BUSY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN DOWNTOWN MEDFORD. FIRST A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE 5-STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND IVY. ACCORDING TO NEWSWATCH 12 THE FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM, IT’S BEEN CONTAINED AND NO ONE WAS HURT.
A TEENAGE GIRL WAS STABBED LAST NIGHT NEAR THE YMCA IN DOWNTOWN MEDFORD. POLICE TOLD NBC5 A COUPLE OF GIRLS AROUND 15-YEARS OF AGE GOT INTO A FIGHT. ONE OF THEM STABBED THE VICTIM 5 TIMES IN THE TORSO. THE VICTIM IS GOING TO BE OKAY. POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE STABBING SUSPECT.
A GUATEMALAN NATIONAL LIVING IN THE PORTLAND AREA ILLEGALLY PLEADED GUILTY TO INTENTIONALLY RAMMING A BORDER PATROL AGENT’S VEHICLE WITH HIS CAR. 33-YEAR OLD ALVARO CARRILLO RAMMED THE AGENT’S CAR IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR WHEN AGENTS ATTEMPTED TO STOP HIM. HE WAS SENTENCED TO TIME SERVED.
VANDALISM ON THE POWER GRID IN THE APPLEGATE VALLEY. JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING OF POWER TRANSFORMERS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT IN THE PACIFIC POWER SUBSTATION WEST OF JACKSONVILLE ON HIGHWAY 238. SEVERAL HUNDRED OF GALLONS OF TRANSFORMER OIL LEAKED FROM THE SHOT EQUIPMENT INTO A NEARBY WATERWAY. THAT’S BEING CLEANED UP RIGHT NOW. RESIDENTS TELLING NBC5 THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE A HIGH CALIBER WEAPON. SHERIFFS DEPUTY RECOVERED 28 SHELL CASINGS FROM THE CRIME SCENE.