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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, June 9, 2010
RADE raid nets more than 50 pounds in psilocybin mushrooms in rural CJ
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Additional arrests are
pending in the continuing
investigation involving fed-
eral, state and county investi-
gators, Johnson said.
“An extended multi-
agency investigation and col-
laboration between inter-
agency drug teams and excel-
lent detective work was para-
mount in the success of this
investigation,” said Johnson.
Information developed at
the White Oak residence led
to an additional search war-
rant for the property, as well
as for two other locations.
The two other search warrant
locations were in the 200
block of Burch Drive on the
west side of Hwy. 199.
There, investigators
seized a large indoor mari-
juana-growing operation and
another sophisticated mush-
room-growing operation.
Among evidence seized at the
locations on Burch was a car
trailer, which contained an
active marijuana-growing
operation.
“In total,” said OSP, “the
seized psilocybin mushrooms
have an estimated value of
approximately $40,000 with
an undetermined value on the
unharvested mushrooms. The
total value potential from
both growing operations is
estimated in the hundreds of
thousands of dollars.”
Assisting in execution of
the search warrants and col-
lection of evidence were de-
tectives from MADGE, the
Grants Pass Dept. of Public
Safety (GPDPS), agents from
the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, and GPDPS and
OSP evidence technicians.
Anyone with information
regarding suspicious drug
activity or marijuana-growing
operations is encouraged to
phone the RADE tip line at
541-955-6970.
The interagency narcot-
ics RADE team is comprised
of personnel from GPDPS,
OSP, Josephine County Sher-
iff’s Office, Josephine
County District Attorney’s
Office, and Josephine County
Community Corrections.
(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, May 27
*Tony Dwayne Patter-
son, 22, was cited on a charge
of speeding (63 mph in a 45
mph zone) on Redwood
Hwy. at Burch Drive.
*Samantha Anne Taylor,
21, was cited on a charge of
speeding (70 mph in a 55
mph zone) on Redwood
Hwy. at Lone Mountain Road
at 12:41 p.m.
*Billy Jack Biggs, 33,
was cited on a charge of driv-
ing with a suspended license,
and warned for not having
insurance. The vehicle was
impounded.
*Following a traffic stop
in Kerby, Jennifer Jo Brown,
45, was cited on a warrant
charging failure to appear
(FTA) on an original charge
of driving under the influence
of an intoxicant.
*Someone had opened
her front door, but ran away
when the front porch light
was turned on, a N. Junction
Avenue resident stated.
*A “verbal altercation”
between a man and woman
on O’Brien Road prompted a
concerned call at 11:15 p.m.
When a deputy arrived, the
combatants had “worked out
their differences” and turned
in for the night.
Friday, May 28
*Two men were con-
tacted on Lister Street and
warned for public consump-
tion of alcohol. Four cans of
Steel Reserve malt liquor
were poured onto the ground.
*A house on S. Kerby
Avenue reportedly was ran-
sacked. It appeared that noth-
ing was taken.
*On Lakeshore Drive,
Anthony M. Hensley, 37, was
cited on a Salem municipal
warrant charging FTA on a
traffic charge.
Saturday, May 29
*Loud music and talking
from a residence on W. River
Street were complained about
at 12:22 a.m. Those contacted
were having a birthday party,
they said, and took their fes-
tivities indoors.
*A Gamay Drive resi-
dent complained at 12:26
a.m. about loud music from a
party nearby.
*After a 5:30 a.m. call
for assistance on N. Junction
Avenue, Cedar Raymond
Jermoe Yandell, 26, was
lodged in county jail on
charges of fourth-degree do-
mestic assault, domestic men-
acing and strangulation.
*Someone set fire to a
vehicle on Ken Rose Lane, a
caller stated at 8:26 a.m. One
witness stated that the person
responsible for the fire left the
scene in a white minivan.
*A number of street
signs were reported uprooted
along Lakeshore Drive.
*A caller stated that a
sweat-suit clad woman with
an unleashed dog at the ath-
letic track behind Lorna
Byrne Middle School
screamed obscenities at the
caller’s children and told
them to take their own,
leashed dogs away.
*A Happy Camp Road
caller complained about a
neighbor shooting a rifle.
*Theft of a notebook
computer from a vehicle
parked on Eight Dollar
Mountain Road was reported.
