Medford Police Captured Laundromat Murder Suspect in Savage Creek Area
Following a multiple day manhunt, a Medford murder suspect is now in custody.
The Medford Police Department reports 18-year-old Jesus Armando Pena, Jr., was arrested today in the 300-block of Savage Creek Road -- between the City of Rogue River and Grants Pass along the Jackson-Josephine county line.
MPD detectives and officers had been following up on leads and tracking down the suspect for three days. The MPD SWAT team was used for numerous operations including an attempted contact with the suspect at a residence in the 800-block of Pennsylvania Avenue this morning.
Pena was not located there, but investigators continued to develop information that led them on the Savage Creek Road residence where he was located unarmed and he surrendered peacefully. He was lodged at the Jackson County Jail on charges of Murder and other related crimes.
Posted on 1/30/24 3:07PM by Sam Marsh
