Two men charged with harassment and disorderly conduct for an altercation at a political protest in Grants Pass last week were arraigned Tuesday before a Josephine County judge.

Dressed in gray and white-striped jail uniforms, Edgar “Mike” Pelfrey, 62, and David Tyler Haury, 39, appeared separately via video monitor in Josephine County Circuit Court. Both men are Grants Pass residents.

Grants Pass opened its home volleyball schedule with a convincing 25-20, 25-18, 19-25, 25-7 non-league win over Del Norte of Crescent City, California on Tuesday at Heater-Newman Memorial Gymnasium.

“We found our consistency at the end and came together, playing as a team,” said Grants Pass coach Ashley Gerard. “It’s super fun to watch them play like that.”

Mari Nelson led Grants Pass with eight kills to go with her two stuff blocks.

A man accused of abducting his own baby and triggering an Amber Alert was arraigned Tuesday on several felony charges, including second-degree kidnapping.

James Darron Patterson, 39, of O’Brien is being held on $400,000 bail on the kidnapping case as well as an unrelated case earlier this year in which he is accused of repeatedly fleeing traffic stops at dangerously high speeds.

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