(Editor’s note: Factual information for ‘Tales’ is provided by the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.)
Sept. 27
*Cameron Watts didn’t have something he needed.
*Zachariah Heath Thomas didn’t get the memo, felons can’t possess firearms. Back to jail he goes.
*Wyatt Germana didn’t have a driver’s license.
*A passenger was warned for no seatbelt while Daniel Nelson was cited for driving while suspended.
*Deputies noticed a driver not wearing a seatbelt, no plate on a trailer that was being towed. William McCormick had a suspended driver’s license and was on probation. Needless to say he is visiting his probation officer on Monday.
Sept. 29
- Damage to guardrail was found along with the front of the bumper license plate still attached. The unknown driver was cited for no insurance.
Sept. 30
*Mark Whidden robbed a Doller General armed with acid. The Darwin award winner was charged with robbery one, assault one and unlawful use of a weapon.
Oct. 1
Brian was drunk and looking for his “kids,” under a bridge. When deputies arrived, Brian was nowhere be found. Did the kids take his beer? Did he find them?
*Robin McCafferty violated probation. If you know Robin, let he know felons aren’t supposed to have firearms.
*Getting your truck high centered on property you shouldn’t be at plus blowing 0.23 equals a night in the sobering center and charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants and criminal mischief. Don’t believe me? Ask David Spiegelberg, he has court Oc.t 22.
*Oh shoot, a mother had a bloody black eye. Seems Joshua Shute went to jail on charges of assault four, assault four means it’s a domestic charge.
Oct. 2
*Larceny was the winner today for Jon Michael Wigelsworth. He had a warrant for failing to appear. Mr. Wigglesworth went to jail.
*A curious male was looking into the windows of a home. The peeping Tom claimed he was waiting for a friend to come back with gas. I mean hey, he had time on his hands so why not look into a house that isn’t yours.
*Another nuisance dog that wasn’t licensed.
*Grants Pass PD was looking for Sabrina Marie Wilson because she missed a date with the judge on possession of a controlled substance. Not sure why they trusted her to show up, but Wilson was cited to appear in court.
- Andre Blair Cotton Jr. went to jail for failing to appear on a criminal mischief two charge.
*Sean Wylie took deputies on a wild ride around the Valley while attempting to elude capture. Wylie had a Parole board felony warrant and seems he wasn’t interested in going to jail. Additional charges are felony elude, miscellaneous elude, escape three and felony possession of meth. - Kaitlyn Pigg was arrested for a California felony warrant after a call for male attacking a mother-in-law. Not sure what happened to the alleged attacker but Pigg went to the pen.
*69 in a 45 caused Brianna Lanpheare to also be cited for failure to renew registration
Oct. 3
*Kvistad Sotera’s dog had gone wild. Now he has a court date for the bad dog that was running amok.
*Maksim Petrovskiy didn’t have an ignition interlock device on his vehicle.
*Ruben Sonney didn’t have insurance on his KIA. Sucks to be him as he pulled into traffic and hit another vehicle. Sonney isn’t very sunny now as he was cited with fail to obey a traffic control device and driving uninsured
*Two fanoiks didn’t realize they shouldn’t do stupid stuff with you have warrants. William Robert Combs was wanted for a felony warrant out of Humbolt County Calif. For parole violation. The other, William Seidel had warrants for fail to appear for Elude, reckless driving, reckless endangering and theft two.
*A vehicle ended up in a ditch and two women, a mother and daughter were arguing according to witnesses. The mother claimed she was the driver but alas, she was not. The daughter had a suspended drivers license and was cited for that and giving false information.
*A black Mustang played cat and mouse with Oregon State Police out of Roseburg on I-5. The speed demon was clocked at speeds between 129 and 140 on the five. OSP kept losing the vehicle as would disappear only to be picked up down the road. It seems Dylan Tucker would pull off on exits only to get back on and pass troupers again. Dylan received a room at the JoCo Jail on charges of Reckless driving and felony elude.
Oct. 4
*A physically abusive Marian Burum man handed a guy. Not just any guy, but a guy she claimed to have snorted cocaine. This is CJ, seriously, who isn’t on something. I digress, Allegedly Ms. Burum had scratched the man in the chest and to add insult to injury she hit the man in the legs with a chair. Burum was going to jail on harassment charges. Deputies delayed transporting her until the intoxicated Burum to finished vomiting, you can make this stuff up. Then, Burum complained about not being able to breath. AMR gave her a ride to three rivers and a parting gift of a citation of harassment
Oct. 5
*Jason Bergstad was a video steeling mail from his neighbor. No mail was found however he was jailed for trespass two.
*Two separate dog incidents. The is the Valley of unlicensed and nuisance K-9s
*Tyler Garland has been a busy boy. Not only was he charged for driving while suspended, he was wanted for a few other things. Jackson County had issued a warrant for probation violation on felony meth and fentanyl possession. But wait, there’s more. Grants Pass had three warrants for him. All in all, the charges were felony possession of fentanyl, three charges of ID theft one, Forgery one and theft one. The good news is a buddy of his was coming to retrieve his backpack. Not sure I would be willing to touch that little black back pack.
More to come next week, same time, same page, same nonsense.