Medford Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning that sent one person to the hospital.Police say a white "box style" sedan, similar to a BMW, with tinted windows was traveling northbound on Crater Lake Highway near Cardinal Avenue at high speed when it attempted to pass a pickup truck on the right shoulder. The white sedan and truck collided and the sedan continued on the right shoulder, striking a pedestrian.Police [...]
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Police seek hit-and-run driver that injured pedestrian in Medford
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Emergency services, May 23
Felony arrestsDrugs — Timothy David Allen Jr., 38, no known address. Medford police arrested Allen Saturday on charges of methamphetamine possession and methamphetamine delivery, a parole violation. He was lodged in the Jackson County Jail on $25,000 bail.Drugs — Steven Andrew Herring, 24, of the 1400 block of W. 8th St., Medford. Medford police Saturday arrested Herring on a charge of oxycodone possession, a [...]
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Former Jackson County Community Justice director pleads guilty on meth charge
Former Jackson County Community Justice Director Shane Hagey today entered a conditional guilty plea to a charge of possession of methamphetamine.With a conditional plea, Hagey reserves his right to appeal his case. People who enter regular guilty pleas waive their rights to appeal.Hagey, 48, resigned in March following his December 2015 arrest for buying methamphetamine from a Medford Police Department informant at a Purple Parrot outlet. Police had been investigating Hagey [...]
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AP: Fire scorches nearly 5 square miles near Umatilla
HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) — The Hermiston Fire Department says a wildfire has scorched nearly 5 square miles and burned several buildings at the former Umatilla Chemical Depot.Fire Capt. J.W. Roberts says the blaze that began Monday has scorched multiple bunkers, or igloos, where chemical weapons were once stored.The East Oregonian says the fire has burned more than 3,000 acres and was about 30 percent contained as of Monday afternoon.The depot no longer stores [...]
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Medford mother sentenced to prison for scalding child
A Medford woman was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in prison after she admitted to scalding her daughter because of a bathroom accident and withholding medical care until the next day.Felicia Krystal Burton, 27, admitted Tuesday in Jackson County Circuit Court that she held her 3-year-old daughter's hands and arms under hot running water as punishment because the child had made a mess in her pants that spread to the floor on Sept. 23, 2014. Burton waited a day [...]
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Emergency services, May 24
Felony arrestsBurglary — Cameron Michael Rohde, 28, of the 23000 block of Highway 62, Trail. Jackson County sheriff's deputies Monday arrested Rohde on charges of second-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief and for failing to appear on a previous charge of conspiracy to commit second-degree burglary. He was lodged Monday in the Jackson County Jail on $14,000 bail.Burglary — Jay Dean McCarty, [...]
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Nothing stolen in rash of Ashland car break-ins
Ashland police are dealing with another round of car break-ins less than a week after they arrested someone allegedly connected to a previous spree.Eleven break-ins were reported between 3:23 and 4:19 a.m. Tuesday along Grant and Chestnut streets, Scenic Drive and Greenbriar Place — all streets near Ashland Community Hospital, although Deputy Chief Warren Hensman said no property was reported stolen. Police said all the vehicles had been left unlocked, and someone rummaged [...]
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Emergency services, May 25
Felony arrestsVehicle Elude — Jesse Don Haney, 22, no known address. Medford police arrested Haney Monday on a felony charge of attempting to elude police in a vehicle, misdemeanor charges of reckless driving, driving under the influence of intoxicants and attempting to elude police on foot, and on warrants charging failure to appear in court on previous charges of DUII, reckless driving and hit-and-run. He was booked in the Jackson County Jail [...]
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AP: Man accused in boy's death is on parole for previous Jackson County assault
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A man accused of beating and stabbing his girlfriend's 3-year-old son to death in Battle Ground is currently on parole for a previous domestic violence assault conviction.Ricardo Gutierrez appeared in Clark County Superior Court Tuesday on investigation of first-degree murder in the death of Jose Castillo-Cisneros, known as Pepe. He was ordered held on $1.5 million bail.The Columbian newspaper reports that the 39-year-old was [...]
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Emergency services, May 26
Felony arrestsIdentity Theft — Shelby Mae Butterfield, 52, of the 1800 block of Crater Lake Avenue, Medford. Medford police arrested Butterfield Tuesday on a felony warrant charging identity theft. She was booked in the Jackson County Jail Tuesday and released on her own recognizance.Assault — Curtis Patrick Robinson, 22, of the 500 block of Mace Road. Medford police arrested Robinson Wednesday on three felony [...]
