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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, June 24, 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.)
* * *
Thursday, June 11
*Assault at a business on
Hussey Avenue, resulting in
an injured knee, was claimed.
*Although 911 was di-
aled from an O’Brien location,
there was no problem.
*Domestic violence, pos-
sibly in connection with a
property dispute, was noted in
the 6000 block of Takilma
Road at 1:05 p.m.
*Melissa Jayne Lowen-
stein, 42, was arrested in Cave
Junction under a warrant
charging failure to appear
(FTA) on a charge of driving
under the influence of an in-
toxicant (DUII). She was
warned about having alcohol
in public.
*Virginia E. Childress,
41, was cited in Cave Junction
on a charge of failure to carry
proof of insurance.
*Illinois Valley High
School and Lorna Byrne Mid-
dle School were patrolled
prior to midnight.
*Timothy F. Reilly, 51,
was cited in Cave Junction on
a charge of DUII. His blood-
alcohol content was listed
at .17 percent. He also was
cited on a DWS charge. His
vehicle was impounded.
*Some really bright peo-
ple pulled up “Stop” signs at
W. River Street and N. Saw-
yer Avenue and put them in
the middle of the roadway.
*Burglary and criminal
mischief were reported at Ev-
ergreen Elementary School.
Multiple entry points were
noted by the janitor.
*Some brain threw fenc-
ing onto W. River Street.
Friday, June 12
*Two men with “mutual
disrespect” for each other had
a disturbance on Queen of
Bronze Road at 2:21 a.m. One
admitted to firing a weapon in
the air to get the other to leave,
and the latter was advised to
stay off the other guy’s land.
*A bunch of guys were
believed involved one way or
another in an assault at a Cave
Junction bar at 2:46 a.m.
*At 3:30 a.m. a man said
that he went to Hogue Drive
to get his girlfriend, but that he
was “chased off with bats.”
*A “suspicious vehicle”
at Bi-Rite Auto Parts was
logged at 4:12 a.m.
*People at I.V. Building
Supply helped a young
woman who seemed to be
disoriented. They helped her
to her home and parents.
*When she drove behind
a Selma business, a woman
said, someone threw a rock
and broke her windshield.
*Came a call from a Cave
Junction business about a per-
son “trespassed” several
times, who was back. The
person left, but a report was
pending on second-degree
criminal trespassing.
*Outside a Cave Junction
church, three street people
were contacted. Charles
Brooks, 61, was arrested un-
der a warrant charging FTA
on a DUII charge.
*On Kerby Avenue a
man refusing to leave at 7:44
p.m. eventually boogied.
*After leaving Taylor’s
Country Store with a bottle of
wine (unpaid for), Stace Ray
Ashinhurst, 39, was
“trespassed” and cited to ap-
pear on a charge of second-
degree criminal trespass.
*Running dogs, and peo-
ple yelling and fighting were
reported on Fir Drive at 9:30
p.m. Two men who had wres-
tled declined to pursue
charges against each other.
*One of those well-loved
individuals we keep reading
about broke into Wolf Creek
Elementary School and made
off with (stole) a computer.
*Although an alarm
sounded at 10:48 a.m. at Illi-
nois Valley High School,
there seemed to be no problem
(except for the alarm).
Saturday, June 13
*Echo Beach Camp-
ground and Store Gulch were
patrolled out Illinois River
Road prior to noon.
*People couldn’t get
along on Fir Drive, causing a
disturbance. Civil options
were provided those involved.
*Little Falls trailhead out
Eight Dollar Mountain Road
was checked.
Sunday, June 14
*Following a complaint
from Selma that her car win-
dow was broken by an intoxi-
cated person who hit it with a
fist, Matthew S. Atkinson, 17,
was found hiding in bushes,
and was cited to appear on a
charge of second-degree
criminal mischief. He was
released to his mother.
*In Downtown Cave
Junction a business owner was
scared of her ex-husband, said
to be hostile toward law en-
forcement personnel.
*Following a call of a
person missing from Dog-
wood Lane, the person was
located.
*Some guy wouldn’t
leave a location on Fir Drive.
The complainant was advised
to not let him in the house.
*Store Gulch out Illinois
River Road was checked.
*Tiffany Hope Brown,
23, was arrested in Kerby un-
der a warrant charging five
counts of first-degree theft.
*The Lake Selmac area
was checked at 5:07 p.m.;
Kerby High Pines Camp-
ground & Mobilehome Park
at 6:11 p.m.
*The condition of an
“elderly man” was checked at
the south end of Cave Junc-
tion at 6:34 p.m.
*Several mailboxes were
damaged by a brilliant human
being in the 2500 block of
Rockydale Road.
*Young people were
checked and a driver warned
about driving in a restricted
area at Illinois River Forks
State Park at 6:50 p.m.; Jubi-
lee Park was patrolled at 7:02
p.m.; Hanby Lane/Mountain
View Drive at 7:05 p.m.
*Today and during other
dates in this report, a number
of drivers were warned about
defective lights, speeding,
obscured license plates, and
other vehicular thingies.
