue Ford.
*Jubilee Park was
checked at 8:40 p.m.
*On W. Lister Street a
man was dozing in a sleeping
bag on a parking lot at 8:53
p.m. He “elected to leave and
move along.”
Thursday, April 30
*Criminal mischief in the
form of tractor work was re-
ported on Cowboy Way.
*An owner of Abiding in
the Vine got to show up at the
business following a 2:39
a.m. alarm. It was caused by a
display that toppled.
*Jubilee Park was pa-
trolled at 3:24 p.m., and a
well-known street person was
contacted.
*Theft of a .303 Enfield
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TUESDAY, MAY 19
Totally teriyaki dippers,
popcorn chicken, sausage or
cheese pizza, super duper sub,
crispy chicken wrap, chef or
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Spaghetti with meat sauce,
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tuna torpedo sandwich, it’s
Italian wrap, popcorn chicken
garden salad.
rifle from her closet, possibly
by her former boyfriend, was
reported by a Selma woman.
*In Cave Junction,
Patricia C. Downing, 59, was
cited into CJ Municipal Court
on a charge of driving 55
mph in a 45 mph zone.
*Although he apparently
suffered a facial laceration in
an assault in Cave Junction,
the victim didn’t want to pur-
sue charges.
Friday, May 1
*“Closing error” was
listed at Shop Smart Food
Warehouse following an au-
dible alarm at 1:57 a.m.
*A large brown cow was
said to be on the roadway
near 4800 Dick George Road.
No owner was located, and
the cow udderly disappeared.
*Prescription medicine
was reported missing from a
man’s car at Jubilee Park.
*On Redwood Hwy. at
one of the intersections with
Draper Valley Road a man
was face down and waving
his arms and legs. No patient
was located, apparently.
*Three trucks parked in
Selma in the 18000 block, and
owned by Trees Inc., were
damaged by yokels who broke
into them and stole equipment
including saws, a leaf blower
and climbing gear. A wire
cutter was found.
*In the 7000 block of
Holland Loop there was a
landlord/tenant dispute.
*Five people in the 900
block of Caves Hwy., includ-
ing one with a baseball bat,
had an issue about whether
their dog had been hit.
*Restraining order viola-
tion (ROV) was reported in
the 30000 block of Redwood
Hwy. in connection with re-
moval of a motor vehicle.
*An RCMP constable
asked that an address on Dick
George Road be checked, as
an abandoned vehicle found
at Shawnigan Lake listed the
owner as being there.
*Someone reported find-
ing a safe in grass near mile-
post 23 of Redwood Hwy.
*Steven M. McMahan,
48, was cited at Caves Hwy./
Holland Loop on a charge of
failure to signal for a turn.
*Extra patrol was pro-
vided in the 18000 block of
Redwood Hwy. in Selma at
18 minutes before midnight.
Saturday, May 2
*On W. Lister Street a
reported intoxicated woman
at 2:53 a.m. staggering
around and sitting on the
street wasn’t too drunk to
beat feet when she heard that
a deputy was coming.
*Jubilee Park was
checked at 3:32 a.m., and
Illinois River Forks State
Park two minutes later.
*Stacy M. Byrne, 38,
was cited at Caves Hwy./
Holland Loop at 3:48 a.m. on
charges of driving uninsured
and with expired registration.
*The 18000 block of
Redwood Hwy. received ex-
tra patrol at 4:11 a.m.
*A 4:16 a.m. disturbance
call on N. Old Stage Road
followed a 3:56 a.m. 911
hang-up call involving a man
and woman not getting along.
*Jubilee Park was
checked at 5:43 p.m.
*In connection with a
disturbance on Dick George
Road at 5:49 p.m., a woman
was heard to say that if, “he
tries to touch me, you can
watch someone die.” No
crime was noted.
*Following a report that
a child was being struck with
a whip and was screaming in
O’Brien, a deputy checked
and found all was OK.
*Mikael Fahrnkopf, 26,
was cited on Takilma Road
on a charge of driving under
the influence of an intoxicant.
*Two people were con-
tacted at Selma Post Office at
11:21 p.m.
Sunday, May 3
*“Constant shooting,”
possibly in an unsafe manner,
was reported from Sherier
Road by a complainant, who
said that she was going to be
a good neighbor and talk to
the shooters about safety.
*A motion detector bur-
glar alarm at 2:07 p.m. at I.V.
Building Supply probably
was caused by a bird.
*People on Dick George
Road, who apparently can’t
get along, caused a distur-
bance and deputy response at
2:10 p.m.
*On E. River Street a
woman said that she found
cigarette butts on her front
and back porches, and be-
lieves they’re from her es-
tranged husband.
*The boyfriend of an
employee threatened him at
his business, said a Cave
Junction man. The boyfriend
was to be warned about
criminal trespass.
*Two gunshots were
reported from School Street
in Kerby at 11:03 p.m.
Monday, May 4
*Harassment in the form
of 10 heavy-breathing tele-
phone calls was reported by a
woman in the 24000 block of
Redwood Hwy. She also has
the number of the caller. She
believes she’s being watched.
*“Disturbing messages”
from a boy claiming he can’t
live without a certain girl
were reported at Illinois Val-
ley High School.
*After a man was acting
strangely and made “vulgar
sexual comments” toward a
woman in Downtown Cave
Junction, she said there is a
trespass letter on file.
*People disagreed about
repossessing a tractor in
Selma.
*Described as a transient
shack between the Cave Junc-
tion wastewater treatment
plant and Millie Street, what-
ever it was burned up, follow-
ing a 5:29 p.m. alarm.
