An argument between two men at a Bend homeless camp turned hostile in unusual fashion Thursday morning when police said a 36-year old man got and pointed his bow and arrow, threatening to kill the other man.
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Bend police officers caught and arrested an Idaho escapee at the Pilot Butte Cemetery Thursday morning after an attempted traffic stop and brief chase on foot.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Documents released by the city of Portland show two more officers with the Portland Police Bureau have been disciplined for leaking information that falsely identified Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty as a suspect in a hit-and-run vehicle crash. Officer Kerri Ottoman was suspended for one day without pay and Officer Ken Le
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Bend’s Eastside Safeway, the scene of a shooting that claimed three lives, including the shooter, on August 28th, is set to reopen at 6 a.m. Wednesday, the store’s online website says.
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People enjoying parks around Bend are now having to put up with an illegal and increasing eyesore — vandalism.
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A 17-year-old Bend male was arrested Thursday on attempted murder, assault and other charges, accused of shooting another 17-year-old male during a fight at a large “rave party” off a Forest Service road west of Bend, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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Bend police said Thursday they made 28 arrests during a four-month operation aimed at combating human trafficking, sex work and luring of minors, with an emphasis on identifying and arresting people who are attempting to meet underage children for sex.
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Bend police have arrested a California man in the recent theft of four catalytic converters and are asking the public for help in identifying the victims so the devices can be returned.
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, Artemis Moshtaghian and Amir Vera, CNN Canadian authorities are searching for two men in connection with a mass stabbing Sunday that left at least 10 dead and 15 injured across multiple crime scenes in Saskatchewan in central Canada. Authorities have identified the two suspects as Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson, and are
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Five days have passed since a gunman opened fire at the Bend Eastside Safeway, killing two men then himself, shaking our small Central Oregon community.
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Cameron Taylor was watching an illegal street race that had attracted hundreds to an intersection in Portland, Oregon, but decided to leave as the crowd got increasingly unruly. Moments later, gunfire erupted and Taylor was hit by a stray bullet as he and a friend headed
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A Deschutes County judge heard arguments and made rulings Thursday on what evidence will or won’t be allowed in the Nov. 1 murder trial of Ian Cranston in the September 2021 fatal shooting of Barry Washington Jr. at a downtown Bend street corner.
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After several theft cases and recent shootings across Central Oregon, the question of security is in heavy focus.
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BEND, Ore. (AP) — A man lauded as a hero for confronting a shooter inside an Oregon grocery store Sunday was convicted of child sex crimes while in the Army decades ago. Donald Surrett, Jr. died while trying to stop 20-year-old Ethan Blair Miller’s shooting rampage. Police said Surrett’s decision cost him his life but
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By ANDREW SELSKY and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — One summer night, Misty Castillo stepped out of her house in Salem, called 911 and asked for the police, saying her son was mentally ill, was assaulting her and her husband and had a knife. “He’s drunk and he’s high and he’s mentally
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With the Safeway shooting on the east side of Bend that claimed the lives of two Central Oregonians Sunday night, one of whom fought heroically to disarm the shooter, questions regarding school safety and security have been raised by community members.
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Days after a tragic shooting at Safeway on Bend’s Eastside in which three people died, including the gunman, community members are searching for answers on how to move forward.
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Sunday night’s Safeway shooting on Bend’s Eastside was a tragedy in which three people died, including the gunman. But the killing of a store employee, hailed as a hero for trying to disarm the shooter, is prompting a strong, supportive response from the community.
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Drug agents raided two illegal marijuana grows north of Woodburn, seizing more than 11,000 marijuana plants and a large amount of harvested marijuana, as well as other drugs, over a dozen guns and numerous stolen vehicles, Oregon State Police said Tuesday. Meanwhile, two more illegal grows were raided in Yamhill County.
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Bend police released new details late Tuesday afternoon on Sunday night’s shooting at the Eastside Safeway, including that more than 100 shots were fired by the gunman and that a heroic store employee went after the shooter with a produce knife to stop him, and was then shot and killed.
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