*A caller said that his
girlfriend’s mother was har-
assing him via text messages.
*Rodney Blake Sanders,
44, was lodged in county jail
on charges of attempted first-
and fourth-degree domestic
assault, two counts of domes-
tic menacing and three counts
of menacing following a call
from Kerby at 6:05 p.m.
*Jennifer Lynn Riggs,
23, was cited on a charge of
speeding (62 mph in a 45
mph zone) on Redwood hwy.
at Burch Drive at 10:24 p.m.
*Danny Lee Smith, 61,
was cited on a charge of
DWS on Redwood Hwy. at
Westside Road at 10:46 p.m.
Sunday, May 30
*On S. Kerby Avenue, a
caller stated that neighbors
were outside playing football,
riding children’s bicycles and
yelling at 2:41 a.m.
*Following an altercation
on S. Kerby Avenue reported
at 3:32 a.m., Joshua Lee
Burns, 27, was cited on a war-
rant charging failure to com-
ply with terms of probation.
*A civil disagreement
between family members
concerning a deceased rela-
tive’s belongings was
checked on Rockydale Road.
*Washington state driver
Tarun Khera, 27, was cited
on a charge of speeding (62
mph in a 45 mph zone) on N.
Redwood Hwy. at 12:08 p.m.
*Children playing with a
phone in the 9000 block of
Takilma Road were coun-
seled about the misuse of
911.
*A hang-up call from a
Dick George Road residence
was attributed to kids playing
with a telephone.
Monday, May 31
*Around 2 a.m. a man
reported that he’d been as-
saulted at a residence on
Hummingbird Road. The
resident said that a “nutty”
guy was on his property who
wanted to kill him. The infor-
mation was logged.
*Calling back at 3:12
a.m., a man who’d reported
an assault earlier said that a
man with a shotgun had ar-
rived at his residence, intent
upon killing him.
*Three people in a
“beater” motor home were
asked to leave the parking lot
at St. Patrick of the Forest
Catholic Church on W. River
Street where they’d been
camped overnight. They said
they’d leave after repairs
were made to the vehicle.
*A Crooks Creek Road
resident said that his mother
was causing problems, and he
wanted her to leave. Both
were contacted, determined to
be intoxicated and advised of
their options.
Tuesday, June 1
*A vehicle reported sto-
len from Crescent City, Calif.
was recovered near Page
Mountain Sno-Park some 60
feet down a hillside from
Happy Camp Road.
*A caller reported theft
of a check from his vehicle
while it was parked in the 200
block of N. Redwood Hwy.
*Leanna Marie Long, 27,
was cited on a charge of alco-
hol on public premises at
Jubilee Park at 1:47 p.m.
*Cindy Joann Ward, 49,
was cited on a charge of no
operator’s permit on W. Wat-
kins Street at 1:49 p.m.
*Although a transient
camp on N. Sawyer Avenue
was empty when a deputy
checked, it was noted that the
camp appeared to be lived in.
*A 19-year-old man
wanted to pursue charges
against a woman who pro-
vided him with alcohol,
which, he said, led to his ar-
rest on the Wednesday prior.
*A delivery driver re-
ported being bitten on one
calf by a pit bull on Honey-
bee Lane.
*In Kerby, David B.
Rich, 27, was lodged in
county jail on a charge of
possession of less than an
ounce of marijuana after it
was reported that he’d set fire
to some of his belongings.
block Thompson Creek
*8:56 p.m., M.A., 700
block Naue Way
Monday, May 31
*2:26 a.m., M.A., 100
block Taurus Lane
*2:15 a.m., M.A., 800
block Caves Hwy.
*3:58 p.m., M.A., 8000
block Takilma Road
*4:44 p.m., motor vehi-
cle collision, 23000 block
Redwood Hwy.
*5:25 p.m., overturned
canoe, Forks Park
*11:07 p.m., M.A.-rider,
100 Falling Leaf Drive
*11:36 p.m., M.A., 200
S. Old Stage Road
Tuesday, June 1
*8:07 a.m., M.A., 200
block Pinewood Way
*10:57 a.m., assist the
public-fall, 3000 block Deer
Creek Road
*4:34 p.m., powerline
problem, Takilma Road/Page
Creek Road
*4:38 p.m., M.A., 200
block Honeybee Lane
*5:44 p.m., open burn-
illegal, 20000 block Redwood
Hwy.
