arson

Police and fire authorities in Medford are investigating a dozen arson or suspicious fires since April of last year at vacant homes in Medford. The latest fire Tuesday caused substantial damage to a vacant home that did not have power.Read More »

Just days after Medford Police announced that there were a number of suspicious fires occurring in vacant homes, another empty home burned last night. At 5:45 p.m., firefighters were called out to an empty home at 1914 Prune Street that had been set on fire. The bank-owned home was heavily damaged in the garage, and there was smoke damage throughout the residence.Read More »

Medford Police and the Medford fire department are investigating a string of arsons occuring in vacant homes over the course of the last year. This morning, fire crews put out a fire in a vacant home today at 6:23 a.m. at 1947 Stewart Avenue. The fire caused significant damage to the residence.Read More »

A man who accused his ex-wife of assaulting him Sunday is now in jail for initiating a false report, violating a restraining order, and arson. The trouble all started at 8:02 a.m., when 47-year old Louis Darnell Walls called police and said his former spouse assaulted him with help from a male accomplice.Read More »

A homeless man who said his medication for schizophrenia had been stolen from his backpack has been sentenced to the State Hospital for setting a fire that damaged businesses in the Ashland Plaza. The Ashland Daily Tidings reports that 37-year-old Raymond Lee Wilson was found guilty except for insanity on a charge of arson. Investigators said Wilson set fire to a trash can next to one busiRead More »

Arson is suspected as the cause of two car fires this morning, one in the 400 block of South Peach Street, and the other in the 1400 block of Prune Street in Medford.

The incident on Peach Street occurred at around 2:15 a.m. The fire had full engulfed the vehicle when firefighters arrived. The fire threatened the home, but the fire was quickly put out.Read More »

Rural/Metro and Grants Pass firefighters were called out Tuesday night to a detached garage fire at 2046 Allen Creek Road. Nobody was hurt, and an estimate thousand dollars damage was done.Read More »

A fire described as “suspicious” by fire officials occurred at 1 a.m. Wednesday in an abandoned home on Thomas Road. Four engines from Medford Fire and one from Jacksonville responded after a neighbor reported seeing heavy smoke and fire from the residence.Read More »