Deputies Snared Pair after Their Jeep Broke Down on Oxyoke Road near Hugo
The Josephine County Sheriff's Office arrested two people after their vehicle broke down in the Hugo area yesterday.
The Sheriff's Office reports deputies responded to the incident in the 600-block of Oxyoke Road on Wednesday shortly after 3 p.m..
Deputies said they were alerted to a Jeep Liberty that broke down in the middle of the roadway while hauling a 5th-wheel trailer. The caller said the Jeep was initially on fire, but the flames subsided. The two occupants of the vehicle were identified as 46-year-old Dustin Thomas Roy Kelly and 44-year-old Megan Eileen Taffee.
Upon arrival, deputies discovered that Kelly was wanted on a Grants Pass warrant for Probation Violation related to an arrest for 4th-Degree Domestic Assault. He was transported to Grants Pass and lodged at the Josephine County Jail.
Deputies also discovered that Taffee was wanted for probable cause for two counts of Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. She was cited and released. However, a short time later she was arrested for Unlawful Entry into a Motor Vehicle and 2nd-Degree Theft and also lodged in jail.
According to the report, a consent search of the vehicle uncovered a firearm and a "small amount of a drug substance." The gun was seized and the substance was destroyed.
Posted on 5/15/25 12:24PM by Sam Marsh
