The Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement (MADGE) team has been working diligently to get drugs and firearms off streets and out of the hands of criminals.
Recently, MADGE has seized nearly 40 pounds of methamphetamine along with firearms and other controlled substances. They highlight two of the larger cases.
After a 5-month investigation, MADGE arrested 44-year-old Christopher Boyd Stevenson at a home in the 400-block of B Street in Ashland. The investigation resulted in a search warrant being served on the suspect's residence where over five pounds of meth was seized along with five firearms and three ounces of cocaine. Stevenson is a convicted felon and he was lodged at the Jackson County Jail.
On August 12th, MADGE conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by 45-year-old Juan Flores-Gutierrez. The traffic stop resulted in the seizure of two pounds of meth. Investigators then located 32 additional pounds of meth at the suspect's home in the 1200-block of West 8th Street in Medford. This arrest was the result of a multi-year investigation into drug trafficking being conducted by Flores-Gutierrez from Southern California to the Rogue Valley.
The MADGE team is a multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force that identifies, disrupts and dismantles local, multi-state and international drug trafficking organizations using an intelligence-driven and prosecutor-supported approach.
MADGE is composed of members from the Medford Police Department, Eagle Point Police Department, Jackson County Sheriff's Office, Oregon State Police, Jackson County District Attorney's Office, Jackson County Parole and Probation, the US Attorney's Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and the FBI.
