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Grants Pass Police arrested a man wanted on a local warrant and added new charges to his criminal bill after he tried to run away from officers at a city park. The Police Department reports officers spotted 46-year-old Floyd Terry Rose at Baker Park on Saturday at 7:55 a.m.. Police said they knew Rose was wanted on a Grants Pass warrant for Probation Violation related to a past arrest for drug possession. When he saw the patrol car, he ran across the Texas property toward the Grants Pass Parkway. He was located a short time later hiding under a staircase and tarp at a home on Mystic Drive. When Rose was advised he was under arrest, he took off again over a steep river embankment where he was placed into custody without further incident. He was taken to Three Rivers Medical Center after he complained of pain. After being medically cleared at the hospital, Rose was lodged at the Josephine County Jail on the warrant plus new charges of Resisting Arrest and Escape. He was being held without bail.

 

Grants Pass Police arrested a man after he decided to take a drug-fueled weekend swim in a pond at a city park. According to the Police Department, officers responded to the incident at Reinhart Volunteer Park on Webster Road on Saturday around 8:30 a.m.. Police said 21-year-old Robert Simon Taylor Darcy was reported to be swimming in a pond at the All Sports Park while screaming curse words and scaring children who were playing at the playground and preparing to play Little League baseball. Darcy had numerous lacerations on his body when he was retrieved from the pond and initially refused to identify himself. He took off his socks and threw them in the pond directly after being told that what he was doing was a crime. While being arrested, he admitted to officers that he had consumed a large amount of cocaine. Darcy was taken to the Sobering Center, but he fled out the front door and was brought back to the facility where ankle restraints were applied. He was then taken to the Josephine County Jail where he was lodged without bail for Resisting Arrest, Offensive Littering and Depositing Trash within 100 Yards of a Waterway.

 

The Oregon State Police arrested a California man for felony drug possession following a weekend traffic complaint on Interstate 5 in the North Valley area. OSP reports troopers made contact with a Dodge Ram pickup occupied by 47-year-old Daniel Paul Ellis of Bakersfield along the southbound lanes of I-5 near milepost 63 on Saturday at 11:19 p.m.. Troopers said they responded to multiple calls regarding a driving complaint in which the driver of a pickup had multiple traffic violations. They said Ellis was found passed out behind the wheel. Upon further investigation, they discovered that he was in possession of a felony amount of methamphetamine. It was seized. Ellis was transported to Grants Pass and lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Felony Meth Possession. His pickup was towed to an impound yard.

 

The Oregon State Police cited an Eagle Point motorist after he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed his vehicle off Redwood Highway in Cave Junction. According to OSP, troopers and emergency crews responded to the single-vehicle wreck near milepost 27 of US Highway 199 on Saturday at 8:10 a.m.. Troopers said an investigation indicated 26-year-old Angel Ray Hurtado was driving a Dodge Ram 350 pickup when he fell asleep at the wheel and left the highway. He struck the "Buds Junction" sign, clipped a power pole and destroyed 11 mail boxes as well as six panels of guard rail. Somehow, he was not hurt. Hurtado had called for his own tow prior to OSP arrival. He was cited for No Operator's License.

 

The Josephine County Sheriff's Office jailed a man for threatening an Illinois Valley couple at their Selma area home late last week. The Sheriff's Office reports deputies arrested 70-year-old Ron Ray Verdine for the incident in the 4600-block of Reeves Creek Road on Friday at 8:48 a.m.. Deputies said a woman initially called 9-1-1 at 1:13 a.m. to report a male subject on their property who stated that he was going to kill them. The caller advised she was in the house with her boyfriend and the subject was yelling on their porch. They locked themselves in a bedroom and hid in a closet before calling for help. According to the report, Verdine threatened to shoot through their walls before he left the property. However, he returned a short time later and continued the tirade. The woman had obtained a stalking order on the man, but it had not been served on him yet. Upon arrival, deputies placed Verdine into custody and served him with the order. Verdine was transported to Grants Pass and lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Menacing and 2nd-Degree Criminal Trespass. He was being held without bail and warned that if he returns to the property, he will be arrested for Contempt of Court.

 

Grants Pass Police jailed a young motorist for four crimes including felony impaired driving late last week after he crashed a vehicle into a fence at a city-owned property housing a water reservoir. The Police Department reports officers and emergency crews responded to the incident at the water reservoir near NW F and Fry streets at 6:09 a.m. Friday. Police said 19-year-old Aiden Isaac Stansbury was driving a Honda sedan when he lost control, crashed into and damaged about 12 feet of city-owned fencing. They said he displayed signs of impairment at the scene and his 19-year-old female passenger admitted that they had been drinking prior to the crash. Stansbury performed poorly in field sobriety tests and was placed into custody. He was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Felony Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants, Reckless Driving, Reckless Endangering and Criminal Mischief. His wrecked car was impounded. The female passenger was also intoxicated. She was charged with Minor in Possession of Alcohol and lodged at the Sobering Center.

 

Grants Pass Police arrested a motorist for impaired driving and more after he crashed into two parked vehicles and then a ditch last weekend. The Police Department reports officers responded to two reports of a Dodge Ram pickup striking parked vehicles and fleeing on Friday around 10:35 p.m.. Police said an investigation determined that 47-year-old Stephen Matthew Maives first hit a Toyota RAV4 and fled south on 6th Street. A few minutes later, another witness reported seeing the large truck crash into a Ford Ranger pickup in the 600-block of Larch Road. The Ranger was pushed into the corner of the garage at the residence and caused substantial damage. According to the report, Maives fled west on Lower River Road until he crashed into a ditch and became stuck. Officers contacted him, he showed strong signs of impairment and performed poorly in field sobriety tests. Maives was placed into custody and lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants, Reckless Driving, two counts of Hit-and-Run Causing Property Damage, 2nd-Degree Criminal Mischief and 3rd-Degree Criminal Mischief. He was being held without bail and his truck was impounded.

 

Grants Pass Police arrested a well-known criminal offender for her alcohol-fueled behavior at the Gospel Rescue Mission at the beginning of the weekend. According to the Police Department, officers responded to the incident involving 34-year-old Morgan Delin Weber at the Mission in the 500-block of SW Foundry Street on Friday around 5:40 p.m.. Police said Weber was highly-intoxicated when she arrived at the facility and tried to start fights with staff members. They said she also spit all over the doors and windows. Prior to that incident, she reportedly hit a parked car near Debo Park and may have caused damage to the vehicle. Officers tracked down Weber on G Street between 5th and 6th streets where they placed her into custody. She was booked into the Josephine County Jail for Disorderly Conduct and Criminal Mischief. Weber was also trespassed from all mission facilities as well as properties on SE 6th Street, NW A Street and Booth Street.

 

Grants Pass Police arrested a Josephine County Community Corrections client for dangerous behavior near the adult jail facility late last week. According to the Police Department, 39-year-old Josiah Shuvi Butler's corrections officer called 9-1-1 after observing his client jumping in front of traffic on NE F Street in front of the Josephine County Jail on Friday around 3:30 p.m.. The corrections officer reported Butler was actively in the roadway and obstructing traffic while doing squats and other exercises. Upon contact, he admitted to police that he was jumping in front of traffic because he was "playing a game." Butler was placed into custody and escorted the short distance to the jail where he was lodged for Disorderly Conduct. He was being held without bail.