Barricade Situation at Valley of the Rogue State Park, Jan. 16

Oregon State Police and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office have taken the male subject involved in a barricaded event at Valley of the Rogue State Park adjacent to I-5 in Southern Oregon, into custody. The suspect, identified as CHARLES P. ULMER III, age 56, of Rogue River, was arrested at approximately 4:16 P.M., Thursday, Jan. 15, and charged with Assault IV – domestic violence, Strangulation, Resisting Arrest, and Criminal Mischief (x2) for damaging police equipment during his arrest. Preliminary information indicates that Wednesday night, Jan. 14, at approximately 9:00 P.M., ULMER assaulted his girlfriend at the Valley of the Rogue State Park in Jackson Co. Thursday morning, the victim, name intentionally withheld, sought help from Rangers at the park who contacted OSP. OSP responded and was assisted by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team who was able to take ULMER into custody after he barricaded himself for several hours. At some point during the incident ULMER damaged some police equipment which resulted in the additional charges of criminal mischief. This investigation is ongoing and any further release of information will be coordinated through the Jackson County District Attorney’s office.