20 community members sworn in as CASA volunteers to support C.O. children in foster care
Local children in foster care now have 20 more CASA volunteers advocating for them. The community volunteers were sworn-in this week as Court…
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Bend police arrest pickup theft suspect after worker spots, reports broken window
A northeast Bend worker spotted a pickup truck with a driver’s-side window broken out Wednesday morning and contacted police, who learned it had…
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Bend man charged with threatening grocery employees with knife
A Bend man who had been “trespassed” from the Third Street Safeway, meaning he was not allowed there, threatened three workers with a knife early…
Continue ReadingEugene man sentenced to life for killing grandmother
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A Eugene man who pleaded guilty to beating his grandmother to death in Creswell has been sentenced to life in prison without…
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Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: Building a digital defense against SIM swaps
This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against SIM…
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OSP trooper accused of racial discrimination in lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Oregon State Police and Trooper Travis Peterson, accusing them of racial…
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Bend PD make 5 DUII arrests in 6 hours; one man twice, another also on hit-and-run, assault charges
Bend police made five DUII arrests in less than six hours Sunday night and early Monday, including a Bend man arrested twice in three hours for DUII,…
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Bend real estate group’s lawsuit prompts federal judge to block Oregon’s new ‘love letter’ ban
A new state law banning the use of real estate ‘love letters’ by prospective home buyers seeking to stand out from the crowd has been put on hold…
Continue Reading Gresham man, arrested in Bend, sentenced to 6 years in federal prison for ID theft scheme
A Gresham man arrested in Bend in the fall of 2019 was sentenced Monday to more than six years in federal prison for stealing financial and…
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Prineville man gets 2 years in prison for selling woman pill laced with fentanyl, leading to fatal overdose
A Prineville man has received a two-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to criminally negligent homicide for selling a counterfeit Percocet…
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Oregon AG Rosenblum thanks lawmakers for funding community violence prevention programs
Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum thanked the Oregon Legislature Monday for making a significant investment in community violence prevention work…
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Police: Man killed after ramming Seattle federal building
A man was shot and killed by police officers Saturday night after ramming his car into a federal building in downtown Seattle and reportedly firing a…
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Madras boy’s beating prompts court case that could allow lawsuits against mandatory abuse reporters
While the case of a brutally beaten Madras boy has prompted years of legislative efforts to increase the sentences of criminals who leave victims…
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Terrebonne man convicted of 2007 Arizona murder of mine claim partner
Arizona jurors have convicted a Terrebonne, Oregon man of second-degree murder and other charges stemming from the disappearance of a mining claim…
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Portland police aided by K-9, plane arrest fleeing suspect in Bend man’s execution-style killing
A Gresham woman wanted for her alleged role in the execution-style killing of a Bend man last fall tried to flee Portland police in a stolen pickup…
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Four Portland-area drug traffickers arrested in largest fentanyl seizure in Oregon history
A coordinated law enforcement operation this week targeting four drug traffickers operating in the Portland area led to the seizure of about 150,000…
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit keeps trained for ‘paw patrol’ duties
Search-and-sniff activities are saving lives. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit stages monthly training for its K-9s, and it’s…
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Oregon secures $426 million in two historic opioid settlements
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Thursday a major settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family that will deliver up to $6…
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Cannafacts: New Deschutes County website lays out what’s legal marijuana, and what’s not
What’s legal, when it comes to marijuana in Deschutes County, and what’s not? A new website — from the people who enforce the sometimes confusing…
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Bend woman says four cars damaged in hit-and-run crashes on Portland Avenue
In the past week, four cars were left damaged after several hit-and-run crashes on Portland…
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