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Arrested Ashland School Worker Faces Child Exploitation Charges
UPDATE 2: Ashland School Worker, Craig Albert Johnson, Facing Additional Child Exploitation-Related Charges
UPDATE: Craig Albert Johnson pre-trial hearing will be held at the Jackson County Courthouse and is set for Monday, November 18th…
Oregon Man is Seeking $5.5 Million in Damages After Serving a Jail Sentence for a Crime He Did Not…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two former Multnomah County prosecutors and two Portland police officers are being charged with alleged malicious prosecution by a man seeking $5.5 million damages after serving more than five years in prison for a “crime”…
Policeman Siccing a K-9 on an Innocent Man rocks the Serenity of Lake Oswego in Oregon
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore — The peaceful and picturesque city of Lake Oswego in Oregon’s Clackamas County has captured headlines not for its upscale lifestyle and serene lake but for the firing of a police officer who commanded his K-9 to attack an…
Civil Case Against Former Asante Nurse Stayed Pending Outcome Of Criminal Trial
MEDFORD, Ore — In one of the civil actions Dani Marie Schofield- the former Asante nurse accused of drug diversion at the Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center (RRMC), is facing, a stay was granted by a judge in Jackson County.
The civil…
Teenage Shooting Leads to 70 Months Prison Sentence
MEDFORD, Ore — A Grants Pass teenager who shot another youngster eight times outside a fast-food outlet in Medford has been sentenced to spend five years and 10 months in jail.
Joseph Lopez (18) was found guilty of shooting 17-year-old…
Medford Drug Diversion Case: $303 Million Lawsuit Filed against Asante
UPDATE: Civil Case Against Former Asante Nurse Stayed Pending Outcome Of Criminal Trial
MEDFORD, Ore — 18 Claimants have filed a lawsuit in the Jackson County circuit court against Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center (RRMC) where a…
Oregon State Police Stop At I-5 Nets Over 110 Pounds of Meth and Suspected Fentanyl
An Oregon State Police (OSP) stop on the I-5 in Linn County near milepost 223 resulted in a significant drug seizure this week. Over 100 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and 11 pounds of suspected fentanyl were confiscated during a traffic…
NW Medford Armed Intruder Allegedly Killed In Self-Defence
MEDFORD, Ore. — At about 6:14 PM on Saturday, August 24, the Medford Police Department (MPD) responded to reports of an attempted break-in at a Berrydale Road apartment complex in northwest Medford.
Initially, an unknown individual was…
Investigator Appointed to Reinforce Policing Against the Illegal Drug Trade in Southern Oregon
MEDFORD, Ore. — The appointment of a full-time investigator will reinforce measures to clamp down on illegal drug trafficking in Southern Oregon by MADGE, a local task force initiative.
Drug Task Force Has Confiscated Large…
Illegal Marijuana Lab Discovered After Glendale Fire Doused: 2 Arrested
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — The Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) was called in to investigate a suspicious structure fire earlier contained by the Glendale Fire Department in the 1400 block of Tunnel Road.
An illegal Butane Hash Oil…