Bend stabbing suspect bitten by police K-9 during arrest
(Update: Suspect charged; adding name, arraignment) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend man was arrested Tuesday with the help of a police K-9 and faces…
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‘Alarming’: Oregon’s cyber tips of online child solicitation, ‘sextortion’ soar 857% over the past four years
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — There’s an alarming trend in Oregon and every state in the country: Children are being extorted on social media, with…
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Bend PD, CERT arrest 4 suspects in nearly 40 Oregon home burglaries targeting affluent Asian-Americans
Investigators believe the same group of four suspects arrested last week in a raid at a home south of Sunriver are connected to at least 39 home…
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Tumalo assault suspect faces 3 charges after 3-mile barefoot run in the snow prompted major manhunt, area alert
A Tumalo domestic assault suspect who ran barefoot for three miles, sparking a large manhunt and warning to hundreds of residents to lock their…
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Owners of Taj Palace robbed at gunpoint in SE Bend home
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– According to the police report, on January 10th two armed men entered the home and held the owners at gunpoint. The suspects…
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Bend man arrested on methamphetamine possession charge; drug found in car
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend man was arrested Wednesday after drug agents with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team and Bend Police found…
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Crook, Jefferson County judges join in Valentine’s Day ‘Cupid Dockets’ for special wedding ceremonies
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Inspired by Circuit Judge Raymond Crutchley’s announcement and Deschutes County’s Cupid Docket, Crook and Jefferson…
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Seattle judge is second to indefinitely block Trump’s birthright citizenship order
By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard SEATTLE (KTVZ) — A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday indefinitely blocked President Donald…
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Bend Police invite public to join in new ‘Connect Bend’ registry of security cameras, help keep community safe
– The Bend Police Department announced Thursday the launch of CONNECT BEND, a community camera registry designed to leverage existing privately owned…
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Bend man arrested at Redmond shelter in stabbing of customer at 7-Eleven
A 20-year-old Bend man was arrested at a Redmond homeless shelter Wednesday afternoon, about 90 minutes after a customer was stabbed at a nearby…
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Madras Police Department issues statement on immigration enforcement, says state law doesn’t allow involvement
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — With recent national attention on immigration enforcement, the Madras Police Department issued a statement Wednesday, saying…
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Bend man admits to sharing child sex material online from day care, faces 7-year prison sentence in plea deal
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A man who was living at a northeast Bend day care facility when he was arrested last year, accused of distributing child sex…
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Bend Police community survey finds more than 1 in 5 feel less safe than a year ago; homelessness still key issue
A sizable majority of Bend residents say they still trust Bend Police, though more than 1 in 5 survey respondents said they feel less safe than they…
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Judge reschedules Bend murder suspect Caleb Cegers’ trial for next January
The trial of a downtown Bend murder suspect, originally set for last month, was rescheduled on Monday to take place next January, despite the…
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Redmond man charged with hit-and-run, reckless driving for crashing dump truck into dental office
A Redmond man was located and cited by police on hit-and-run and reckless driving charges in the Sunday crash of a dump truck into a southwest…
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Deschutes County commissioners OK courthouse expansion budget hike after Patti Adair voices deep frustration
Deschutes County commissioners this week approved a $2.9 million increase in the county courthouse expansion project’s budget, pushing the total to…
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Investigators say shooting at NW Redmond home was an attempted murder/suicide
(Update: Added video) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Police have released the tragic details of an incident that brought numerous police to a northwest…
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Redmond 18-year-old arrested on arson charge, accused of setting blaze that destroyed RV after family dispute
(Update: Added video) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – An 18-year-old Redmond resident was arrested Thursday on an arson charge, accused of setting a fire…
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La Pine-area man held on $1 million bail, accused of sharing child sexual abuse images online, some of local 16-year-old
Bail has been set at $1 million for a La Pine man facing 20 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse, a year after a cyber-tip to Deschutes County…
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KTVZ News confirms ICE agents in Bend; family of detainee speaks out
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Rumors on social media caused confusion and chaos earlier this week that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were…
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