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The Josephine County Sheriff's Office jailed a Grants Pass area woman for felony assault after she allegedly beat up her boyfriend in front of their children yesterday. The Sheriff's Office reports deputies responded to a domestic disturbance at a home in the 100-block of Sycamore Drive on Monday around 6:15 p.m.. Deputies said they received a call from a 30-year-old woman who stated that her boyfriend beat her up and threw her to the ground by her hair. They learned that four children in the home witnessed the incident. Upon arrival, deputies discovered that the female subject had been the aggressor by punching and hitting her boyfriend. She was placed into custody following the investigation. No one was seriously hurt. The suspect was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Felony 4th-Degree Domestic Assault. She was being held without bail.

 

Grants Pass Police jailed a man for three felony-level crimes after responding to a shoplifting incident at Walmart early yesterday. The Police Department reports officers arrested 31-year-old Anthony Boyd Mooney behind La Burrita Mexican Restaurant on Monday at about 11 a.m.. Police said Mooney passed all points of sale at Walmart with nearly $700 worth of merchandise. They said he scanned around $300 in items, but skip-scanned about $400 more and then exited the store before being stopped by loss prevention. The stolen merchandise was recovered, but the suspect fled on foot. Responding officers chased Mooney in the area before finally placing him into custody. A records check revealed that he was wanted in connection with a separate incident that generated charges of Felony Burglary, Felony Theft and Felony Criminal Mischief. Mooney was lodged at the Josephine County Jail on probable cause of the felony crimes plus new charges of 2nd-Degree Theft and 2nd-Degree Criminal Trespass. He was being held without bail. His pickup was seized for further investigation.

 

Grants Pass Police arrested a male transient on two local warrants early yesterday after finding him sleeping in front of a north-city ice cream parlor. According to the Police Department, officers were alerted to two men -- including 36-year-old Ian Seiwell Hogue -- sleeping under blankets by Udder's Ice Cream off NE 7th Street on Monday around 3 a.m.. Police said Hogue left the area while they were checking for warrants. They said he was found to be wanted on two Grants Pass warrants for failing to appear in court for Felony Possession of Fentanyl and Possession of Methamphetamine. Officers tracked down Hogue and placed him into custody near a marijuana dispensary. He was lodged in jail on the warrants and was being held on $20,000 bail. Both he and the other man -- identified as "Shaun Gee" -- were trespassed from Udder's.

 

One person was injured and another was cited after a motor vehicle accident in southwest Grants Pass early yesterday. Grants Pass Police and emergency crews responded to the two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Redwood Highway and Allen Creek Road on Monday shortly after 10 a.m.. Details about the incident were sketchy, but a Nissan Sentra and a Toyota RAV-4 driven by female motorists were involved in a rear-end collision. The northbound turn lane on Allen Creek Road was temporarily closed by debris in the roadway. According to GPPD, one of the drivers was transported to the hospital with minor injuries while the other refused medical transport. The Nissan was towed from the crash scene. Following an investigation, a motorist identified only as "Farris" was cited for No Operator's License.

 

A Grants Pass woman was injured early yesterday when she lost control of her car and crashed on Interstate 5 in the north part of the city. The Oregon State Police reports troopers and emergency personnel responded to a single-vehicle wreck in the northbound lanes of I-5 near milepost 58 on Monday shortly before 8 a.m.. Troopers said the driver -- a 26-year-old Grants Pass woman -- stated that she lost control of a Toyota Camry she was driving while attempting to enter the freeway and crashed into a concrete barrier. According to OSP, the driver was transported by ambulance to Three Rivers Medical Center with suspected minor injuries. No one else was hurt. Her 23-year-old male passenger recovered the damaged vehicle with help from friends.

 

A suspect is in custody for allegedly using a firearm to rob a Shady Cove business last weekend. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office reports deputies responded to a 9-1-1 call regarding an armed robbery at Burgers & Brews restaurant on Highway 62 in Shady Cove on Sunday at 5:44 p.m.. Deputies and Eagle Point police officers arrived on scene and located the suspect vehicle at the Shady Cove Chevron gas station at 5:55 p.m.. After a brief standoff, the suspect surrendered without incident. The suspect -- 24-year-old Jonathan Allen Rusch of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin -- was charged with 1st-Degree Robbery, Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Menacing. He was booked and lodged at the Jackson County Jail. Sheriff's officials said the case remains under investigation and there is no more information that will be released at this time.

 

A stolen vehicle investigation led to the arrests of two people on drug charges at a Grants Pass motel last weekend. Grants Pass Police responded to Motel 6 on NE 7th Street Sunday morning after the owner of a stolen vehicle reported seeing it in the motel parking lot. Police officers arrived on scene to find the red Dodge pickup unoccupied, but surveillance video from the motel showed a female subject driving the truck into the parking lot and contacting the occupants of a motel room. The occupants -- identified as 43-year-old Joseph Scott Doyle, Jr., and 35-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Roddy -- consented for officers to enter the room where they found drug paraphernalia in plain view. Both admitted to using methamphetamine the night before and a glass pipe containing the narcotic stimulant was seized. According to the report, neither party had any information on the female who was driving the stolen truck which was released to its rightful owner. Doyle and Roddy were lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Meth Possession and they were trespassed from Motel 6.

 

The Oregon State Police arrested four fugitives on local and outside warrants during weekend contacts in Josephine County. OSP reports the first incident occurred on Saturday at 3:14 p.m. when troopers pulled over a Toyota Corolla driven by 47-year-old Heather Kathleen Watson at 7th and M streets in Grants Pass. Troopers said they stopped Watson for a traffic violation and discovered she was wanted on a statewide felony warrant for Parole Violation. The second incident happened on Saturday at 8:28 p.m. when troopers pulled over a Ford Taurus driven by 29-year-old Steven Anthony Vorland of Grants Pass. He was stopped for a traffic violation before troopers learned that he was wanted on Jackson and Josephine County warrants. The third incident took place on Sunday at 7:35 p.m. when troopers pulled over a Mazda MZ5 driven by 45-year-old Daniel Lamar Coker of Oakland, Oregon, near milepost 6 of Redwood Highway. He was stopped for speeding and found to be wanted on a Lincoln County warrant. The fourth incident occurred on Sunday at 9:28 p.m. when troopers stopped to help a disabled motorist in the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 near milepost 66. One of the occupants -- identified as 43-year-old Altrina Marie Styron of Lincoln City -- was wanted on an out-of-county warrant.

 

The Oregon State Police arrested three motorists for impaired driving following weekend traffic stops in Josephine County. According to OSP, the first incident occurred on Friday at 11:19 p.m. when state troopers pulled over a Honda Fit driven by a 28-year-old Medford woman near milepost 1 of Williams Highway in south Grants Pass. Troopers said they stopped her for multiple traffic violations and she displayed signs of impairment. The second incident happened on Sunday at 12:18 a.m. when troopers pulled over a Toyota Corolla driven by a 34-year-old Williams man on Redwood Highway at Fairgrounds Road in Grants Pass. He was stopped for multiple traffic violations and showed signs of impairment. The third incident took place on Sunday at 10:22 p.m. when troopers pulled over a Buick Lacrosse driven by a 25-year-old man from Phoenix, Arizona, in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near milepost 66. He was stopped for several traffic violations and exhibited signs of impairment.