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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Thief gets ’thousands’ from Red Garter
Art’s Red Garter Steak-
house & Saloon, Redwood
Hwy. in Downtown Cave
Junction, was victimized by
a brazen, burglary early
Monday morning, Aug. 10.
Owner Linda Sallman
said that the robbery took
place around 4:38 a.m. The
(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.)
* * *
Wednesday, July 29
*A report for third-
degree theft was filed follow-
ing a shoplifting at Shop
Smart Food Warehouse in
which two 30-packs of beer
were taken. One man was
detained while his “friends”
fled like foam.
*David W. Sheldon, 24,
was lodged in Josephine
County Jail in Grants Pass
under a warrant charging ab-
sconding.
*Theft of a cell phone
from the Illinois Valley High
School gym was reported.
*At 327 S. Redwood
Hwy., Neil F. White, 57; and
Crystal Dawn Costa, 34, were
cited on charges of second-
degree criminal trespassing.
Costa was lodged in Jose-
phine County Jail, where she
reportedly showed a blood-
alcohol content of .27.
*Jade Charleton Yandall,
and Chris Robin Martinho Jr.,
both 19, were cited on
charges of minor in posses-
sion of alcohol at Seats Dam
off Airport Drive at 5:06 p.m.
*In another dam incident:
Jeremiah James Mutina, 21,
was lodged in county jail on a
warrant charging failure to
appear (FTA) on a second-
degree criminal mischief
charge, and Corey Rei Gen-
eral, 29, was cited on charges
of disorderly conduct and in-
terfering with a police officer.
*Several young people
were counseled regarding
their behavior when it was
reported that they were en
route to a Stevenson Street
address to confront someone.
*A caller complained
that a man dumped a young
girl near a dumpster by a
Downtown Cave Junction
store and then disappeared
around the back of the store.
*Three people were
warned regarding trespassing
in the 300 block of Redwood
Hwy. at 9:37 p.m.
Thursday, July 30
*Theft of a .22-caliber
revolver from a motor home
in the 23000 block of Hwy.
199 was reported.
*At 5:15 a.m. an appar-
ently intoxicated man was
wandering outside Taylor’s
Country Store, to the conster-
nation of employees. One
person was advised about
when it is OK to spice up
someone with pepper spray.
*A medical marijuana
patient in rural Cave Junction
reported that his estranged
wife tore up his plants.
*Damage at a mining
claim, and apparent attempted
theft was estimated at around
$500.
*Ronald Rhae Bodman,
63, was cited on a charge of
speeding (65 mph in a 45
mph zone) on N. Redwood
Hwy. at 3:41 p.m.
*On Caves Hwy. a trailer
burglar, acting alone, gained
entry into the building and
took the safe and three bot-
tles of liquor.
“He had to have some
pretty good muscle to pick
up the safe and carry it,”
Sallman said.
A witness saw the sus-
pect’s car as the thief pulled
park manager complained
that a tenant’s guest was be-
ing disorderly by cussing and
yelling, possibly at the same
time.
*Michael Walter Pason,
47, was cited on a charge of
second-degree criminal tres-
passing at Shop Smart Food
Warehouse at 5:09 p.m.
*On S. Old Stage Road a
woman complained that her
house guest was becoming
verbally abusive, and she
wanted him to leave.
*A Kerby store owner
captured on video an at-
tempted theft from a vending
machine outside the store.
Suspect information was re-
covered. Subsequently, Rob-
bert Raymond Davis, 20, was
cited on a charge of second-
degree criminal mischief.
*John Richard Novak,
58, was cited on a charge of
speeding (60 mph in a 45
mph zone) on N. Redwood
Hwy. at 8:03 p.m.
Friday, July 31
*Samantha Jean Grabarz,
21, was cited on a charge of
speeding (73 mph in a 55 mph
zone) on Hwy. 199 at Lone
Mountain Road at 9:12 a.m.
*Anna Marie Kouznet-
sov, 16, was cited on a charge
of violation of the basic rule
(VBR: driving too fast for
conditions) on Hwy. 199 in
the 32000 block.
*Robert Howard Merrill
Jr., 49, was cited on a charge
of VBR in the 32000 block of
Hwy. 199 at 10 a.m.
