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Felony arrests

Drugs -- Norman Willard Arterburn, 22, of 8330 Rogue River Highway No. 1, Rogue River. Rogue River police arrested Arterburn on Tuesday on a charge of possession of methamphetamine. He was lodged in the Jackson County jail on $5,000 bail.

Drugs -- John David Dudley, 47, of LaPine. Jackson County sheriff's deputies arrested Dudley on Tuesday on a Deschutes County warrant charging probation violation and on charges of possession of methamphetamine and felon in possession of a weapon. He's being held in the Jackson County jail without bail.

Crime reports

Burglary -- 3600 block of South Pacific Highway, reported to Jackson County sheriff's deputies at 1:23 p.m. Tuesday.

Stolen vehicle -- 900 block of Biddle Road, reported to Medford police at 11:28 a.m. Tuesday. The vehicle was found.

Miscellaneous

Jail releases -- To comply with a court-ordered cap of 190, the Jackson County Jail released 88 inmates during the week of May 24-28. Of them, 24 were released on their own recognizance before court appearances, 14 were released early from their sentences, and 50 were released for miscellaneous reasons.

Suspect in Illinois killings will receive ID hearing

A Medford man accused in the 1996 murder of a young couple in the Chicago area was in court Tuesday.

James Thivel, 27, was represented by public defender Matt Kaplan, who asked Jackson County Judge Patricia Crain for a pre-extradition identification hearing. Identification hearings verify that a defendant is who the state says he is.

Crain agreed but set no date. She also ordered Thivel back to jail, without bail.

Thivel was arrested May 24 in Medford in connection with the deaths of Eva Caudell, 20, and Robert Farberger, 24, whose bodies were found Jan. 10, 1996, in a car in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines.

Authorities said the couple died from multiple gunshot wounds to the back of the head.

Thivel, who moved to Oregon shortly after the shootings, knew the victims and always has been a suspect in the case, Des Plaines detectives said.

They have refused to discuss the case in detail, saying only that the arrest was based on new evidence and witnesses.


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