*No one was located
jumping into Illinois River
after running through traffic at
“first bridge” on the south side
of Cave Junction at 8:43 p.m.
*On Too Far South Lane
off W. River Street, Jesse
Justin Tyme McGivern, 16,
was arrested under a violation-
of-conditional-release charge,
and taken to the Juvenile Jus-
tice Center in Grants Pass.
*Forks Park was patrolled
at 10:10 p.m.
*Some sort of suspicious
person was peering into a
Cave Junction business at 3:21
a.m., but no deputy was avail-
able; so the caller said she’d
phone her boss, as no one else
was to arrive until 4:30.
Monday, June 15
*Items valued at $570
were reported stolen from two
campsites on Osprey Loop at
Josephine County camping
sites at Lake Selmac.
*No injuries were re-
ported in connection with a
“spin-out” accident near mile-
post 7 of state Hwy. 46 (Caves
Hwy.) The driver was identi-
fied as Carlie R. Paulsen, 19.
*Subsequent to concern
about a man missing from
Cave Junction, he was found
to be a guest at Josephine
County Jail in Grants Pass.
*Tenants damaged his
house on Lone Mountain
Road, the owner said.
*Although a woman felt
that a service station attendant
used her credit card for some
stuff, it turned out to be a bank
error, she reported later.
*In connection with two
people in a car, who refused to
leave a Barlow Street address,
a report on first-degree crimi-
nal trespass was pending.
*Harassment, including a
“threatening message,” was
reported by a Selma man.
*Trespassers were noted
at Out ‘N’ About Treesort,
but then they left.
*Robert J. Myers, 38, was
cited on a charge of second-
degree criminal trespass after
he went to a Cave Junction
store from which he has been
“trespassed” a lot.
*Some nut scratched car
windows and damaged mail-
boxes in the 2500 block of
Rockydale Road.
*At Josephine County
Fairgrounds said to be trying
to buy firearms, Chad M.
Shinerock, 25, was arrested
under two felony warrants
from California charging pos-
session, manufacturing and
distribution of marijuana.
*“Unknown reason” was
listed for an alarm at Cave
Junction Post Office at 2 p.m.
*Near milepost 25 of
state Hwy. 199 (Redwood
Hwy.), Matthew A. Klozik,
45, was cited on a charge of
driving 58 mph in a 40 zone.
*There was another dis-
turbance on Fir Drive.
*Nelson Webbe, date-of-
birth unclear, was cited in
Cave Junction on charges of
DWS and driving without
insurance. The car he was
driving was impounded.
*In the 6000 block of
Illinois River Road, Aaron N.
Florino was cited on a charge
of possession of marijuana,
and arrested under a warrant
charging two counts of sec-
ond-degree rape. Trevor Por-
ter and Morgan Schommer
each were cited on a charge of
being a minor in possession of
alcohol. All three are 19.
*Two men were advised
that they were trespassing at
the former Valley Farm &
Garden site in Downtown
Cave Junction at 4:55 p.m.
*Bradley Dananny, (date-
of-birth unclear) was cited on
a charge of failure to obey a
traffic control device at Hwy.
199 and Hwy. 46, and warned
about proof of insurance.
*Today and during other
times in this report, deputies
checked locations on Illinois
River and Eight Dollar Moun-
tain roads.
*A woman in her 20s was
warned about trespassing after
a complaint from a S. Junction
Avenue resident.
*Forks Park was checked
by a deputy at 6:20 p.m.
*An O’Brien resident
stated that it seems as though
someone, possibly in Canada,
eh?, has been using her debit
card fraudulently since the
beginning of June this year.
*There was a report from
the 23000 block of state Hwy.
199 (Redwood Hwy.) about
people trespassing, and an-
other report that they threat-
ened to shoot the complainant
from across Illinois River.
*In Wilderville a driver
was said to be “burning tires”
as he drove, and yelling about
trying to find a guy with a
chainsaw.
*Fast-driving squatters
were reported on Dick George
Road. A report was pending
on fourth-degree felony do-
mestic assault, and there was
probable cause for an arrest.
*Threatening phone calls
about beating a wife were said
to have been received by a
Caves Hwy. resident in con-
nection with items believed to
have been stolen.
*Out Caves Hwy. a
woman given shelter was
kicked out, but wouldn’t leave.
Then she did.
*No arrests were made in
connection with a bunch of
unruly people fighting on S.
Junction Avenue at 11:12 p.m.
*Brainy folks were back
at it at 11:43 p.m. on S. Junc-
tion Avenue.
Tuesday, June 16
*Again on S. Junction
Avenue, at 11 minutes before
1 a.m., it was noted that crimi-
nal mischief had occurred to a
car due to a female person
who threw two rocks, accord-
ing to a complainant.
*Ray’s Food Place in
Selma was checked at 1:36 a.m.
*A courtesy ride to a mo-
tel was provided by a deputy
for a woman with car trouble
in Selma at 2:59 a.m.
*Front-end damage to his
car was reported by a man at
3:50 a.m. after a deer ran out
in the 6500 block of Rocky-
dale Road.
