Manhunt underway after shooting
By Dan Mancuso
IVN Staff
According to John
“Bud” LaRue, July 1, Joseph
Sallman, his neighbor came
out of his cabin and “just
started spraying (bullets).”
LaRue was released the
same day and is recovering
from two gunshot wounds.
LaRue took two shots, one
to the chest and the other
in the back. His 4-year-old
bluenose pitbull Ben was
hit five times proving to be
fatal.
This all started in
mid-June when LaRue, who
claims Sallman was drunk
and waving a gun around,
took matters into own hands,
along with a neighbor, by
taking the gun from Sallman.
After LaRue refused to give
the gun back, Sallman came
back with another gun which
was also physically removed
from Sallman.
According to LaRue,
earlier in the day, July 1,
Sallman came over and
apologized for the other
incidents and asked for his
guns back. “If you want the
guns back go to the cops and
they can come get them,”
LaRue said.
Next, according to
LaRue, Sallman then went
to his cabin and came out
wearing a clip holder vest
with the ability to hold 50
clips and an AK-47 assault
riffle and started shooting.
At the time, LaRue was in
his truck with his dog about
25 feet away.
LaRue said was a
miracle that no one else
was injured. “He (Sallman)
started shooting and even
reloaded, he kept on firing;
he hit my truck when I was
500 feet down Hwy. 199. If
it weren’t for that dog you
wouldn’t be talking to me,
you would be writing my
obituary right now instead.”
But the story doesn’t
end there. “I was driving
home that night still wearing
the hospital scrubs and I
looked over and there he
was.” LaRue saw Sallman
walking up 199 near the
golf course. “I could see the
gun barrel hanging below
his shirt.” LaRue’s children
oddly enough saw him at
the same time. “I had my
one of my kids following
me heading into town and
another kid was driving
toward Kerby … We had
him trapped under the bridge
until the cops arrived, but he
eventually got away.”
If you see Sallman,
call 911 and do not make
contact or approach. Sallman
is considered armed and
dangerous.
Joseph Sallman
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Two CJ men
charged in
armed bank heist
By Dan Mancuso
IVN Staff
(Photo courtesy of Ned Booth for theIllinois Valley News)
Charlie Foutch enjoys a cup of coffee during the Search and Rescue training June 16 at Lake Selmac.
Often tragic, Search and
Rescue play a key role
Judy Hoyle
IVN Contributing Writer
Many local residents recall the
tragedy that took place December
2006 when James and Kati Kim drove
straight west from Merlin, not realizing
Bear Camp Road was already closed for
the season.
After nine days, James Kim left
his wife and two daughters in their
stranded car and attempted to hike out
for help. Although his family was found
and rescued, he died of exposure before
he could be reached.
Following that experience, the
California-Oregon Regional Search
and Rescue (SAR) Summer Exercise
or CORSAR Summer X was created
to better coordinate communications,
personnel, equipment and public
assistance during major or extended
search and rescue missions.
The Josephine County Sheriff’s
Office hosted this year’s three-day
Summer X at Lake Selmac County Park
June 15 through 17 and the event was
hailed a success.
The CORSAR group has gathered
at different venues every summer for
the past 10 years to formalize inter-
agency relationships and enhance
mutual operations. CORSAR provides
resources to federal, state and local
authorities to help save lives.
The gathering typically includes
SAR teams from Coos, Curry, Del
Norte, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath
and Siskiyou counties, as well as the
American Red Cross, Brim Aviation,
Bureau of Land Management, Civil
Air Patrol, Crater Lake National Park
Service, Oregon State Police and the
U.S. Forest Service.
Hundreds of volunteers attend
each year’s Summer X, which includes
training in various disciplines such
as ATV classes, rope techniques
and awareness, map and compass
techniques, horse training, marine
and dive rescue, ground searches,
underwater drone use, regional
problem-solving skills, logistics and
traffic control.
Josephine County SAR volunteers
donated 267 hours of labor to reduce
costs for the event.
Catering was provided by the
Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Mobile
Kitchen, which served three meals a
day for each of the three days.
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According to the Grants Pass Department of Public
Safety (GPDPS) Jade Charlton Yandell and Cedar
Raymond Jerome Yandell were arrested in conjunction
with Banner Bank armed robbery, located at 1689
Williams Hwy. in Grants Pass.
A press release stated that June 26, “officers were
advised that a male suspect with a mask entered the bank
and demanded cash before fleeing as a passenger in a
black and white pickup,” which were later identified as
the Yandell brothers. Officers searched the area but did
not locate the vehicle or suspects.
Jade Yandell was arrested June 27, when officers
from the Medford Police Department observed Jade
Yandell walking near Coker Butte Road and Crater Lake
Hwy. Jade Yandell was subsequently detained without
incident. Detectives from the Grants Pass Department of
Public Safety were contacted and responded to Medford
to continue their investigation.
As a result of additional investigation, detectives
confirmed Jade Yandell is the suspect who went inside
Banner Bank in possession of a firearm and robbed the
bank. He was arrested at approximately noon the same
day. Jade Yandell is currently detained at the Josephine
County Jail for robbery 1, theft 1 and felon in possession
of a firearm.
In addition, according to the Siskiyou County
Sheriff’s Office, Jade Yandell is now a suspect in the
June 14 robbery of Happy Camp’s Scott Valley Bank.
Cedar Yandell was arrested outside the home of
a former girlfriend in Grants Pass June 28, without
incident. After further investigation it was determined
that Cedar Yandell was the driver of the “getaway”
vehicle. Cedar Yandell was charged with robbery 1, theft
1 and felon in possession of a firearm.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is
asked to contact GPDPS detective Ryan Brown at 541-
450-6260.
City navigates
the tepid waters
of social media
Jason McMillen
IVN Contributing Writer
City Councilor Lindsey Gillette is spearheading
an effort to set up a social media presence, specifically
Facebook, for the city so that citizens will have another
avenue of communication with their local government.
According to Daniel Dalegowski, mayor, the council is
unanimously in support of the effort.
“Most of it would be content like announcements
that are already in the newspaper or on our website,”
Gillette said. However, the process is not as easy as it
would first appear and there is some tricky technical
work that must be done to be in compliance with Oregon
law.
“Oregon state law is pretty strict about public
records retention,” Dalegowski explained, “Any
document that can be construed as a document, written
text of any kind, that’s created in the course of a public
body doing work; have to be retained for five years.”
Dalegowski noted that Facebook board history is not
deemed reliable enough for state law and must also
be stored in a database. Because of this, the council
investigated software services that would actively record
all posts and comments but Dalegowski said that he’s
decided it’s cost prohibitive.
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