*On Hwy. 199 at Lone
Mountain Road, Calvin
Leroy Hammerly Jr., 74, was
cited on a charge of VBR.
*Jo L. Giessner, 61, was
cited on N. Redwood Hwy.
on a charge of VBR.
*David Paul Booth, 58,
was cited on a speeding
charge (57 mph in a 45 mph
zone) on Redwood Hwy. at
River Street at 6:22 p.m.
*A caller reported that
seemingly intoxicated per-
sons were preparing to drive
away from a S. Old Stage
Road location.
*Garnet Robert Smith,
57, was cited on a charge of
DUII in the 2000 block of
Laurel Road at 8:04 p.m.
*A man was threatening
others in O’Brien with a
handgun, a caller stated.
*Just after 11 p.m. a man
who had been threatening
others returned to the incident
location, a caller said.
Saturday, Aug. 1
*Two persons (a man
and a woman) were said to be
engaged in al fresco sexual
activity in the 300 block of S.
Redwood Hwy. at 10:12 a.m.
*Some sort of disturbance
was reported involving a
woman and two men who
were said to be fighting on
Redwood Hwy. in Downtown
Cave Junction near 1 p.m.
*Someone reported gun-
shots on Eight Dollar Moun-
tain Road near the green
bridge at 4:57 p.m.
*Following a complaint
of a disturbance on S. Junc-
tion Avenue, Jade Charleton
Yandell, 19, was cited on
warrants charging FTA on
charges of third-degree theft
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away from the scene,
Sallman said. The suspect’s
image also was picked up
by the business’ surveil-
lance camera system, but
the perpetrator wore a mask.
Sallman said she has no
reason to believe that the
theft was an inside job.
“It wasn’t anybody who
and second-degree criminal
trespassing.
*Lisa Ann Fargo, 47,
was cited on a charge of sec-
ond-degree criminal mischief
and trespassed from Subway
in Cave Junction after a dis-
turbance stemming from her
trying to buy sandwiches with
an Oregon Trail Card.
Sunday, Aug. 2
*A caller stated that an
apparently intoxicated man
carrying a can of beer was
causing a traffic problem as
he staggered eastbound on
Caves Hwy. at 11:29 a.m.
*Richard Michael Miner-
Mayfield, 18, was cited on
charges of driving with a sus-
pended license (DWS) and no
insurance on Lakeshore Drive
at 12:04 p.m.
*A Kerby mother said
that her 15-year-old son was
beyond her control, and she
wanted him picked up.
*“Mutual harassment”
between a man and woman
on W. Stevenson Street was
logged.
*A “highly intoxicated”
man was seen rolling in a
ditch on Caves Hwy. After
medics examined him he was
given a ride to his residence
by a deputy, who had to stop
at several homes before the
man found his.
*On N. Old Stage Road,
Daniel Franklin McIntosh,
23, was cited on charges of
DWS, driving uninsured and
failure to give the right-of-
way to emergency vehicles.
*Apparently the result of
a dispute over use of a gar-
bage can, a Barlow Street
resident reported that her
neighbor had kicked in the
front door of her home, yell-
ing that he had a shotgun.
Deputies responded as
quickly as possible, and Den-
nis John Haibeck, 65, was
lodged in county jail on
charges of first-degree bur-
glary, menacing and second-
degree criminal mischief.
Monday, Aug. 3
*A dispute regarding
ownership of property on
Takilma Road was reported at
6:48 a.m.
*On Happy Camp Road
a woman said that her hus-
band had punctured the tires
on her vehicle.
*A caller stated that she
was assaulted by another
woman in Downtown CJ.
*A man who’d been
threatening her family mem-
bers came onto her rural Cave
Junction property, a caller
said. The man was warned
against trespassing there.
*Two people were con-
tacted at a Cave Junction mo-
tel because of the
“overwhelming odor of mari-
juana” coming from their
room. It was noted that there
were seven children in the
room at the time.
*Repeated text messages
were received from her
daughter’s ex-boyfriend in
violation of a restraining or-
der, a woman said.
Tuesday, Aug. 4
*Campers at Lake Sel-
mac complained that a possi-
bly drunken man was ranting
and cussing outside their tent.