*In Merlin, a church pas-
tor stated that a transient, ap-
parently from a new, nearby
hobo camp, was checking all
the windows and doors of the
church. It was unclear if he
wanted to pray or what.
*A woman complained
that someone broke into her
car on Briggs Valley Road off
Deer Creek Road and re-
moved some $800 worth of
stereo equipment. The thirsty
thieves also took four beers
valued at $4.
*Theft of a purse contain-
ing identification and credit/
debit cards was reported by a
woman in the 15000 block of
Illinois River Road.
*Some sort of incident
involving “yelling, screaming
and smacking sounds” was
reported from Barlow Street.
An OSP trooper responded,
but the outcome was not im-
mediately available.
*Two vehicles were said
missing from a man’s prop-
erty in Selma. It turned out
that one was in a junk yard.
The complainant “declared
war” on law enforcement ear-
lier this year, so the contact
had to be with two deputies.
*No reason was given for
an alarm at Dome School in
Takilma at 4:22 p.m.
*Someone on Kirkham
Road reported a neighbor
playing a radio “full blast for
the past four days straight,”
maybe “in retaliation” for
barking dogs. Later, it was
noted that the radio was off.
No word on the dogs.
*Grants Pass Police
searched for a man with some
sort of knife who took drugs
from a nurse at Oak Lane Re-
tirement at 7:47 p.m.
*Near milepost 2 of state
Hwy. 46 (Caves Hwy.) a vehi-
cle was upside-down at 8:12
p.m. The driver, said to be
ejected, combative, intoxi-
cated and incoherent, was
identified as Brian McMahon,
date of birth not provided, of
Oroville, Calif.
Wednesday, June 17
*Because he’s a regis-
tered sex offender, a man from
California visiting in Selma
notified the sheriff’s office.
*Rachael D. Lawson, 35,
was cited at Forks Park on
charges of no proof of insur-
ance and no child seat.
*Also at the Forks,
Dwayne Wilson, 42, was cited
federally on charges of pos-
session of a controlled sub-
stance (PCS)/marijuana, and
DWS. At the same location,
Shellie M. Martin, 40, was
cited on charges of PCS/
methamphetamine and DWS.
*In Selma, Stephanie
Ann Jones, 48, was cited and
released on a DWS charge.
*On Lone Mountain
Road, a tenant thought that
maybe her landlord, who
showed up to tell her to leave,
fired a gun into the air.
*Rie Watanabe, 26, was
cited in Cave Junction on a
charge of driving 72 mph in a
45 mph zone.
*Numerous shotgun
blasts were reported in the
1800 block of Laurel Road at
10:12 a.m. In connection with
them, a man accused another
of shooting his turkeys.
*“User error” was listed
after an alarm at Lorna Byrne
Middle School at 8:05 p.m.
*Trespassing involving a
man who owes money on
Ollis Road was reported.
*Some sort of disturbance
on S. Junction Avenue was
logged, and a drunk person
was given a courtesy ride at
10:41 p.m.
*At the Josephine County
Bldg. in Cave Junction, a man
was told to report to his proba-
tion officer on Monday and
that if intoxication continues,
he will be jailed. The man
admitted to having drunk three
Hurricanes (each normally
made with 4 ounces of rum.)
*New neighbors in rural
Grants Pass on Williams
Hwy. brought five dogs for
their backyard. The next-door
neighbor was unhappy.
Thursday, June 18
*Also in rural Grants
Pass, a woman saw her
friend’s stolen car; followed it;
phoned deputies; they got it.
*On Hogue Drive, Kevin
D. Baremore, 42, was arrested
under two warrants, both in
connection with illegal drugs.
*Six fine examples of
humanity were the cause of a
call about disorderly conduct
at Store Gulch. Swimming
naked, they were refusing to
put on their clothing. They
eventually moved on.
*On Mesa Verde Drive,
there was a report of a juvenile
person with a gun and another
youth “freaking out.” Eventu-
ally, Jered Matthias, 15, was
arrested on charges of first-
degree burglary, second-
degree theft, first-degree
criminal mischief, felon in
possession of a weapon, and
minor in possession of alcohol
(MIP). Rudy L. Lubrano, 18,
was charged the same except
for MIP. Both were taken to
the Juvenile Justice Center.
*Because her engine was
hot, a woman left her hood up
while at a store in Cave Junc-
tion. When she returned, the
distributor cap was missing.
She bought another, and the
car then started.
*People in the 4800 block
of Lakeshore Drive had a dis-
turbance at 5:37 p.m. Not to
be outdone, people in the 500
block of Caves Hwy. had a
disturbance at 5:39 p.m.
*After he fell from the
back of a motorcycle at 6:24
p.m. near 22100 Hwy. 199,
Cave Junction resident Harold
Beck, 50, was taken by a
Mercy Flights helicopter for
medical aid. The helo landed
at Selma Baptist Church.
*A father on Dick George
Road was worried about his
daughter, 15, as he couldn’t
locate her. She was found later
and counseled.
Friday, June 19
*Caleb T. Orton, 20, was
cited on a charge of speeding
(90 mph in a 55 mph zone) at
27 past midnight near mile-
post 20 of Hwy. 199.
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