TUESDAY 3/24/26
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HEARD ORAL ARGUMENTS MONDAY THAT COULD AFFECT OREGON VOTING LAWS. THE CASE WAS BROUGHT AGAINST MISSISSIPPI’S LAW THAT ALLOWS THE COUNTING OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS RECEIVED UP TO FIVE DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION, SO LONG AS THEY ARE POSTMARKED BY OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY. OREGON HAS A SIMILAR LAW. JUSTICES APPEARED TO FAVOR CLAIMS THAT COUNTING LATE ARRIVING BALLOTS ERODES CONFIDENCE IN ELECTION RESULTS.
A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN CHARGED WITH MONEY LAUNDERING FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS APPEARED IN COURT YESTERDAY. ACCORDING TO NBC5 PROSECUTORS SAY 45-YEAR OLD JOSE AGUELLO , A MEXICAN NATIONAL LIVING HERE ILLEGALLY, USED HIS THREE BUSINESSES TO SEND MILLIONS IN WIRE TRANSFERS TO MEXICO. HE’S BEEN DEEMED A FLIGHT RISK SO HE’LL STAY IN JACKSON COUNTY JAIL.
A WILD TIME FOR THE JOSEPHINE COUNTY SHERIFFS AS THEY ARREST 3 WANTED ON FELONY WARRANTS. TWO OF THE THREE HAD ELUDED COUNTY SHERIFFS TWICE. THE FIRST TIME HAPPENED ON MARCH 12TH WHEN DRIVER JAMES PATTERSON AND PASSENGER BRIANNA VINEYARD ELUDED OFFICERS NEAR O’BRIEN, MARCH 17TH IT WAS A DANGEROUS HIGH SPEED CHASE DOWN 199 , CALLED OFF ONCE IT WENT INTO THE SMITH RIVER CANYON…FINALLY LAST FRIDAY OFFICERS LOCATED THE PAIR AND WITH THE HELP OF A K-9 OFFICER GOT PATTERSON AND VINEYARD TO GIVE UP. ANOTHER WANTED FELON, 54-YEAR OLD AARON GEIGER WAS ALSO ARRESTED. YEP, THEY’RE ALL FACING A SLEW OF CHARGES.
A SUNDAY MORNING CAR CRASH INTO THE CENTRAL POINT GOODWILL STORE INJURES TWO EMPLOYEES, THE DRIVER CHARGED WITH CARELESS DRIVING. CENTRAL POINT POLICE CHIEF SCOTT LOGUE TOLD THE RV-TIMES THE DRIVER THOUGHT THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE BUT IT WAS REALLY IN DRIVE.
AND SATURDAY ODFW STAFF AT THE ASHLAND BOAT INSPECTION STATION FOUND AN INVASIVE SPECIE, QUAGGA MUSSELS ON A BOAT COMING INTO THE STATE FROM ARIZONA. IT’S THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR THEY’VE FOUND INVASIVE MUSSELS THIS YEAR, THE BOAT WAS DECONTAMINATED.