Crime

The Oregon Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would require courts to consider a veteran's military background during criminal sentencing hearings. The bill now moves to the House.Read More »

A burglary suspect who escaped custody at Providence Medical Center in Medford last night was caught shortly after midnight. 22-year old Nathan Wallace faces a variety of charges including burglary, drug possession and resisting arrest. Earlier in the evening, a married couple who had returned home after being gone for 45 minutes found a suspicious bicycle in the driveway.Read More »

A Cave Junction man, 32-year old Matthew Granger, was arrested Tuesday and lodged in the Jackson County Jail for the theft of a trailer and other items from six storage units at Oak Grove Mini Storage Monday, November 19th. A day before the burglary, Amanda Harris of Grants Pass rented out a unit. Granger was assisted by Harris in gaining entry into the secured storage property.Read More »

Jackson County sheriff's deputies broke up a cockfight and took nine people into custody at a farm at Eagle Point.
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An outside review of seven shootings by Portland police officers found the biggest problem was a breakdown in communications.

     The Los Angeles-based Office of Independent Review presented findings Wednesday to the city council. The study covered shootings between 2004 and 2010.
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Since May 24th, the Josephine County Sheriff’s Department is expediting sentencing whenever possible to get the adult jail population to their target of 60. As a result, 12 inmates that would have otherwise been released until their trial are now being shipped to state prison to serve their sentences.Read More »

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department arrested a suspect in the theft of $10,000 worth of antique watches and coins from a Williams’ home. 21-year old Derrick Lee Sewell has admitted to the crime Wednesday while being arraigned for another charge in Jackson County Circuit Court.Read More »

A 32-year-old Medford man has been indicted on a negligent homicide charge in the death of a 14-year-old Eagle Point girl who died after inhaling helium at party.Read More »

A Grants Pass woman is in jail today after she and two male accomplices allegedly robbed a home on Rogue River Avenue Thursday morning at gunpoint. 33-year old Zera M. Thomas was apprehended by police at her home on M. Baldy Road Thursday afternoon, and she faces robbery, burglary, coercion, theft and unlawful use of firearm charges related to the robbery of 24-year old Destiny Ridenour.Read More »