Gresham police seek accomplice on the run in execution-style killing of Bend man
Police are searching for a 26-year-old Gresham woman for her alleged involvement in the execution-style killing of a Bend man last September.
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Redmond man arrested in Terrebonne after brief pursuit
A Redmond man led Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies on a brief pursuit on Highway 97 late Monday night and kept going after hitting spike strips, but his pickup truck was found abandoned, then the driver was located and arrested while walking in Terrebonne, deputies said.
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Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: Building a digital defense against ‘SMiShing’
This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against SMiShing.
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Bend PD: Second Street homeless camp meets criteria for ‘unsafe campsite,’ possible clearing
Over 260 police calls to the area of a homeless camp along Northeast Second Street over the past three months are one of more than a dozen measurements of “highest community safety concern” that prompted Police Chief Mike Krantz to say the area meets the conditions of an “unsafe campsite,” which could lead to its removal.
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Bend man gets 90-day jail term, 3 years probation after bias crime conviction
A Deschutes County jury on Friday convicted a 50-year-old Bend man of bias crime and harassment charges in an October 2019 attack on two people at Maverick’s Bar, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said.
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Madras police release video, seek tips from public to catch three-time burglar of home
Madras police turned to the public Monday in hopes release of a security video can help identify and find a suspect in three burglaries at the same southwest Madras home since late December in which more than $13,000 worth of property was taken.
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Bend 18-year-old arrested, 90 minutes after jewelry theft from pawnbroker
An 18-year-old Bend resident who stole over $10,000 worth of jewelry from a northeast Bend pawnbroker Saturday afternoon was found and arrested about 90 minutes later in the southwest part of the city, wearing some of the jewelry, police said.
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SE Bend couple arrested in drug raid; fentanyl hidden in peanut butter; fake check scam busted
Drug agents and a SWAT team used two “flash-bang” devices to disorient and arrest an alleged drug-trafficking couple as they arrived at their southeast Bend home Friday morning – one carrying a grocery bag of drugs wrapped in peanut butter, likely to avoid detection by drug-sniffing dogs, officials said.
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OSP trooper stopped, arrested on DUII charge in downtown Bend
Bend police stopped and arrested an Oregon State Police trooper on a DUII charge in downtown Bend late Thursday night.
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Arson suspect arrested after several fires set on Deschutes River Woods property
A suspect in several fires set on a Deschutes River Woods property Tuesday night that damaged a detached garage and motor home has been arrested on a first-degree arson charge, and court records show he lived at the address.
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Crooked River Ranch man jailed, arraigned on 37 child sex abuse counts
A 66-year-old Crooked River Ranch resident was arrested in a raid on his home Tuesday and was arraigned Wednesday on 37 counts of child sex abuse, concluding an eight-month investigation, and a judge set his bail at $1 million.
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Judge restores protections for gray wolves across much of US
A judge restored federal protections for gray wolves across much of the U.S. on Thursday after they were removed in the waning days of the Trump administration.
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‘Soul-crushing’: Car theft leaves Bend comedian, delivery driver searching for answers
Alone in a McDonald’s parking lot, Zachary Derreberry watched his car drive away with his future.
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Wyden, colleagues urge President Biden to step up efforts to demilitarize police
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined nine colleagues Wednesday in calling on President Biden to step up efforts to demilitarize the police.
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Consultant urges numerous changes to improve COCC Campus Public Safety operations
Nearly six years after the brutal murder of Central Oregon Community College student Kaylee Sawyer by a campus security officer, a consultant this week submitted recommendations for numerous changes to the Campus Public Safety Department, to reaffirm its role of providing safety and security — not law enforcement — at the school.
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Still searching for answers: Five ‘cold cases’ being investigated in Deschutes County
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is hoping for more advances in technology and help from the public to solve five open “cold cases” in Deschutes County.
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Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: Building a digital defense against broken hearts — or wallets
This week, the Oregon FBI’s timely pre-Valentine’s Day Tech Tuesday segment focuses on romance scam, and building a digital defense against broken hearts (or wallets).
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Portland-area man sentenced to 8-plus years in federal prison for sex trafficking woman to Bend
A Multnomah County man was sentenced to more than 8 1/2 years in federal prison Monday for transporting an adult victim from California to Bend and selling access to her for sex.
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Judge denies Ian Cranston release on bail; dramatic Barry Washington shooting video played in court
After dramatic videos of Ian Cranston’s fatal shooting of Barry Washington Jr. on a downtown street corner, and what led up to it, were played in court by a defense lawyer Monday afternoon, a Deschutes County judge rejected a defense attorney’s request that Cranston be released on bail pending his November murder trial.
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Prineville woman talks of being on phone with ‘best friend,’ hearing his deadly encounter with deputy
Prineville resident Jennifer Hill says Nicholas Rodin “was my best friend for 20 years now” – but she also knew he was wanted on an arrest warrant. So when she heard his name on her police scanner Friday afternoon, she called to warn him – and ended up listening in on his fateful, fatal encounter with a Crook County sheriff’s deputy.
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