Jefferson Public Radio journalist April Ehrlich was arrested by Medford police officers while covering a homeless camp sweep in Hawthorne Park on Sept. 22, 2020.

A radio reporter who was arrested while covering a homeless camp sweep in a Southern Oregon park has had her case dismissed after a judge threw out a charge as unconstitutional.

City prosecutors conceded defeat on a charge of resisting arrest shortly after a municipal court judge dismissed the trespass charge against journalist April Ehrlich on Aug. 26, according to records and her lawyer.

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