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, the second time taken to jail, and a Portland-area man also charged with felony hit-and-run in an injury crash.
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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 by a federal judge, due to a lawsuit filed on behalf of Bend’s Total Real Estate Group.
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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 identification documents from more than 100 people in and around Portland.
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A Prineville man has received a two-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to criminally negligent homicide for selling a counterfeit Percocet containing fentanyl to a 22-year-old woman who fatally overdosed in January, leaving behind a 3-year-old son.
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Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum thanked the Oregon Legislature Monday for making a significant investment in community violence prevention work throughout the state.
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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 rifle, police said.
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While the case of a brutally beaten Madras boy has prompted years of legislative efforts to increase the sentences of criminals who leave victims with life-long injuries, it’s also prompted another court case that could have a major impact on mandatory reporters of child abuse.
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Arizona jurors have convicted a Terrebonne, Oregon man of second-degree murder and other charges stemming from the disappearance of a mining claim partner whose body was found buried in the desert a decade later.
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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 truck Thursday evening but was found and arrested by officers, helped by a K-9 team and police airplane.
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A coordinated law enforcement operation this week targeting four drug traffickers operating in the Portland area led to the seizure of about 150,000 counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and 20 pounds of suspected bulk fentanyl, the largest single fentanyl seizure in Oregon state history, with an estimated street value of about $4 million.
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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 paying off.
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Thursday a major settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family that will deliver up to $6 billion nationally for their role in the opioid epidemic. Oregon will receive up to $97 million in the settlement, all of which will be used for opioid treatment and prevention.
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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 laws on the subject — aims to answer those questions and reduce confusion about the topic.
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In the past week, four cars were left damaged after several hit-and-run crashes on Portland Avenue.
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An 18-year-old Madras resident was arrested late Tuesday on attempted murder and other charges in an alleged drive-by shooting that the victim is expected to survive, police said.
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A missing 64-year-old La Pine man has been located and reunited with his family, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday.
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This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against student loan repayment scams.
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A pickup truck stolen from Knife River in Deschutes County Monday morning was spotted in Madras by a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy. Deputies followed it until Warm Springs tribal police flattened both front tires with spike strips and the alleged drugged driver, a Bend man, was arrested after a short foot chase.
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Albany police said Sunday they are seeking the missing car of a 75-year-old male homicide victim and also looking for his 42-year-old female roommate for questioning.
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A person was fatally shot in the parking lot of a northeast Portland apartment complex early Sunday morning, the second apparent homicide in the city in less than 10 hours, police said.
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