Bend man gets year and a day in prison for BHO lab explosion
A Bend man was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in federal prison and two years’ supervised release for illegally manufacturing and possessing…
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Rosenblum, other AGs urge FTC to boost online protections for kids
Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum joined a bipartisan coalition of 25 state attorneys general in a letter urging the Federal Trade Commission to…
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Prineville PD offer details of what led to high-speed Hwy. 26 chase, crash
Prineville police provided details Monday on the events that led to a wild high-speed chase of a menacing suspect Friday on U.S. Highway 26 that…
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Portland police release names in officer’s fatal shooting of man
Police have released the name of the officer who shot and killed a man Sunday outside a Starbucks coffee shop on Portland’s southeast side.…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland police fatally shot a man Sunday afternoon outside a coffee shop on the city’s southeast side after a caller reported…
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Police: 55 shots fired, 1 hurt at Portland rental house party
One person was injured in a shooting at a party at a Portland Airbnb rental in which police say 55 shots were fired from multiple guns. No other…
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Umatilla woman jailed on manslaughter, DUII charges in fatal crash
A Umatilla woman was arrested on manslaughter, drunken driving and other charges Friday night after she allegedly ran a red light and crashed into…
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2 businesses sue pipeline company over 2016 Portland blast
Two businesses whose Northwest Portland storefronts were destroyed by a 2016 gas explosion have filed new lawsuits against the company that was…
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Ex-TV station bookkeeper gets prison for embezzlement
A longtime bookkeeper was sentenced to prison after admitting she embezzled more than half a million dollars from a Southern Oregon television…
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Driver gets 16 years for striking pregnant woman in Gresham
A man on methamphetamine when he crossed into oncoming traffic and crashed into a sedan in Gresham, causing catastrophic injuries to the pregnant…
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DA won’t seek death penalty in Bend mother’s murder case
The Deschutes County district attorney won’t seek the death penalty in the case of Tashina Jordan, a Bend mother accused of fatally shooting her…
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Terrebonne-area domestic incident brings out DCSO, police, armored unit
An alleged domestic dispute, assault brought numerous police to a Terrebonne home Friday night, but the situation was de-escalated after the alleged…
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Bend man charged in DUII wrong-way roundabout crash
A Bend man faces charges of drunk driving and felony hit-and-run after a wrong-way head-on collision Friday afternoon in a southeast Bend roundabout…
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Complaints bring SW Redmond drug raid, arrest
Several citizen complaints and weeks of surveillance and investigation led to Friday’s police raid on a southwest Redmond home, where officers said…
Continue Reading TV station bookkeeper gets prison for embezzlement
A longtime bookkeeper was sentenced to prison after admitting she embezzled more than half a million dollars from a Southern Oregon television…
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State to pay $1.7 million in foster family killings
The state of Oregon has agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle claims that the Department of Human Services was partly at fault for the 2017 murders…
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Oregon drug-decriminalization initiative starts gathering signatures
Supporters of an initiative to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs began collecting signatures in Portland this week.…
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Man who ‘freaked out’ on plane, forced landing pleads guilty
A Washington man who ingested methamphetamine before getting on a plane in Seattle and had what a prosecutor called a “freak out” on board has…
Continue ReadingFeds offer $5 million reward for Russian hackers
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday accused two Russian men with stealing millions of dollars…
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Judge tosses 1 of 2 lawsuits filed by former DCSO sergeant
A visiting judge on Thursday dismissed one of two lawsuits filed against the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office by a former…
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