The founder-director of Stabbin Wagon, a Medford-based harm-reduction service, was sentenced in Medford Municipal Court on Monday to six months probation and ordered to pay $400 in fines for threatening city police officers during an “HIV Testing Party” the nonprofit hosted last summer at Vogel Plaza in downtown.

Melissa Michelle Jones, 46, pleaded no contest to interfering with a peace officer and disorderly conduct stemming from her actions during the event on Aug. 3, 2023, City Attorney Eric Mitton told the Rogue Valley Times on Monday. The plea was neither an admission nor a denial of the accusations.

“The City feels that the two convictions plus probation and fines bring a level of accountability that is appropriate for the conduct at issue during the incident at Vogel Plaza,” Mitton said in an email. “This plea agreement is an ordinary and reasonable resolution based upon the conduct at issue in this particular incident.”

Charges of resisting arrest and harassment were dismissed.

Jones had originally pleaded not guilty to all charges and was set to have her case go before a jury in Medford Municipal Court on May 28.Her former Stabbin Wagon colleague, Samantha Strong, 26, pleaded no contest to the same charges Jan. 23.

Days before the women’s arrests, Stabbin Wagon made a Facebook post urging the community to “come get wet with us” using water guns during an “HIV Testing Party,” where it issued take-home HIV test kits and free safe-sex supplies.

Medford police responded to a call for service involving a runaway juvenile at the plaza where the event was being held, according to testimony from officers during a municipal court hearing for Jones and Strong held last summer.

Jones yelled profanities at an officer and tried to interfere with his duties, then retreated when the officer tried to place her in custody, officers said during testimony.

Jones previously argued her conduct was not disorderly and was constitutionally protected, her then-attorney Sarah Alvarez, of the Civil Liberties Defense Center, said during the summer hearing.

Jones’ attorney, Lauren Regan, of the Eugene-based Civil Liberties Defense Center, did not immediately respond Monday to a request for comment from the Times.

Asked for comment through Stabbin Wagon’s Facebook page, Jones sent the Times a private message Tuesday: “ACAB” (All Cops Are Bastards).

This story has been updated with comment from Melissa Jones.