Crime And Courts Archives

Update: Missing Bend teen in foster care has been found, Oregon DHS says

May 20, 2022 1:04 pm KTVZ News Partners

The Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division said Monday that a missing Bend 16-year-old in foster care who was “believed to be in…

Redmond man gets 13-month prison term in 2020 DUII hit-and-run that killed 90-year-old

May 19, 2022 4:32 pm Barney Lerten

A Redmond man was sentenced Thursday to a 13-month prison term in a fatal drugged-driving hit-and-run crash that killed a 90-year-old Redmond man who…

Bend man’s two murder trials in killing of woman, two brothers delayed until early 2023

May 19, 2022 3:38 pm KTVZ News Partners

A judge on Thursday reset for early next year the two murder trials of Randall Kilby, accused of fatally assaulting a woman on Christmas Day 2020 and…

Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: A warning about reverse instant payment scams

May 17, 2022 2:58 pm KTVZ News Partners

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center recently issued a warning about a rise in payment scams. Victims appear to get a text message from a…

Hwy. 20E reopens east of Bend after closure due to law enforcement activity

May 15, 2022 9:40 pm KTVZ News Partners

Law enforcement activity Sunday night closed a five-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 20E, starting about a dozen miles east of Bend, for about two hours,…

Warm Springs man pleads guilty to federal charge in 2020 assault of woman on reservation

May 17, 2022 11:37 am KTVZ News Partners

A Warm Springs man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to the 2020 sexual assault of a woman on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, federal…

Transient accused of making 911 call threatening Sisters school arrested in Beaverton

May 5, 2022 11:33 am KTVZ, Barney Lerten

A transient sought in connection with a Deschutes County 911 call threatening an unnamed Sisters school earlier this month has been arrested at a…

Oregon sued over failure to provide public defenders

May 16, 2022 12:07 pm Associated Press

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation for long periods…

Parishioners subdue gunman in fatal S. California church attack

May 15, 2022 11:02 pm The Associated Press

By DAMIAN DOVARGANES CHRISTOPHER WEBER and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — A man opened fire during a lunch reception at…

Prineville woman, alleged meth and fentanyl trafficker, stopped and arrested at Madras truck stop

May 14, 2022 4:18 pm KTVZ News Partners

A Prineville woman accused of importing fentanyl and methamphetamine from the Portland area and distributing it in Crook County was stopped and…

Wanted Bend man arrested at storage unit; detectives seize 2 lbs. of methamphetamine, hash oil lab

May 13, 2022 4:10 pm KTVZ News Partners

A Bend man wanted on a parole violation warrant was arrested Thursday while parked at his storage unit, and a raid turned up more than two pounds of…

NE Redmond residents unnerved by late-night alert of ‘armed, dangerous’ fugitive still on the loose

May 12, 2022 11:58 am KTVZ, Barney Lerten

About 2,000 northeast Redmond residents got an emergency alert late Wednesday night that police were searching for a fugitive who ran from a traffic…

Police: Cartels in Oregon are morphing their pot-growing operations

May 12, 2022 4:29 pm The Associated Press

Foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms in Oregon last year are adapting as pressure on them begins to mount, law…

Judge permanently blocks ban on homebuyer ‘love letters,’ as sought by Bend real estate group

May 11, 2022 10:15 pm The Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Prospective homebuyers in Oregon can continue to send “love letters” to people selling homes. U.S. District Judge Marco…

Judge permanently blocks ban on homebuyer ‘love letters’

May 11, 2022 4:13 pm Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Prospective homebuyers in Oregon can continue to send “love letters” to people selling homes. U.S. District Judge Marco…

Portland man gets 18-month federal prison term for bank fraud scheme involving NE Bend property

May 10, 2022 3:47 pm KTVZ News Partners

A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday for using a Bend residential property he did not own as collateral to obtain a bank loan worth…