IRS Criminal Investigation offers 10 tips to avoid tax season fraud
Each year, taxpayers’ personal information is compromised through phishing scams or by unscrupulous tax preparers. With tax season having kicked…
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Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: Building a digital defense against unwanted cookies
This week marks Data Privacy Week – a national and international effort to teach consumers and businesses how to better manage personal…
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Bend police K-9 helps officers find burglary suspect hiding in Les Schwab tire store bathroom
A burglary suspect seen entering a worker’s car at the Les Schwab Tire Center on South Highway 97 Saturday evening was arrested by officers who…
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Police stop 7 drivers, issue tickets in impromptu traffic detail on Third Street, Bend Parkway
An “impromptu traffic safety enforcement detail” Sunday morning on Northeast Third Street and the Bend Parkway near Empire Avenue led to seven…
Continue Reading‘It’s a disturbing trend.’ Cities see large increases in carjackings during pandemic
By Peter Nickeas and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Carjackings have risen dramatically over the past two years in some of America’s biggest cities.…
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Eastern Oregon poachers kill 2 pronghorn antelope, leave 2 others mortally wounded in ‘thrill kill’
Poachers left two pronghorn antelope dead and two more to suffer on the night of Jan. 16 in a “thrill kill” near the Eastern Oregon town of Crane,…
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Report: Oregon has far too few public defenders
Oregon has only roughly one-third of the public defense attorneys it needs to provide reasonably effective assistance to low-income defendants, a…
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Madras fugitive flees deputy, prompting pursuit, hours-long manhunt, arrest
A suspicious man who turned out to be a fugitive with a felony arrest warrant sped away from a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy late Thursday…
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Lawsuit claims Gov. Brown illegally commuted prison sentences
Two Oregon district attorneys and the relatives of three homicide victims have filed a lawsuit accusing Gov. Kate Brown of unlawfully freeing nearly…
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Powell Butte post office burglarized, offers limited services
The Powell Butte post office is usually a fairly quiet one, only serving a few thousand people. But this week the typically tranquil location…
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Former Bend attorney, Deschutes County judge Roger DeHoog appointed to Oregon Supreme Court
Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday that she will appoint former Bend attorney and Deschutes County judge and current Oregon Court of Appeals Judge…
Continue Reading DCSO K-9 finds burglary suspect hiding in attic of NW Bend home, ending 5-hour standoff
Police responded to a report of a burglary in progress at a home in the Drake Park neighborhood Monday morning and found an intruder who barricaded…
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Police identify 6 people shot outside Eugene concert; all stable or out of hospital
Police have identified six people who were shot outside a concert Friday in Eugene, and confirmed they are all either in stable condition or out of…
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Bend liquor sellers note rise in alcohol thefts during the holidays, winter
Theft is a growing concern in Bend and elsewhere on the High Desert and has been reported frequently, from the disappearance of mail packages caught…
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Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: A digital defense for safe video chats
This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense with video communication…
Continue ReadingWhat it was like inside the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue during the 11-hour hostage standoff
By Eric Levenson, CNN It started like most any Saturday for members of Congregation Beth Israel. Families of the Reform Jewish synagogue just outside…
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Missing Bend teen found unharmed, reunited with family
A 16-year-old Bend girl reported missing by her family on Thursday, sparking a wide-ranging search and public plea for assistance, has been found and…
Continue Reading 6 people shot outside Eugene concert, 1 critical; no arrests, police seek tips, witnesses
Police in Eugene set up a tip line Saturday and asked for witnesses to come forward with any information about a shooting that injured six people…
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2021 was a record year for homicides in Portland
In 2021, Portland recorded 90 homicides amid a surge in gun violence, shattering the city’s previous high of 66 set more than three decades…
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Redmond man arrested, faces two counts of attempted murder in SW Redmond shooting
A 45-year-old Redmond man was arrested early Friday at a Bend motel and faces two counts of attempted murder and other charges in a shooting Thursday…
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