Posts

METH/HEROIN

Image
Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) In the evening hours of Tuesday, May 11th, 2021, detectives with the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) executed a search warrant at a residence in the 2300 block of Cannon Avenue, in Roseburg (Green District).  This residence is alarmingly close to the entrance of Sunnyslope Elementary School.     DINT and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office have received multiple complaints in recent months about the obvious drug activity taking place at the residence.  Due to those complaints, as well as the proximity to the school, DINT conducted a targeted investigation and developed information indicating both methamphetamine and heroin trafficking taking place at the residence.   A search of the residence revealed more than a quarter pound of methamphetamine, approximately 18 grams of black tar heroin, a small amount of suspected fentanyl, a large amount of cash, a firearm, and a substantial amount of evidence of distribution.     42 year old

Attempt to locate missing juvenile – Case 21-7109

Image
Medford Police Thirteen year old Kail Schmalz has not been seen or heard from since May 4, 2021.  He was last known to be at a residence on Dead Indian Memorial Rd.  It is believed that Kail is in the Ashland area with his 16 year old girlfriend.  Kail is described as being 6’00”, 160 lbs with blond/brown hair and blue eyes.  He was last seen wearing a green/black psychedelic sweatshirt, white sweatpants, and black high-top shoes.  A missing person report was filed today by his family.  Please call 541-776-7206 with any information.

QUICK THINKING NEIGHBORS SLOW SPRINGFIELD HOUSE FIRE

Image
Eugene Springfield Fire Springfield, OR.  Eugene Springfield Fire responded to a reported house fire in the 1800 block of F St. in Springfield Monday afternoon.  Neighbors saw the fast moving fire and grabbed a garden hose to slow the spread of the fire prior to the first arriving fire crews.  On arrival, crews found a partially extinguished fire in an attached out building that had also extended to the exterior and eves of the home.  Given the wind conditions and fire spread, had the neighbors not acted quickly, the fire could have been much worse. Crews finished extinguishing the fire and any hot spots. The Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause.  

EUGENE SPRINGFIELD FIRE CREWS BATTLE TRAIN TRESTLE FIRE

Image
Eugene Springfield Fire Springfield, OR. Eugene Springfield Fire crews are currently working to extinguish a large fire involving the Union Pacific Rail Road trestle at South 2nd Street in Springfield.  The fire was threatening Hexion Chemical and crews were able to stop the spread of fire toward the plant.  Rail traffic is stopped and the cause of the fire is under investigation.  

HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION

Image
  Josephine Co. Sheriff's Office On Sunday, May 9, 2021 at approximately 12:01 AM Deputies from the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a reported shooting incident in the 1300 block of Rockydale road in Cave Junction, OR.  Information reported to Deputies was that a person had been shot at a concert.  Upon arrival, a deceased person was located at the concert.  Detectives from the Oregon State Police responded to the Sheriff’s Office request for investigative assistance with this incident.  The above listed subject was arrested by Oregon State Police for the charges of 1st Degree Murder and Unlawful Use of a Weapon.  The name of the victim will not be released at this time.  Oregon State Police personnel along with Sheriff’s Office personnel continue to investigate this incident.  ARRESTED:  Trenton Cole Kepple, 27 year-old-male  No other details are available at this time.  

SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR MISSING ROSEBURG MAN NEAR TWIN LAKES

Image
Douglas Co. Sheriff's Office IDLEYLD PARK, Ore.   - The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is continuing search efforts in the Twin Lakes area for a missing Roseburg man.  69 year-old Harry Burleigh was reported missing at 10:15 pm on Friday, May 7, 2021 after he failed to return home from a camping trip in the Toketee area. Burleigh was originally due to arrive home on Thursday, May 6, 2021, but failed to do so.  Douglas County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue was dispatched to begin searching for Burleigh. On the morning of Saturday, May 8, 2021, Burleigh's vehicle was located at the lower trailhead to Forest Service trail 1500, which leads into Twin Lakes. Burleigh, a fisherman, is believed to have attempted to walk into the lakes to fish before going home.  Search efforts continue today, Sunday, May 9, 2021, with additional search and rescue resources from other counties assisting.  Burleigh is described as a white male adult, 6'2'' tall, weighing at 175l

