Redmond resident Alexander Smith, 22, made his first court appearance Monday afternoon, with his lawyers waiving any formal reading of the second-degree murder and other charges until his arraignment in a week on an expected grand jury indictment.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — President Joe Biden has nominated Natalie K. Wight to serve as U.S. Attorney for Oregon. Wight has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for Oregon since 2012. She previously worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Northern California and as an attorney at the Federal Bureau of Prisons from 2003 to
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Bend Police said Monday they have seen a recent uptick in excessive speeds and dangerous driving on the Bend Parkway, and as a result will be conducting a targeted safety detail, beginning Tuesday and running through June 20.
Continue ReadingBREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — Three people have been arrested in connection with the quadruple murder five years ago of a prominent family that owned a restaurant in Bremerton, Washington, authorities said Monday. The Kitsap County Sheriff’s office said a 43-year-old man and a 49-year-old man, both from Bremerton, and a 50-year-old Gig Harbor man face
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As the community awaits more details about a Cloverdale woman’s killing, a family member of the 22-year-old Redmond man charged with murder in the death of Tina Klein-Lewis reached out to talk with NewsChannel 21 Sunday about Alex Smith’s mental health challenges, and the family’s struggle to get him help.
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A 48-year-old Bend man was arrested early Sunday morning on assault and other charges in the shooting of a woman at a home on the north end of the city, police said.
Continue ReadingYAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Wapato man to nearly five years in prison for a 2019 driving under the influence crash that killed four citizens of the Yakama Nation. Leland James Finley, 28, had pleaded guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of assault resulting in serious
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Twelve years ago on Saturday, 7-year-old Kyron Horman disappeared from Skyline Elementary School on the far northwest side of Portland. Despite major search efforts at the time and sporadic updates in the case since, his fate remains a mystery, KGW reports.
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A 22-year-old Redmond man who asked a Sisters-area property owner to call for paramedics Friday afternoon was arrested on second-degree murder and other charges in the killing earlier this week of a 55-year-old Cloverdale woman on her property, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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A call for help from an alleged assault victim who said her boyfriend had held her against her will for two days brought numerous police, including armored vehicles and a drone, to a southwest Bend neighborhood Thursday afternoon, and after about three hours, the pair left and the suspect was arrested in a traffic stop.
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A federal district court issued an order on May 17 requiring Waibel Ranches to allow the public and the government the use of Teaters Road, the Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday. The BLM’s Prineville District said it “is pleased to announce that the gates blocking Teaters Road were opened on Wednesday, June 1st, and will remain open, in line with the federal court’s order.”
Continue Reading Bend police sought information from the public Wednesday to help find a suspect in a hit-and-run crash in northeast Bend late Tuesday afternoon that injured a 15-year-old e-bike rider.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge has ordered a Portland, Oregon, man accused of three shooting deaths this year be committed to the state hospital for mental health treatment after finding he is unable to help in his own defense. Joseph Banks was living in a Portland group home for adults with mental illness when
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Police arrested a 38-year-old Bend man Wednesday as they investigate a reckless burning incident outside a northeast Bend home, as well as a report of a person siphoning gas from a vehicle.
Continue ReadingRENO, Nev. (AP) — A 27-year-old Oregon man who initially identified himself as a movie character portraying a Batman villain has been sentenced to up to life in prison for a fatal shooting during a Zombie Crawl in Reno. Juan Hernandez was convicted earlier of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon in the October 2019
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The Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division said Tuesday that a 16-year-old who went missing from foster care in Bend on Friday, for the second time in two weeks, has again been located.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. Today – Have you gotten a text from your own cell number? Don’t fall for it, it’s a scam. Scammers spoof the caller ID to look like they are texting you from your own number. It’s bound to get your attention and might
Continue ReadingCNN By Travis Caldwell, CNN As a gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and started firing, one student said his wounded teacher texted 911 for help. Daniel, 9, alongside his mother, Briana Ruiz, told CNN the gunman fired several shots into his classroom after being unable to enter. The door had been locked
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Security video helped Redmond police find a suspect in Sunday’s theft of items from a pickup truck parked at Wilco Farm Stores, who minutes later allegedly shoplifted items at a Lowe’s Home improvement store and fled to a nearby apartment, prompting a nearly 5-hour standoff and his eventual surrender.
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A 21-year-old La Pine man faces drunken driving, assault and reckless endangering charges in a four-vehicle rear-end crash Friday afternoon on the Bend Parkway that sent two people to St. Charles with serious injuries, police said.
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