SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State Police asked for the public’s help late Tuesday in finding whoever has been shooting at several vehicles on Interstate 5 between Roseburg and Grants Pass in recent weeks. In the last several weeks, OSP said it has investigated five vehicles that have been struck by bullets on I-5 between
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday feature focuses on building a digital defense against hiring scam frauds. Millions of people have lost their jobs in the last few months – and if you aren’t one of them, you probably know someone who is. Whether you are just starting out or
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday they are looking for a driver who got out and assaulted a traffic flagger working on a house-moving project east of Bend late Monday night.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams said Monday that a Texas man has been charged with assaulting a U.S. Marshals Service deputy with a construction hammer during weekend protests at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in downtown Portland. Jacob Michael Gaines, 23, a Texas man currently residing in a recreational vehicle
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Two La Pine men were cited Saturday evening on disorderly conduct and other charges after a Bend man taking part in a downtown demonstration exchanged words with a pickup truck passenger, pursued the pickup by bicycle and was struck by the passenger’s opening door, then had a handgun pointed at him by the driver, police said.
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(Adding U.S. attorney’s statement) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service is investigating after a protester was hospitalized in critical condition over the weekend after being hit in the head by a non-lethal round fired by a federal law enforcement officer, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said. In a statement late Sunday, Wheeler said that
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In the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in police custody, the state of Oregon has released the names of over 1,700 officers whose transgressions over the past 50 years were so serious that they were banned from working in law enforcement in the state.
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Monday joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop a new federal rule that they said threatens to bar hundreds of thousands of international students from studying in the United States.
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Two men died at an apartment building housewarming party in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue after a male relative of the host stabbed her and two other people, and one of the stabbing victims – a Bend, Oregon man — fatally shot him, police said Sunday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland police said earlier this week that ongoing protests had cost businesses in the downtown area $23 million in property damage and lost revenue, but those figures are skewed by just one business — a mall already shut down by statewide coronavirus closures, a newspaper reported Friday. The Oregonian/OregonLive said the statistic
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say downtown businesses in Portland have sustained about $23 million in damages and lost customers because of violent nightly protests and riots that have wracked the city. At a police briefing Wednesday, Deputy Chief Chris Davis said the intensity of the violence by an “agitator corps” and the length of
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on knowing your risks when using mobile banking apps. Mobile banking apps are popular: They make it easy to deposit funds, pay bills, and transfer money. In fact, U.S. financial technology providers estimate more than 75 percent of Americans used mobile banking in some form in 2019.
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A 61-year-old Redmond man was charged with second-degree murder on Tuesday in the killing of a woman whose body was found Monday by Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies conducting a welfare check on her southwest Redmond home.
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A Salem man who worked with children for decades in the Willamette Valley was sentenced in Bend on Tuesday to five years in prison for attempted sexual abuse of a young girl.
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Madras police on Tuesday released the name of an 18-year-old Madras resident who was shot and killed last week, a crime for which two teen brothers face conspiracy to commit murder and other charges.
Continue Reading Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday called on Attorney General William Barr immediately to fully implement and enforce a law that requires states to report to the Department of Justice how many individuals die each year while in police custody or during the course of an arrest.
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The U.S. Attorney in Oregon announced federal charges Tuesday against seven people accused in court papers of defacing a federal courthouse and assaulting federal officers as riots broke out amid protests in Portland against racial injustice and police brutality.
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Bend police said Tuesday they received information that a suspect in a shooting and a fatal hit-and-run crash in Yuba County, California last week could be in Central Oregon.
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A Sandy man serving a 90-month prison term on an abuse conviction died Tuesday morning at the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution east of Madras, the Oregon Department of Corrections reported.
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With many illegal fireworks taking flight or sending loud booms across Central Oregon neighborhoods over the past weekend, some enjoyed the show they have to offer — but others, not so much.
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