RICHARD DAWAYNE WILSON

Image
Lane County Sheriff's Office #163.375   RAPE 1ST DEG   (Felony) #161.405   ATTEMPT TO COMMIT CRIME - 2   (Felony) #163.411   SEXUAL PENETRATION 1ST DEG   (Felony)

NICHOLAS KENNETH BORDEN-CORTEZ

Image
Lane County Sheriff's Office #163.107   MURDER 1   (Felony)   x2 #811.540 ATT ELUDE POLICE OFC-VEHICLE - 2   (Felony)

TABITHA CHRISTINE KEITH

Image
DCSO JAILVIEWER Officer was at the Rodeway Inn on a separate investigation when the officer noticed a motel door wide open. Officer was in the parking lot and saw Tabitha sitting on her bed putting a crystal like substance in a clear baggie and using a scale to weigh it. Officer contacted Tabitha and believed she was selling small amounts of methamphetamine and that she had half an ounce on the bed. During a search, the officer located approximately 46 grams of methamphetamine, money, scales and packaging material. There were also had numerous tubes filled with marijuana that were being used to extract oil using butane. 475.894 - UP OF METHAMPHETAMINE 475.890 - UD OF METHAMPHETAMINE 475B.349 - UNLAWFUL MANUFACTURE OF MARIJUANA ITEM

LE ELLE GENEVA PUCKETT

Image
Lane County Sheriff's Office #163.425   SEX ABUSE 2ND DEG   (Felony) x3

ETHAN MOSHE CASTLE

Image
Lane County Sheriff's Office #163.686   ENCOURAGE CHILD SEX ABUSE 2ND DEG   (Felony)

JODIE RACHELLE KELLEY

Image
DCSO JAILVIEWER 819.300 - POSSESSION OF A STOLEN VEHICLE 164.135 - UNAUTHORIZED USE MOTOR VEHICLE 164.055 - THEFT 1ST DEG 164.045 - THEFT 2ND DEG 133.076 - FAIL TO APPEAR ON CRIMINAL CITATION 162.195 - FAIL TO APPEAR 2ND DEG

MICHAEL LAWRENCE MOEHRING

Image
JOCO JAILVIEWER 163.107 - MURDER 1ST DEGREE W/FIREARM 163.107 - MURDER 1ST DEGREE W/FIREARM 164.325 - ARSON 1ST DEG 166.087 - ABUSE OF CORPSE 1ST DEG 166.087 - ABUSE OF CORPSE 1ST DEG 164.315 - ARSON 2ND DEG 166.270 - FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM

FIRE BURNS MOBILE HOME IN WINCHESTER

Image
Douglas Co. Fire Dist. No.2 A mobile home is considered a total loss after a fire broke out Tuesday afternoon.    The fire was reported at 3:23 p.m. on Clarice Lane in the Winchester area of Roseburg. Firefighters with Douglas County Fire District No. 2 arrived to find heavy smoke and fire coming from a single wide mobile home.  The homeowner had exited the building and told firefighters she woke up to fire coming from the kitchen area.   Firefighters made an aggressive interior attack to extinguish the fire and keep the fire from spreading to other nearby mobile homes. The fire was reported under in control within 20 minutes and no injuries were reported.  The American Red Cross was requested to assist one adult and several pets displaced by the fire.  Douglas County Fire District No. 2 responded to the incident with 13 firefighters including 3 engines and 1 command vehicle.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.