*A rural Cave Junction
resident who’d been in jail a
month came home to find that
all of his belongings and three
vehicles were missing from
his residence. He suspected
his ex-girlfriend.
*Two men were seen
running from a business in
Selma after an alarm call. The
owner stated that the two had
attempted to cut power to the
building and had gained entry
works for me,” she said.
The safe contained
thousands of dollars,
Sallman said.
Anyone with more in-
formation is urged to phone
the Josephine County Sher-
iff’s Office at 474-5123.
through a window.
*After “pacing” a patrol
car at 70 to 75 mph for 3
miles on Hwy. 199 near
Hay’s Hill, Troy Christopher
Ellis, 19, was cited on a
charge of VBR.
*Michelle Elizabeth Par-
son, 38, was cited on a charge
of third-degree assault and
lodged in county jail follow-
ing a report that she threw a
rock, injuring another woman
on Iron Way.
Wednesday, Aug. 5
*After a child was asked
to leave a S. Junction Avenue
residence, the child’s parent
became upset. All agreed that
they’d “overreacted” and they
agreed to stay separated.
*Though a fight was
reported at a S. Old Stage
Road address at 7:20 p.m.,
the parties had separated prior
to a deputy’s arrival.
*Someone was cited on a
charge of careless driving on S.
Old Stage Road at 7:34 p.m.
*On Kerby Street a caller
reported a continuing prob-
lem with unknown persons in
a dark-colored Toyota 4Run-
ner throwing eggs and stuff at
his car.
*Two young women
were warned ay 9:45 p.m.
regarding open park hours at
Jubilee Park.
*It was reported that
someone was camping on
private property in Selma,
and that they refused to leave
when told to.
Illinois Valley Fire District (IVFD) personnel and OSP responded
to a motorcycle vs. van crash in the 28000 block of Redwood
Hwy. on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Bryan & Laura Cowley, of Las Ve-
gas, Nev. were reported injured and were transported by Ameri-
can Medical Response to Three Rivers Community Hospital in
Grants Pass. (Photo by Dale & Elaine Sandberg, IVFD Media
Dept.)
Following are emer-
gency responses logged by
Illinois Valley Fire District
for the week that ended
Sunday, Aug. 9.
Sunday, Aug. 2
*Open burn, 5:49 p.m.,
100 block Hogue Drive.
Monday, Aug. 3
*Brush fire, 12:41 p.m.,
18000 block Hwy. 199.
*Public assist, 6:58 p.m.,
Rockydale Road/Pine Cone
Drive.
Tuesday, Aug. 4
*Medical assist, 2:20
p.m., 500 block Schumacher
Street.
*Medical assist, 9:01
p.m., 600 block Hwy. 46.
Wednesday, Aug. 5
*Motor vehicle accident
(MVA), 11:44 a.m., 28000
block Hwy. 199.
*Public assist, 2:37 p.m.,
100 Lakeshore Drive.
*Medical assist, 4:24
p.m., 100 block S. Hwy. 199.
*Outdoor smoke investi-
gation, 6:38 p.m., 8000 block
Deer Creek Road.
Thursday, Aug. 6
*Medical assist, 12:30
p.m., Reagor Lane.
*Medical assist, 12:47
p.m., 5000 block Rockydale
Road.
*Illegal open burn, 6:13
p.m., Seats Dam.
Friday, Aug. 7
*Medical assist, 10:38
a.m., White Oak Drive.
*Small vehicle fire, 6:42
p.m., 14000 block Hwy. 199.
*Medical assist, 8:37
p.m., 900 block Old Stage
Road.
Saturday, Aug. 8
*Medical assist, 3:25
a.m., 7000 block Hwy. 46.
*Medical assist, 9:46
a.m., Harlow Way.
Sunday, Aug. 9
*Medical assist, 1:14
a.m., Old Stage Road.
*MVA, 2:19 a.m., Caves
Avenue.
*Medical assist, 3:08
p.m., Ollis Road.
*Medical assist, 3:24
p.m., 500 block Hwy. 199.
*MVA, 7:47 p.m.,
Rockydale Road/Crest Drive.
FROM: Ted Crocker LTC Advisory Representative*
Cave Junction, OR 97523 (541)592-4454
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Tax Single AGI Married Filing Married Filing
Joint AGI
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Year
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