crime

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Police announced Monday they’ve made a fifth arrest in connection with a stabbing in Grants Pass. Police said at about 8:10 p.m. on April 20,  officers were dispatched to a reported stabbing on Northeast Evans Street. At the …

COOS COUNTY, Ore. – A police K9 is recovering after being struck with over 200 porcupine quills. The Coos County Sheriff’s Office said on Easter eve, K9 Odin appeared for children at a local Easter egg hunt. Later that evening, Odin was …

MEDFORD, Ore. – A southern Oregon man will spend the next ten years behind bars for drug trafficking crimes. The U.S. Department of Justice said between July and August of 2017, Jonathan Alan Ochoa conspired with two other men to send over …

Medford, Ore — Medford City Manager Brian Sjothun named Medford Police Deputy Chief Scott Clauson its next police chief Thursday evening. Chief Clauson (pictured here being sworn in as Deputy Chief in 2016) will replace Chief Randy Sparacino when he retires August …

CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. – Police are hoping surveillance video may help solve a fatal arson case. On January 15, Illinois Valley Fire District firefighters were called to a house fire along East River Street and Redwood Highway in Cave Junction just after …

MEDFORD, Ore. – Police are trying to track down a woman involved in a hit and run incident in Medford. The Medford Police Department shared images of a woman who ran over a 74-year-old man riding a bicycle while she was driving …

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A man was arrested for allegedly running over a woman during a robbery in Grants Pass. Police said on the morning of April 13, Michael Brenden stole a case of Craftsman tools worth a little over $100 from …

MEDFORD, Ore. – The man who was shot during an encounter with police found guilty but insane. According to the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office, on March 29 at 1:13 p.m. police responded to a home on Garfield Street after receiving a …

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – A man accused of committing multiple sex crimes in southern Oregon was arrested in Colorado. According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, 21-year-old Isaac James Bergstrom is accused of having sexual contact with several girls in their early …

MEDFORD, Ore. – A man is behind bars for allegedly stabbing a person walking in central Medford. Police said on April 14, a person wearing headphones was walking in the area of Crater Lake Avenue and Stevens Street when a man suddenly …