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Mentally ill man dies in volley of gunfire with Medford police

March 18, 2015
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Mentally ill man dies in volley of gunfire with Medford police, Medford Tribune, March 17, 2015 A 19-hour standoff between Medford police and an apparently mentally ill man ended Tuesday morning in a volley of gunfire, leaving the 49-year-old dead after he reportedly shot at police at least once. “It’s a sad case all the […]

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Compass House opens in Medford, promising “safety, belonging and empowerment” for those with mental illness

September 18, 2014
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KOBI-TV 5 Medford, Sept. 18, 2014 Southern Oregon’s first clubhouse for people struggling with mental illness held its grand opening Wednesday. The Compass House offers a place of safety, belonging and empowerment. It’s on sixth street in Medford and also serves as a resource center. Matthew Vorderstrasse is the Compass House’s Executive Director says, “Through […]

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Jackson County art program helps youth at risk from suicide

September 1, 2014
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The Washington Times, August 30, 2014 About 250 works of art – some digital, some recycled, some graffiti and some unfinished – hang on the walls of the Life Track Art Gallery and Youth Center in downtown Medford, while another 120 pieces are tucked away in closets, drawers and wooden trunks just waiting to be […]

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Mental health experts prove valuable in Medford schools as suicide calls spike

June 15, 2014
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From the Medford Mail Tribune, June 15, 2014 Word got out fast, and by lunchtime Wednesday, April 9, most of the students at South Medford High School knew a classmate was dead. “There was no announcement, but they all knew,” said Kristen Schuch, a mental health interventionist at the school. In Jackson County between Jan. […]

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In Southern Oregon, young people with mental health problems have few places to turn

May 21, 2014
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KOBI-TV 5 Medford, May 20, 2014 When it comes to mental health care for kids and young adults in Southern Oregon, the situation is grave. That’s according to a Rogue Regional Medical Center psychiatrist. On Monday, NBC 5 spoke with RRMC and Medford Police officials about the lack of mental health help in Jackson County […]

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No Drugs Found In Teen Shot by Police

March 25, 2012
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By Chris Conrad, Mail Tribune, March 25, 2012 Toxicology report on Elias Ruiz called ‘surprising’ because of his actions before fatal Medford incident A toxicology report performed on Elias Angel Ruiz showed the 18-year-old was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol when police shot him dead on Jan. 22 after he charged them […]

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Police Investigation Details Shooting Death of Medford Man

February 24, 2012
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By Damian Mann, Mail Tribune, February 23, 2012 An 18-year-old west Medford man shot and killed by police Jan. 22 after he charged them with a knife had been arrested five weeks earlier in Santa Cruz, Calif., on suspicion of assault. “He used a baseball bat and hit his father,” said Jesus Delgadillo, assistant district […]

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Grand Jury Clears Officers in Ruiz Shooting

February 9, 2012
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By Chris Conrad, Mail Tribune, Thursday, February 09, 2012 After a five-hour hearing, it took a grand jury just six minutes to rule that Medford police were justified in the shooting of 18-year-old Elias Angel Ruiz outside his mother’s home Jan. 22. The Jackson County grand jury heard testimony Wednesday from 14 witnesses, including the […]

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Another Tragic Shooting

January 23, 2012
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By Damian Mann, Mail Tribune, January 23, 2012 A west Medford neighborhood is reeling after a police officer shot to death an 18-year-old Sunday after he brandished a butcher knife on his front porch — the second time law enforcement has used deadly force in a little more than two weeks. Elias Angel Ruiz, who […]

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What Happened to Jimmy Georgeson

January 7, 2012
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From the Medford Mail Tribune, January 7, 2012 The 20-year-old Medford man gunned down Thursday by two U.S. Marshals Service deputies outside Albertsons was a habitual criminal with drug and mental-health problems and a history of assaulting police officers, records show. But family members say that did not mean an apparently unarmed James “Jimmy” Georgeson […]

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