A Crook County sheriff’s deputy reportedly shot and killed a person in the Juniper Canyon area south of Prineville Friday afternoon. Sheriff John Gautney released limited details Saturday, including that the deputy has been placed on leave as Oregon State Police and the district attorney’s office lead the resulting investigation.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The traditional parking boot is getting the “boot”. The city of Bend has implemented a new tool to enforce parking ticket payments. If you have several outstanding parking tickets, you might see a big yellow block stuck on your windshield. It’s called the Barnacle, and replaces a typical parking “boot.” attached to wheels The idea is to immobilize a vehicle in a more user-friendly way.
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A second straight day of phone messages threatening staff and students at Powell Butte Community Charter School Thursday led Crook County Sheriff’s Office investigators to a seventh-grade boy who was arrested, officials said.
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Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Thursday his investigation found no misconduct by a sheriff’s deputy who pursued a suspected DUII driver near Alfalfa who was speeding and weaving into oncoming traffic before she crashed into a rock embankment and died earlier this week.
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A DUII driver from Redmond crashed into and toppled a power pole on the Bend Parkway Wednesday night, knocking out power to about 1,100 Pacific Power customers in the area and leading to his arrest on several charges, police said.
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A suspected cocaine trafficker from Bend was pulled over and arrested on US Highway 20 in Sisters Wednesday evening, concluding a long-term investigation and turning up cocaine and MDMA (Ecstasy) in his car, drug agents said.
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Powell Butte Community Charter School canceled classes and closed the campus Wednesday after receiving violent threats by voicemail and text message, as an investigation began, involving the FBI, to find the culprit. Classes are expected to resume Thursday, with an added police presence.
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A standoff with an apparently suicidal man in a car with a gun closed a 40-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 26 between Madras and Warm Springs for about six hours Wednesday, ending when a tactical team used a flash-bang device to get the Warm Springs man out of the car and into custody, Jefferson County Sheriff Marc Heckathorn said.
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A Bend woman, apparently fleeing an attempted traffic stop for possibly impaired driving by a Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy, prompting a pursuit, was killed Monday night in a rollover crash north of Alfalfa, Oregon State Police reported Tuesday.
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Seven years after Oregon voters legalized the regulated production and use of recreational marijuana, the state Legislature is set to consider a raft of measures to crack down on an explosion of illegal pot farms.
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Last week, the United States and international partners recognized Data Privacy Week. This week, we continue education efforts with an FBI Oregon Tech Tuesday report on protecting your personal information.
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A Deschutes County prosecutor has made his case against a defense attorney’s request to have defendant Ian Cranston released on bail pending his November murder trial, presenting a timeline of the fateful night’s events and arguing he was motivated not by self-defense but by “anger, hate and frustration” with Barry Washington Jr.’s behavior.
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A sheriff’s deputy who responded to a call about a robbery suspect at a southwest Washington home mistakenly shot and killed the homeowner — an off-duty police officer who was trying to detain the man.
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A home-invasion robbery suspect was shot and wounded by a Rainier homeowner in an exchange of gunfire early Sunday morning, but the homeowner was unhurt, Oregon State Police reported.
Continue Reading An off-duty Vancouver police officer was shot and killed at his home on Saturday, reportedly by a Clark County sheriff’s deputy, as the officer scuffled with an armed robbery suspect who broke into his home.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man died after being shot in Portland on Sunday amid a surge in gun violence. The man’s body was found after police responded to a report of shots heard in the Hazelwood neighborhood. In the 24 hours between Thursday and Friday afternoons, there were seven reported shootings in
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office has posted a 1-hour, 22-minute video of Sheriff Shane Nelson’s talk with the People’s Rights organization earlier this month that drew attention and some criticism, and was closed to most media.
Continue ReadingBy CONNOR MCCARTHY Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A business owner in northeast Portland is joining a long list of business owners fed up with crime in the city and demanding change. Lonnie Thompson owns Carolina Kustoms on Northeast Columbia Boulevard. Shortly after midnight Friday, he said three people
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Following a “concerning surge” in shootings in Portland, police say that they are “deploying additional resources” this weekend.
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More than 200 pieces of mail stolen in a recent burglary at the Powell Butte post office were found dumped in a rural area off state Highway 58 just east of Oakridge, Crook County sheriff’s deputies say.
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