Wednesday, June 2
*5:44 a.m., M.A., 10000
block Redwood Hwy.
*1:11 p.m., M.A., 20000
block Redwood Hwy.
*2:54 p.m., M.A., 400
block Caves Hwy.
*8:24 p.m., M.A., 20000
block Redwood Hwy.
Thursday, June 3
*7:17 a.m., M.A., 200
block Burch Drive
*8:45 a.m., M.A., 2000
block Laurel Road
*4:35 p.m., motor vehi-
cle collision, Sauers Flat
*5:49 p.m., open burn,
100 block School
*8:02 p.m., M.A., 2000
Otis Lane
*8:00 p.m., M.A., 500
block Schumacher
Friday, June 4
*11:34 a.m., M.A., 8000
block Deer Creek Road
*3:21 p.m., motor vehi-
cle collision, Redwood Hwy./
Caves Hwy.
Saturday, June 5
*11:59 a.m., M.A., 100
block Redwood Hwy.
*5:21 p.m., motor vehi-
cle collision, 10000 block
Redwood Hwy.
*6:34 p.m., small vehicle
fire, 10000 block Redwood
Hwy.
*8:51 p.m., grass fire-
illegal burn, 100 block Draper
Valley Road
*9:17 p.m., M.A., 300
block Lister Street
Sunday, June 6
*12:39 a.m., M.A., 8000
block Deer Creek Road
*12:56 p.m., outdoor
smoke investigation, 200
block Kerby Mainline Road
*9:56 p.m., M.A., 300
block Watkins
Wednesday, May 26
*Theft of gasoline and
damage to a vehicle parked
on N. Hussey Avenue was
reported.
*On Warren Road a
caller stated that someone
was working with a bulldozer
and chainsaw at a property
posted as a former meth lab.
*Someone reported that
his pickup truck had been
stolen from a Downtown
Cave Junction location. Later,
the caller’s grandson advised
that the complainant had for-
gotten that he’d driven a dif-
ferent car.
*Shortly after 7 p.m. a
Schumacher Street resident
stated that an intoxicated
man was pounding on a door
of a neighboring residence
and screaming.
*Around 9:30 p.m. on
Schumacher Street, Jacob
Shane Phlaum, 19, was ar-
rested on charges of second-
degree disorderly conduct,
resisting arrest, third-degree
attempted escape and interfer-
ing with a police officer. He
was lodged in Josephine
County Jail in Grants Pass.
Following are alarms to
which Illinois Valley Fire
District responded through
Sunday, June 6:
Saturday, May 29
*8:30 a.m., small vehicle
fire, 100 block Ken Rose
Lane
*4:24 p.m., medical as-
sist (M.A.), Redwood Hwy./
Deer Creek Road
*6:31 p.m., M.A., 100
block Hogue Drive
*9:38 p.m., M.A., 700
block Logan Cut Drive
Sunday, May 30
*11:10 a.m., M.A., 800
block Eight Dollar Road
*5:06 p.m., M.A., 500
block Caves Hwy.
*6:18 p.m., M.A., 100
block Hogue Drive
*7:56 p.m., M.A., 200
The Battle of the
Water-logged
Tank
with Bob Quinn
If you think a water-logged tank
is something that fell off a supply
ship and had to be abandoned be-
fore it reached the beaches of
Normandy in World War II, this
column is for you!
In a properly functioning well
water system your pump works in
partnership with the pressure tank.
As water is drawn off from your
system, the pressure in your tank
drops below a preset level and sig-
nals the pressure switch to activate
the pump.
In fact, the pressure tank allows
for the use of small quantities of
water without starting up the
pump every time you turn on a
faucet. A normal pump comes on
at 40 lbs. and shuts off when the
pressure reaches 60 lbs. with a cy-
cle time of a minimum of one full
minute.
If your pump cycles faster than
this, the well doctor’s diagnosis is
likely to be a “water-logged tank.”
Not only is the constant cycling
wearing out your pump, but the
extra power cost can add substan-
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vice: have your system examined
by a qualified technician.
Would You
Believe...
It takes
1,500 gal.
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to process
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