Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: Building a digital defense against elder fraud
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — This week’s FBI Portland Tech Tuesday feature focuses on safeguarding you and your loved ones from elder fraud schemes. …
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Bend police seek man apparently injured in reported accidental shooting in Safeway restroom
Bend police are looking for a man who reportedly said he’d dropped a gun in the restroom of Bend’s Westside Safeway grocery store and it went off…
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Update: Escaped St. Charles psychiatric patient returns to hospital, is arrested and jailed
A man who escaped from the psychiatric unit at St. Charles Bend on Monday morning returned to the hospital late Monday night and was taken into…
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DCSO seeks tips from public after 3 windows at county offices struck by BBs
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating whoever is responsible for criminal mischief to the Deschutes…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty to killing woman, 3-year-old boy
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has pleaded guilty in the kidnapping and murder of his 3-year-old child and child’s mother. Michael Wolfe…
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Man accused of threatening to ‘shoot up’ elementary school
A man is facing a federal charge stemming from what FBI agents said were his emailed messages to federal law enforcement about his desire to kill…
Continue Reading12K marijuana plants, 3K pounds of pot seized in Oregon
EAGLE POINT, Ore. (AP) — More than 12,000 marijuana plants in 32 greenhouses were seized from a marijuana grow site in southern Oregon on Thursday,…
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Campers in woods off China Hat Road south of Bend get notice to vacate; temporary campfire ban imposed
Faced with a rising tide of calls for action about campers off China Hat Road from southern Bend residents and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s…
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More use of security systems brings rise in false alarms, so Bend police will have companies verify them first
With a rising number of home and business security systems comes an increasing problem of false alarms. So Bend police are shifting their system to…
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Oregon State Police arrest S. Oregon double-homicide suspect in Bend area
A suspect in a May 28 southern Oregon double-homicide was arrested last week in the Bend area, Oregon State Police reported…
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C.O. drug agents dismantle large Chinese cartel marijuana operation in six Jefferson County raids; five arrests
Central Oregon drug agents concluded a 2-year investigation Tuesday by raiding six Madras and Culver illegal marijuana grows, making five arrests and…
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Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Avoiding adoption fraud
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — This week, the FBI Portland Tech Tuesday segment focuses on ways to avoid falling victim to adoption fraud. Image this…
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Person of interest interviewed in shooting on public land east of Redmond; DA’s office to decide on any charges
A person of interest in a shooting Monday morning on public land east of Redmond has been detained and interviewed, but not arrested, and it will be…
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C.O. drug agents, SWAT teams conduct 6 raids, make several arrests in biggest-ever Jefferson County drug bust
A long-term investigation of a drug-trafficking organization culminated Tuesday with Central Oregon drug agents, several law enforcement agencies and…
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‘Our roads are dangerous’: Deschutes DA, Bend councilor urge traffic cameras to curb deadly crashes; Bend PD hesitant
There are 15 active homicide cases on Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel’s desk, dating back to 2019. Close to 10 of them, he said, are…
Continue Reading Intoxicated Valley man, booted from rodeo, arrested in Camp Sherman assaults, shotgun theft
Oregon State Police arrested a 26-year-old Willamette Valley man who got drunk and was evicted from the Sisters Rodeo Saturday night, then allegedly…
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Portland romance novelist Nancy Crampton-Brophy sentenced to life in prison for murder of chef husband
By KPTV Staff PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Multnomah County judge on Monday sentenced former romance novelist Nancy Crampton-Brophy to life in…
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Missing teen in foster care in Sunriver found after third disappearance
A16-year-old girl in foster care who went missing from Sunriver on Thursday was found the next day, the Oregon Department of Human Services Child…
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Prineville police warn parents, others about realistic ‘toy’ water gun after charges, seizure
Prineville police are warning about the risks of using realistic toy guns in public, having seized one this week that shoots gel water…
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OSP drug enforcement team shuts down Jackson County illegal marijuana grow
More than 5,000 illegally grown marijuana plants were seized from 18 greenhouses in a raid by Oregon State Police drug agents Wednesday on a property…
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