*Country Folks Restau-
rant reported that a burglar
broke door glass to enter,
stole $40, and cooked chicken
and french fries.
*Two empty, apparently
“active” bank bags were
found inside a tire on N. Saw-
yer Avenue. They were re-
turned to the appropriate bank.
*A possible “mental sub-
ject,” who said she was hav-
ing trouble breathing, was
aided in the area behind the
building that houses Bi-Rite
Auto Parts.
*Someone tried to steal a
bag of potato chips from Sub-
way. The man is said to be a
frequent problem.
*There was a call from a
man who was upset because,
he said, he left his car at a
Cave Junction business a year
ago, and the shop owner has
not completed the work and
won’t tell him what he owes.
The complainant said that he
was going to “get his car out
this week and someone is
going to get hurt.”
*On E. River Street a
woman suspects her es-
tranged husband of starting a
fire on her front porch while
she was away, and added that
he might be responsible for a
fire where she works.
Tuesday, May 5
*Four men were said to
be threatening to assault a
man at his shop on Caves
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Hwy. because of a disagree-
ment about work on a car.
Then “things calmed down.”
*A “suspicious incident”
possibly involving bogus U.S.
Census personnel was re-
ported on Little Grayback
Road. Extra patrol was re-
quested.
*Possible ROV was the
topic of a call about a man on
Hussey Avenue, but it seems
that the woman involved
asked the fellow over.
*A girl, 14, on N. Junc-
tion Avenue was reported by
her mother as having assaulted
her, and pulling her from her
wheelchair. The mom added
that she was bitten and spat
on. The girl said that the as-
sault was inadvertent, and that
she’s moving away.
*“Theft” of an $18,000
tractor reported on Lakeshore
Drive turned out to be a case
of repossession.
*There was a complaint
from a woman on Holland
Loop about a man not sup-
posed to be in contact with
minor children, and he denied
having such contact.
*Some 100 yards off
Westside Road a vehicle re-
ported stolen from Grants
Pass was located. Only it was
lacking tires and wheels.
*A drunken woman who
wouldn’t leave property on
Kirkham Road was given a
ride to somewhere else.
*In Cave Junction, a
citation charging minor in
possession of alcohol (MIP)
was issued to Brandon
Kinsey, 15, and he was re-
leased to his parents, who had
reported him as a runaway
juvenile person.
Wednesday, May 6
*“Operator error” was
logged following an audible
alarm in the 6000 block of
Holland Loop at 9:07 a.m.
*From the 24000 block
of Redwood Hwy. came a
call from a mother reporting
that her daughter, 17, left
home and might have gone to
Nevada with some guy.
*There was no evidence
of a crime in connection with
a call from Holton Creek
Road about a man yelling that
he was going to beat someone
because of a burglary.
*No injury to a human
and unknown injury to a
horse were logged following
a report of a motor vehicle vs.
horse accident near Lamb’s
Body Shop on Rockydale
Road.
*As he left Shop Smart
Food Warehouse with a case
of beer he hadn’t paid for, a
boy, 15, was stopped by a
customer. The store manager
wanted the information noted.
*A possible “new tran-
sient in town” caused a prob-
lem at Shop Smart, as he had
been “trespassed” the day
before, but returned today and
locked himself in the rest-
room. He might be the same
30-year-old man who was
“trespassed” the night before
from Subway.
*On Palmer Street a girl
younger than 18 was tackled
and injured by a man. There
was yelling and fighting, and
he said he was going to burn
all her stuff. She’s been stay-
ing with him and a woman in
rural Cave Junction. The
girl’s father was contacted
and told he is responsible for
her until she’s 18.
*Following a 911 hang-
up call from Kerby, the caller
was found to be a boy, 6. He
was playing with the phone.
*There was a disturbance
at a Cave Junction business,
as a man was yelling at an
employee and talking about a
gun. Then he walked away.
*Two girls at Illinois
Valley High School were
“busted” when found in pos-
session of marijuana. They
were to be cited on charges of
possession of the weed within
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1,000 feet of a school.
*A man accused of ROV
was cussing at a woman on
Hussey Avenue.
*Located on Old Stage
Road, Gregory Wayne Sam-
ply, 56, was arrested and
jailed under a felony warrant
listing parole violation/
weapons charges.
*Items valued at some
$500 were reported taken
from an unlocked barn after
the owner found unauthorized
entry on Deer Creek Road.
*A man was suspected of
stealing a car from Happy
Camp Road, but after the car
was driven back, the com-
plaint was canceled.
*Jubilee Park was pa-
trolled at 9:48 p.m.
*Some sort of situation
occurred in the 300 block of
S. Caves Avenue involving a
report of an underage boy
drinking alcohol. He ran.
*At 11:41 p.m., a deputy
cited and released Jeremiah
John Long, 30, outside the
SOFCU Community Credit
Union building in Cave Junc-
tion on a charge of second-
degree criminal trespass.
Thursday, May 7
*At 13 past midnight
near milepost 24 of Redwood
Hwy., a Cave Junction man
was warned about failure to
carry registration and insur-
ance proof for the vehicle he
was driving.
*Three members of a
family carried two rifles and a
handgun as they chased a
possible burglar at 12:20 a.m.
in the 5000 block of Lake-
shore Drive.
*Several people were
listed in a referral notice by
the Oregon Dept. of Human
Services in connection with a
juvenile person in rural Cave
Junction who recently was
issued an MIP citation, and
who needed medical attention
as his blood-alcohol content
was recorded as .389 percent.