A Bend woman allegedly fired about 15 gunshots at a relative’s unoccupied northeast Bend home early Wednesday morning, hitting it several times, then returned to her southwest Bend home, triggering a 3-hour standoff with police and the SWAT team until a phone negotiator convinced her to surrender.
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The Klamath County Sheriff’s Office raided and destroyed a 20-greenhouse illegal marijuana grow site west of Sprague River on Tuesday, arresting three people as several others ran into the woods.
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle man charged with felony stalking for allegedly standing outside U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s home and yelling expletives while armed with a pistol has pleaded not guilty. King County Superior Court judge on Tuesday set Brett Forsell’s bail at $150,000 during Forsell’s arraignment hearing, KING-TV reported. The King County Prosecutor’s Office
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Bend RV dealer employees spotted a man and woman sought by Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies in a recent rash of thefts from parked vehicles at trailheads and day-use areas, leading to the arrest of two Washington state residents, one a fugitive, and recovery of stolen items, guns and body armor.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A proposed set of conduct and discipline standards applicable to all law enforcement agencies in Oregon were published Monday. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports in several instances, the commission charged with establishing the new rules left room for officers found to have committed serious, often illegal offenses to keep their jobs. For
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Months of reports from community members about possible drug activity at a southeast Bend home across the street from an elementary school led to the arrest of two men Saturday and a SWAT team raid on a nearby home Monday where two people were arrested and a third was cited. Another suspect is being sought, police said.
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Several gunshots were fired early Saturday morning in a southwest Redmond neighborhood and one resident reported finding several bullet holes in their house, police said.
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office released several photos Friday in hopes the public can help them find a man and woman who recently stole items from vehicles parked at trailheads and day use areas around the county, then used the credit and debit cards to buy gift cards at the Bend Walmart.
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Help is on the way — lots of it — for Oregonians with substance abuse issues. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Friday that Oregon received the first round of payments from an historic $21 billion settlement with the three largest distributors of opioids — Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen.
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A man who allegedly tried to shoot eight people with a stolen rifle – including Sheriff Jason Pollock — while on the run from the Jefferson County Fair and was shot by police last week was arraigned Thursday on a 13-count indictment, including three counts of attempted aggravated murder.
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(Update: Adding video, comments from Detective Sergeant) Fentanyl cases are being coined as a modern day Russian roulette BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The issues of deadly fentanyl pouring over the mountains and the High Desert are on the rise, as evident from recent arrests of traffickers returning from the Portland area with the fake pills
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Redmond police are seeking the public’s help in finding the driver of an SUV that hit a pickup truck at the Redmond Skate Park Wednesday afternoon, then left without exchanging information.
Continue ReadingTIGARD, Ore. (AP) — The City of Tigard, Oregon, will pay $3.8 million to the mother of 26-year-old Jacob Macduff, who was fatally shot by Tigard police while experiencing a mental health crisis outside of his apartment complex in January 2021. As part of the wrongful death settlement agreement, the city agreed to undergo an
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A Redmond man allegedly returning from Portland with fentanyl pills in his possession was arrested Wednesday as the car he rode in arrived back in Redmond, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
Continue ReadingSix law enforcement agencies across Deschutes County issued a total of 172 citations — mostly for speeding — over a three-day period earlier this month as part of a multijurisdictional traffic safety detail focused on the region’s highways, officials said Wednesday.
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Deschutes County will be debuting security videos in the next week, ahead of the Deschutes County Fair.
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man who reportedly ignited wildfires in a remote, forested corner of Oregon was apprehended by three local residents and tied to a tree until police arrived, a sheriff said Tuesday. Federal, state and county authorities responded to a radio call Monday from a U.S. Bureau
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A 29-year-old man who was shot and wounded by police after he allegedly stole a rifle at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds and aimed it at several people on the run has been released
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A now-retired Portland, Oregon, police officer has pleaded guilty to official misconduct and assault related to an incident during a protest against police brutality. Scott Groshong, 52, pleaded guilty on Monday and was sentenced to three years of probation and 80 hours of community service, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt
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A psychiatric evaluation of a Redmond man accused of killing a Cloverdale woman earlier this year has found he is unable to aid and assist in his own defense, Alexander Mark Smith’s defense attorney said in court Monday, but prosecutors said they are working to secure their own evaluation.
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