BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Cybercrimes like phishing, extortion and personal data breaches are spiking nationwide, with claimed losses totaling more than $16 billion in 2024, reports the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center — a 33% increase from the year before. As part of national Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Central Oregon Community College is hosting a free
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(Update: Adding video) EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Madras man who is a registered sex offender was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Thursday for trying to persuade a purported “child” – actually an undercover Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy – to meet him for sex and to send him sexually explicit material. Ernesto Torres,
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(Update: Adding video) EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Bend man accused of shooting at another man on a busy northeast Bend street over a year ago was sentenced Thursday to nearly seven years in federal prison for being a felon in possession and use of a handgun. Chief Judge Michael McShane sentenced Aaron Brandon Polit,
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Update: Adding video BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County staff warned community members Tuesday of a recent email “phishing” scam and advised everyone to be wary of suspicious emails designed to steal their personal information. “The Community Development Department recently discovered that cybercriminals sent a fake email from a CDD staff member, demanding payment and
Continue ReadingBy Meena Duerson, Meridith Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A former family doctor who has been accused of abuse by more than 160 of his patients surrendered to authorities Friday in Oregon, where he was arraigned on felony sexual abuse charges. David B. Farley turned himself in at the Clackamas County Jail in the early hours
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Relatives of a Troutdale family of four killed by a drugged, sleep-deprived driver in a fiery head-on crash on Highway 97 north of Redmond two years ago have filed a $50 million wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against the driver, his employer and an insurance company.
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By Dareh Gregorian, Gary Grumbach, Selina Guevara, Samira Puskar and Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News NEW YORK (NBC News) — Challenges to President Donald Trump’s efforts to deploy National Guard troops in states that don’t want them were heard in two different courts Thursday, and got two very different receptions. While judges in the cases did not immediately issue rulings, a federal judge
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(Update: Adding video, Warm Springs statement) SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Justice said Wednesday it has concluded that a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy was justified in his use of deadly force last February and acted in self-defense when a man refused repeated commands and approached other deputies with a knife during a
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Salem-area armed robbery suspect arrested last year at Bend’s Cascade Village Shopping Center was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison Wednesday for drug trafficking following a multi-agency investigation led by the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A massive Halloween display in southwest Redmond is missing some key features due to late-night thieves, and the owner is looking for answers, but just wants them returned. Late Monday night, someone took some of the larger inflatables out of the yard on SW 27th Street. The swiped decorations include a
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(Update: Adding video) PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Warm Springs man was sentenced Tuesday to more than 11 years in federal prison for using online social media and messaging platforms to coerce and sexually exploit a 15-year-old minor victim. Leonard Polk, 25, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison and 10 years of supervised
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Several members of a Bend church have become the latest intended targets of a gift-card scam that has been around for years but appears to be getting more sophisticated all the time, sending out emails impersonating the pastor, possibly with the help of artificial intelligence.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem traveled to Portland Tuesday to visit federal immigration facilities amid a continuing court fight over President Trump’s decision to federalize National Guard troops and send them to Portland and other U.S. cities. Asked by KGW’s Kyle Ibosihi at the airport what she hopes to
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — As a member of the Oregon State Bar for over 50 years, David C. Glenn has served as a role model for professionalism within the 22nd Judicial District. Throughout his career, Mr. Glenn has exhibited civil and courteous behavior in court proceedings, shown the utmost respect for his clients, fellow attorneys,
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(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A La Pine-area man accused of hitting his 5-pound Chihuahua with a shovel last spring was back in court Monday, but a ruling on his mental fitness to proceed to trial was delayed yet again. The attorney for John Coe Richardson, 76, said his client has undergone two
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Crook County High School Principal Jake Huffman has agreed to pay a $1,000 fine to settle a state ethics investigation over free use of public facilities, including the gym, for his private for-profit wrestling business. Huffman also recently reimbursed the school district for more than $5,000 in unpaid facilities rental fees,
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By NBC News NEW YORK (NBC News) — A judge on Friday sentenced Sean “Diddy” Combs to 50 months in prison, fined him $500,000 and ordered five years of supervised release on prostitution-related charges. Prosecutors had pushed for more than 11 years, while the defense sought 14 months — which would have equaled time served.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — An Alfalfa-area woman accused of running a puppy mill from her home has surrendered over 40 poodles seized from the property, and the first group of dogs will be up for adoption starting Friday, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Humane Society of Central Oregon said Thursday. On September 5, deputies
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(Update: Adding video) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Redmond police late Wednesday released the identity of a Redmond man whose body was found near Pelton Dam in Jefferson County and said he was the victim of a homicide that occurred in Deschutes County. Here is the news release issued by Redmond Police Lieutenant April Huey: On
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(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The sentencing of a Portland man convicted by a Deschutes County jury of planning a mass shooting at a 2023 Smith Rock climbing event has been delayed three weeks, at the request of his defense attorney. After a three-week trial, a jury took less than three hours last month
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