MICHAEL ANTHONY ROSCHE

Image
DCSO JAILVIEWER 137.545 - PROBATION VIOLATION FEL 137.545 - PROBATION VIOLATION MISD 811.140 - RECKLESS DRIVING 033.045 - CONTEMPT OF COURT 162.195 - FAIL TO APPEAR 2ND DEG

UPDATE - HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION - JOSEPHINE COUNTY

Image
Oregon State Police On March 24, 2021, investigators from the Josephine County Major Crime Team, which consists of the Oregon State Police, Grants Pass Department of Public Safety, Josephine County District Attorney’s Office, and the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office began a homicide investigation of Paul Folk and Daniel Hill. On May 3, 2021, at approximately 9:00 a.m., Michael Moehring was arrested in Linn County on a warrant related to the double homicide investigation. Law enforcement officers from the Eugene Police Department, The US Marshall’s Office, and the Oregon State Police SWAT contacted Moehring in a rest area and he was taken into custody without incident. The investigators from the Oregon State Police, Grants Pass Police Department, and the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office are appreciative of the great work everyone involved did to ensure the safe arrest of Moehring. On Thursday, April 1, 2021, at approximately 2:30 P.M., members of the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office

KEVIN MICHAEL TAKALO

Image
JOCO JAILVIEWER 163.686 - ENCOURAGE CHILD SEX ABUSE 2ND DEG 163.686 - ENCOURAGE CHILD SEX ABUSE 2ND DEG 163.686 - ENCOURAGE CHILD SEX ABUSE 2ND DEG 163.686 - ENCOURAGE CHILD SEX ABUSE 2ND DEG

KLAMATH FALLS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CASHING MORE THAN 40 YEARS' WORTH OF DECEASED RELATIVE'S SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS

Image
U.S. Attorney's Office - District of Oregon MEDFORD, Ore.—A Klamath Falls, Oregon man pleaded guilty today after cashing more than $458,000 worth of social security checks issued in the name of his deceased aunt. George Doumar, 74, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds. According to court documents, in February 2020, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Office of Anti-Fraud Programs identified a 114-year-old supercentenarian who appeared to be the second-oldest living person in the U.S. receiving Social Security retirement benefits. The last known update to the recipient’s SSA benefit record was in July 1989, when the recipient’s address was updated to Frontier Parcel & Fax Service on S. 6th Street in Klamath Falls. In March 2020, an investigator with SSA-OIG interviewed two of the benefit recipient’s nieces. Both nieces claimed that their aunt died in the 1960s or 1970s and recalled attending her funeral in Brooklyn, New York, where she had reportedly

FATAL CRASH ON INTERSTATE 5- JACKSON COUNTY

Image
Oregon State Police On Monday, May 3, 2021, at approximately 2:53 A.M., Oregon State Troopers and emergency personnel responded to the report of a pedestrian lying in the median of Interstate 5 near Medford in Jackson County. Preliminary investigation revealed that a pedestrian was in the middle of the roadway for unknown reasons and was struck by a passing semi-truck. The driver of the semi-truck was on scene and cooperative with the investigation. The pedestrian was pronounced deceased on scene by emergency personnel. His name will be released when appropriate.  Interstate 5 was reduced to one lane for crash reconstruction. OSP was assisted on scene by Medford Fire, Mercy Flights, Jackson County Sheriff's Office, and ODOT.

ATTIC FIRE QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED SOUTH OF DILLARD

Image
Douglas Co. Fire Dist. No.2 A fire originating near a furnace quickly spread to the attic of a home early Monday morning, displacing three people and two dogs. The fire was reported at 7:16 a.m. in the 11000 block of Old Highway 99 South. Firefighters arrived to find an active fire burning the attic.  Firefighters were able to quickly make access to the attic by cutting several holes to extinguish the fire.  Firefighters remained on scene to completely overhaul the attic and make sure no fire remained.  Several rafters in the attic were severely burnt. The fire was reported under control within 25 minutes and no injuries were reported.  The American Red Cross was requested to assist the three adults and two dogs.  Winston Dillard Fire District and Douglas County Fire District No. 2 responded to the incident with 3 engines, 1 water tender, and 2 command vehicles.  Crews were also assisted by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.