OSP Arrested Ashland Man for Multiple Crimes after Traffic Stop near Murphy
The Oregon State Police jailed an Ashland man for multiple crimes after catching him with a stolen vehicle on Williams Highway near Murphy late yesterday.
OSP reports state troopers spotted a Ford Transit cargo van near milepost 7.5 of Highway 238 on Monday at 5:52 p.m..
Troopers said they stopped the cargo van after learning that it had been recently stolen in Ashland. The driver of the vehicle -- identified by OSP as "31-year-old Thomas Harley Ray Epperson" -- was placed into custody. His passenger was identified as a 33-year-old Ashland woman. She was detained, but not arrested.
Epperson was transported to Grants Pass and lodged at the Josephine County Jail for two counts of Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Felon in Possession of a Restricted Weapon. He was held without bail.
The registered owner of the recovered cargo van responded to the scene to retrieve his vehicle.
Another vehicle -- a Dodge Ram 1500 -- was also listed as stolen by the suspect, but no other information was provided by OSP.
Posted on 7/16/24 11:25AM by Sam Marsh
