A man faces a string of\u00a0felony charges\u00a0accusing him of attempting to set fire to an east Medford home and attacking a woman with a knife and a blunt object, leading to a SWAT team surrounding the house in a standoff turned manhunt.<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Aaron Moore, 25, was arrested Wednesday on assault and attempted arson charges, accusing him of trying to set a fire before sunrise in the 2200 block of\u00a0Crater Lake\u00a0Avenue and later attacking a 61-year-old relative with a knife and hammer, according to Medford police.<\/p>\n
At about 5:54 a.m. Wednesday, a person passing by the home witnessed a small fire on the side of the house, extinguished it with water and called 911.<\/p>\n
Medford\u00a0Fire Department\u00a0determined that the fire was \u201chighly suspicious for arson,\u201d but the residents told police and fire investigators that they didn\u2019t know who started the fire.<\/p>\n
At 7:51 a.m., after police and fire had left the scene of the fire call, the 61-year-old victim called 911 to report an assault.<\/p>\n
The woman told police that prior to the attack, she had confronted Moore about starting the fire.<\/p>\n
Moore allegedly made admissions about setting the fire, armed himself with a knife and hammer, and attacked the woman.<\/p>\n
Medford police descended on the house at about 8 a.m. believing that Moore was inside his bedroom but refusing to come out, according to Medford police Lt. Mike Budreau.<\/p>\n
Police believed that Moore was inside the house armed with a knife and a hammer, and brought in the SWAT team as a precaution, said Budreau. After searching the house, officers determined that Moore had fled the scene before police had arrived.<\/p>\n
At 11:17 a.m., police found Moore walking on Cherry Lane near North Phoenix Road, and arrested him without incident on charges of first- and second-degree assault and attempted first-degree arson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A man faces a string of\u00a0felony charges\u00a0accusing him of attempting to set fire to an east Medford home and attacking a woman with a knife and a blunt object, leading to a SWAT team surrounding the house in a standoff turned manhunt. Jeffrey Aaron Moore, 25, was arrested Wednesday on assault and attempted arson charges, accusing him of trying to set a fire before sunrise in the 2200 block of\u00a0Crater Lake\u00a0Avenue and later attacking a 61-year-old relative with a knife and hammer, according to Medford police. At about 5:54 a.m. Wednesday, a person passing by the home witnessed a small […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n