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Shooting co-defendant back in Jackson County
One of four men suspected of being involved in a Medford gang-related shooting incident last year is back in Jackson County to face charges after serving jail time for an unrelated weapons charge in California.Jackson County Jail records show Santiago Flores-Loveland, 18, was lodged Wednesday with no bail on charges of riot and conspiracy to commit assault, charges on which he was indicted in September. He is set to be arraigned in Jackson County Circuit Court today, court records [...]
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Ashland transient arrested for assault
A transient is being held on $100,000 bail in the Jackson County Jail after allegedly throwing a man to the ground on the downtown Ashland Plaza, kicking him and dislocating his hip before fleeing the scene.Nicholas Clayton Newman, 38, no known address, faces charges of second-degree and fourth-degree assault for the alleged May 15 attack.He entered not guilty pleas to both charges this week in Jackson County Circuit Court and has a pre-trial conference scheduled for June 6. [...]
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Someone shooting pellets at cars near Eagle Point
Police are on the hunt for someone who has shot at several cars with a high-velocity pellet gun near Eagle Point. The Jackson County Sheriff's Department has received at least five reports from motorists driving in the 700 block of Brownsboro Highway near Reese Creek Road over a 10-day period that capped Tuesday."It's been pretty random. Daytime, nighttime. We haven't been able to narrow it down," said sheriff's Capt. Tim Snaith.Police believe a lone individual is [...]
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Woman struck with car in dispute over parking space
What reportedly began with a man angry at someone for taking his parking space Wednesday ended with a woman in the emergency room and the man in jail on felony charges.Kevin Ray Lacer, 61, was lodged in the Jackson County Jail on more than $1 million bail after he allegedly struck a woman with his car in the WinCo parking lot early Wednesday evening. He then fled the scene and headed to another store, according to an affidavit filed in Jackson County Circuit Court.Lacer's car [...]
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Shooting suspect back in Jackson County
One of four men suspected of being involved in a Medford gang-related shooting incident last year is back in Jackson County to face charges after serving jail time for an unrelated weapons charge in California.Jackson County Jail records show Santiago Flores-Loveland, 18, was lodged in jail Wednesday. He was arraigned Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court on charges of riot and conspiracy to commit assault, charges on which he was indicted in September. His bail was set at $30,000. [...]
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Emergency services, May 27
Felony arrestsTheft — Brett Devon Burns, 27, of the 300 block of Teakwood Drive, Eagle Point. Jackson County sheriff's deputies and Eagle Point police arrested Burns Wednesday on felony charges of first-degree theft, second-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools, misdemeanor charges of second-degree theft, second-degree trespassing, third-degree criminal mischief and misdemeanor theft of services, and on a warrant charging failure to [...]
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Boyfriend of woman who burned her child sentenced to probation for withholding medical care
A Medford father of six was sentenced to probation after admitting to his role in withholding medical care from a little girl who'd suffered severe burns at the hands of her mother.Brian Dale Schott, 39, displayed little emotion as a court-appointed special advocate recounted the excruciating pain a 3-year-old child felt the night of Sept. 23, 2014, as burns caused by Felicia Krystal Burton went untreated by a professional. The advocate relayed stories told by seven other children of [...]
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Medford's weed and grass ordinance goes into effect June 1
A Medford ordinance that requires the mowing of grass and weeds to help prevent wildfires goes into effect Wednesday, June 1.City code section 7.430 says grass, weeds, brush and other similar vegetation on real property can't be more than 10 inches in height between June 1 and Sept. 30. The ordinance can be in effect at other times of the year, if fire officials deem it necessary.Greg Kleinberg, deputy chief and fire marshal for Medford Fire-Rescue, said overgrown weeds and [...]
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27½ pounds of meth lands man in prison
An undocumented immigrant was sentenced Friday to nearly three years in prison after he pleaded no-contest to trafficking a large quantity of methamphetamine with the help of his wife.Oscar Omar Aguilar-Gomez, 30, had been found in possession of 27½ pounds of methamphetamine seized after a March 31 traffic stop near exit 30 on northbound Interstate 5. According to an affidavit filed in Jackson County Circuit Court, Oregon State Police troopers noticed multiple [...]
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Boyfriend gets jail, probation in child-scalding case
A Medford felon was sentenced to a month's jail time and probation after admitting to his role in withholding medical care from a little girl who'd suffered severe burns at the hands of her mother.Brian Dale Schott, 39, displayed little remorse as a court-appointed special advocate recounted the excruciating pain a 3-year-old child felt the night of Sept. 23, 2014 as burns caused by Felicia Krystal Burton went untreated by a professional.The advocate relayed stories told [...]
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