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CRIME & SAFETY
MEDFORD MAN JAILED FOR ALLEGED DISORDERLY CONDUCT/MENACING
A Medford man was jailed following an alleged disorderly conduct and menacing incident early Thursday. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said at 12:30 a.m., 38-year-old Bryson Kampstra, who was allegedly intoxicated, became upset by noise being made by other campers in Sparrow Park at the Oregon Dunes National Recreation area near Reedsport. Kampstra reportedly told everyone that it was time for bed, before discharging his 9 mm handgun into the air.
Suspect in Medford stabbing found guilty of murder
MEDFORD, Ore. – A woman accused of stabbing another woman to death in Medford is now heading to prison. Hannah “Mel” Marie Martin stabbed 31-year-old Brittany Lovrovich in the parking lot of Rumors Lounge on Riverside Avenue back on March 22, 2022. She was found guilty late Friday night.
Man arrested in Eagle Point after assaulting woman, barricading apartment
EAGLE POINT, Ore. -- A 33-year-old man was arrested in Eagle Point yesterday afternoon after he assaulted a woman who had a restraining order against him. When police arrived, the man -- Kevin Heater -- ran into a different apartment and barricaded that apartment, holding the apartment resident hostage. According...
15 Years Jail Without Parole For Man Who Shot Bullets Into Ex-Wife’s Central Point House
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Following a shooting incident in the house of a woman in the 6000 block of Downing Road, Central Point, Oregon, on August 17, 2023, her ex-husband, Thomas Lee Parks, 48, was arrested. Parks has now been sentenced to 15 years in the Oregon Department of Corrections.
Medford girl missing for two weeks
Photo courtesy of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is seeking the public’s assistance in locating missing child, Maysa Kennedy. Maysa, 15, has been missing since June 17, 2024, from her home in Medford, Oregon. Maysa is described as...
Police bust Shady Cove black-market grow site at former school
SHADY COVE, Ore. -- Police discovered over 1,000 marijuana plants and four firearms at an illegal grow site in the 20400 block of Sawyer Road in Shady Cove. The site was once a school. According to a news release from the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, police took 1,108 illegal marijuana...
Suspected fireworks start fire in Medford
MEDFORD, Ore. – Witnesses reported hearing and seeing fireworks near the area of a large vegetation fire in Northwest Medford. According to the Medford Fire Department (MFD), on Friday night crews responded to a fire in the 2000 block of Howard Avenue. Firefighters knocked down the vegetation fire as...
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