A popular Bend restaurant, Bangers and Brews Westside, fell prey to a scary scammer situation this week, and is now warning others, in hopes they can avoid a costly crime.
Continue ReadingEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A man accused of carrying guns into a Washington state courthouse, triggering a lockdown and standoff earlier this month, is facing six felony and several misdemeanor charges. David Hsu, of Woodinville, was charged Thursday with six counts of second-degree unlawful firearm possession and misdemeanors including carrying a concealed weapon, unlawful display
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The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Friday that the requirement of unanimous jury verdicts in serious criminal cases applies to older cases, as well as those still on appeal, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced.
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, Jim Sciutto, Lauren del Valle, Mark Morales and John Miller, CNN A graduate student at Washington State University was arrested Friday in his home state of Pennsylvania in last month’s killings of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home — a brutal attack that rattled a small college town, authorities
Continue ReadingPOST FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Officers shot a motorist who was ramming vehicles in Post Falls, Idaho, and a patrol car on Interstate 90, police said. The Post Falls Police Department said officers tried to stop a man driving a truck Thursday morning who appeared to be intentionally hitting other cars in Post Falls. The
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A Sisters man arrested last month, accused of trafficking in fentanyl and methamphetamine, was arrested again Wednesday, accused of stealing some $225,000 worth of construction and heavy equipment in the Portland area, then selling or renting it at a profit.
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With the help of the community, a 17-year-old Bend resident and his 18-year-old girlfriend have been arrested in last month’s burglary of The Reptile Zone in northeast Bend and the stolen animals have been recovered, police said Wednesday.
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Gov. Kate Brown announced five appointments Wednesday to fill judicial vacancies, all effective Jan. 1, including two Oregon Supreme Court justices and one to the state Court of Appeals.
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The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation warned cryptocurrency investors Tuesday to do their homework before giving any money to any crypto trading platform.
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A fourth electrical substation was vandalized late on Christmas Day in Washington state, leaving homes in Kapowsin and Graham temporarily without power, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. By 7 a.m. Monday, more than 10,500 Puget Sound Energy customers were without electricity across the region, KOMO-TV reported. The suspects broke
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Vandalism at three power substations in western Washington early Sunday initially cut power to about 14,000 utility customers, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said. The attacks come as federal officials are warning that the U.S. power grid needs better security to prevent domestic terrorism and after a large outage in North
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A Bend woman who allegedly ran a red light and crashed into two other vehicles on Highway 97 in Redmond on Christmas Eve, sending four people to the hospital, tried to run and was held by witnesses until police arrived – then jumped in a patrol car and tried to steal it, an officer said Sunday.
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Community complaints and tips led to a raid and dismantling of an illegal marijuana grow Wednesday at a home in the Three Rivers area south of Sunriver and charges against three people, officials said Friday, also noting dangerous building code violations.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The FBI, in partnership with Homeland Security Investigations and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, is issuing a national public safety alert regarding an explosion in incidents of children and teens being coerced into sending explicit images online and extorted for money—a crime known as financial sextortion. Over the past
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A Bend man accused of importing fentanyl and methamphetamine into Central Oregon and trafficking in them at the Hunnell Road homeless encampment was arrested by drug agents Thursday in a nearby traffic stop.
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After eight years serving as Deschutes County’s district attorney, John Hummel says he’s grateful for the positive changes he was able to help make happen and the many challenges he’s overcome.
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Redmond police are looking for a pickup truck driver who may have witnessed a vehicle-pedestrian crash Wednesday evening that left the victim with life-threatening injuries.
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A 26-year-old Madras woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and other charges in the fatal shooting of her ex-husband, a 28-year-old Prineville man, last Friday evening at her southeast Madras home.
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Bend police released a booking photo Thursday as they investigate the possibility of other crimes by a Terrebonne man charged with kidnap, assault and sexual abuse involving two women who were at a downtown Bend bar last August, said they blacked out and later awakened in a motel room with a male stranger.
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho police say they’ve determined that a white sedan found in Eugene, Oregon, is not connected to the Nov. 13 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. The Moscow Police Department announced Tuesday that it was working with law enforcement in Eugene to determine if
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