Man struck, killed by Portland light rail train
Police say a man has been struck and killed by a light rail train in Portland.
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Video: Oregon lawmaker coached residents to breach state Capitol
An Oregon lawmaker charged with misconduct and criminal trespass after he let far-right rioters into the state Capitol appears to have told people in a video days beforehand that he would let them into the building if they texted him.
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NE Bend manhunt fails to find food truck robber, prompts lockout of 2 nearby schools
A wide-ranging police manhunt failed to find a man who staged a strong-armed robbery of a northeast Bend food truck Friday afternoon, officers said. The crime and search led to the precautionary lockout of two nearby schools.
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Panel: Oregon lawmaker accused of harassment must get coaching, training
The conduct committee of the Oregon House unanimously decided Friday that a state representative who sent inappropriate texts to a fellow lawmaker must attend coaching and training.
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DA Hummel launching pre-charge diversion pilot program for young first-time offenders
Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel announced Thursday that his office will officially launch the Deschutes County Emerging Adult Pilot Program on July 1, a pre-charge diversion program for young adults that he said “will provide first-time offenders between the ages of 18-24 the opportunity to redirect their lives onto a more positive pathway.”
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Madras man jailed on charges of luring teen online; authorities want to hear about other contacts
A 49-year-old Madras man who is a registered sex offender was arrested Wednesday night after he allegedly tried to lure a 15-year-old girl online for sex near a public park, Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies said. They are seeking to hear about any other contacts with children he might have made.
Continue ReadingNE Bend homeless camp resident arrested in BB gun shooting
A resident of a northeast Bend homeless camp was arrested on assault and other charges after using a BB gun to shoot a fellow resident several times, as well as another man near a convenience store, police said Thursday.
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Keys left on table lead to pickup theft at NE Bend pizza parlor; Portland-area pair arrested
Surveillance video and a stolen credit card purchase led Bend police to a Clackamas County pair who were arrested, accused of stealing a pickup truck from a Keizer woman who’d left her keys on a table at a Bend pizza parlor Wednesday night, police said.
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Merkley, colleagues introduce legislation to prevent child abuse, neglect in Indian Country
Sen. Jeff Merkley, along with a bipartisan group of seven senators, have introduced the American Indian and Alaska Native Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, legislation to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to help provide tribal nations with resources to combat child abuse and neglect.
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Interior Department OKs building a new Warm Springs jail; current jail closed for past year
A year after the Warm Springs Tribal Police Department’s roughly half-century-old jail was closed, amid COVID and other issues, the U.S. Interior Department has approved construction of a new facility, Police Chief Bill Elliott said Tuesday.
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Bill to make displaying noose a crime of intimidation passes Oregon House, heads to governor
The Oregon House on Tuesday passed and sent to the governor’s desk Senate Bill 398 A, which makes it a Class A misdemeanor or crime of intimidation to display a noose, with a punishment of 364 days imprisonment of $6250 fine, or both.
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Bend man’s alleged two-county crime spree ends in stolen pickup crash, arrest
A Bend man was arrested on numerous charges Saturday after a crime spree that allegedly began in Bend, continued to Redmond and ended in Crook County, leaving behind a trail of theft and damage, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said.
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Michigan woman injured in Crook County dirt bike crash, cited on DUII charge
A Michigan woman injured in a Crook County dirt bike crash on Saturday was cited on a drunken driving charge after being taken to St. Charles Prineville, sheriff’s deputies said.
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Redmond man arrested in NE Bend DUII crash into 5 parked cars
A 24-year-old Redmond man faces drunken and reckless driving and hit-and-run charges after he allegedly crashed into five cars parked along Northeast Boyd Acres Road on Friday night and failed to stop at the scene, police said.
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Bend Police adding second officer to DUII/aggressive driving enforcement team
Over the last four years, community members have ranked traffic safety and enforcement consistently high in the bi-annual Bend Police Department survey, an officer said Friday in an update on a new enforcement team’s efforts.
Continue Reading Gov. Brown vetoes motorcycle ‘lane splitting’ bill
Oregon lawmakers recently passed a bill that would allow motorcyclists to drive between slowed or stopped traffic. But Gov. Kate Brown this week vetoed the measure, citing public safety concerns.
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Unlicensed contractor arrested in Bend on theft by fraud charge; detectives seek other scam victims
An unlicensed contractor from California was arrested in Bend on a Crook County charge of theft by deception or fraud this week. Deschutes County sheriff’s detectives said Thursday they believe there have been other victims of his scam around Central Oregon and want to hear from them.
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Update: Redmond man arrested in weekend Bend stabbing that sent 2 to hospital
A 21-year-old Redmond man turned himself in to Bend police late Thursday afternoon, hours after officers said he was being sought as a suspect in the weekend stabbing of two Bend brothers at a northeast Bend apartment complex that sent both to the hospital, police said.
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Metolius man jailed on attempted murder charge, accused of firing gunshots at Madras home
A 38-year-old Metolius man was arrested on attempted murder and other charges by the Central Oregon Emergency Response Team as he left his home on Wednesday, accused of firing at least two gunshots toward a Madras home a day earlier, police said.
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Washington state attorney general charges three officers in 2020 death of Manuel Ellis
Washington state’s attorney general on Thursday filed felony charges against three police officers in connection with the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died in March 2020 in the custody of the Tacoma Police Department. Officers Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins have been charged with second-degree murder and Timothy Rankine is charged with
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