SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — A 72-year-old Oregon State Penitentiary inmate who was convicted and received a lengthy sentence in a 2003 robbery, kidnapping and assault in Bend died Wednesday morning at the prison’s infirmary, Oregon Department of Corrections officials said. Stuart Ross Anderson III “passed away in the infirmary while on hospice care,” the announcement
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By Adam Reiss, Erik Ortiz and Katherine Koretski, NBC News NEW YORK (NBC) — Sean “Diddy” Combs, the one-time global hip-hop titan whose federal trial unveiled harrowing testimony accusing him of sexual abuse against women and forced drug-dazed “freak offs,” was acquitted Wednesday on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking but found guilty of lesser charges. The jury’s verdict, delivered on the third day
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Four defendants made their first appearances in federal court on Monday, June 29th, for charges related to ongoing protest gatherings near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in South Portland. The individuals involved are facing charges including arson and willful depredation of government property. Trenten Edward Barker, 34, of
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(Update: Details of arraignment, crime, suspect’s history of mental illness) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Prineville man was arrested Monday evening on attempted murder, burglary and assault charges, accused of attacking and severely injuring another man in an “unprovoked attack’ at a northeast Prineville apartment. Lindley Drew Purrington, 26, was being held without bail at
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Prineville resident Martin Ray Terry was arraigned Monday on murder, manslaughter, attempted murder and assault after an incident Friday morning in Prineville on NW 10th Street left one person dead and two others seriously injured.
Continue ReadingKIFI News Team BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) — University of Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger has reportedly accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to the murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. The move, which was first reported by News Nation, comes only days after Judge Steven Hippler dismissed Kohberger’s lawyers’ bid for an alternate
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A 65-year-old Bend-area man was arrested Thursday on 25 felony counts of first-degree animal neglect, more than eight months after a welfare check at an abandoned La Pine-area home led to a raid that turned up over 100 dead and rotting animal carcasses inside.
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(Update: Adding video) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Police found a Redmond man fatally shot in an open area of southwest Redmond early Monday morning and soon determined it was a homicide. Officers and detectives are now seeking information from the public. Officers responded around 1:45 a.m. Monday to a 911 call in an unimproved area
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend Police are asking the public for information after finding a seriously injured woman during a welfare check at a home in a southeast Bend neighborhood. Shortly before 6 p.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a request for a welfare check in the 61000 block of Alstrup Road, Bend Police Community
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Bend woman was arrested on DUII and other charges Sunday night, accused of driving an SUV over numerous curbs, medians and through a ditch, failing to yield when officers tried to pull her over and endangering a child riding in the rear seat. Around 9:15 p.m., officers responded to a report of an
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County sheriff’s investigators and the Federal Aviation Administration are working to find the owner of a drone that was illegally flown over last week’s Euston Fire northwest of Redmond and crashed. Sheriff Kent van der Kamp told KTVZ News on Wednesday that deputies were told by citizens a drone had
Continue ReadingBy Danya Gainor, Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — As the search for the father accused of killing his three young daughters approaches its third week, authorities in Washington state are embracing a “change in tactics,” Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison said in a Wednesday evening news conference. In the initial phase of the search for
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A Redmond woman was arrested on a murder charge Tuesday night, accused of fatally stabbing her mother at their southwest Redmond home, police said.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – If you receive a text message or email from Oregon DMV requesting payment or personal identifying information, do not respond or click any links. The best course of action is to ignore, delete and block the message, officials advised Monday “These messages are not from Oregon DMV,” said Oregon DMV Public Information Officer
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A Bend man has been arrested following an early Friday gas station burglary, followed by an attempted attack on law enforcement officers, police say.
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Firefighters reached 90% containment by late Thursday of the Euston Fire northwest of Redmond, sparked by an illegal outdoor burn – and on Friday, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Friday lifted the Level 1 ‘BE SET’ evacuation alert for residents in the area.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A court order in a lawsuit joined by the city of Bend keeps in place tens of millions of dollars for key projects, Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler told fellow councilors Wednesday evening. Here’s the statement read by the mayor at the council meeting: “Two weeks ago, the City joined 30 other
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‘This plot was as serious as it gets,’ FBI says PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The FBI’s Portland Field Office and law enforcement partners announced Thursday they arrested a Columbia County, Oregon, juvenile who conspired last month to conduct an improvised explosive attack and mass shooting at the Three Rivers Mall in Kelso, Washington. Here’s the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend Police said Thursday they have yet to identify a suspect in an assault early Tuesday morning on the Bend campus of Central Oregon Community College. Officers responded around 1 a.m. Tuesday to the reported assault on a 19-year-old woman who was struck on the head, Bend Police Communications Manager Sheila
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (KIRO) — Three young sisters who were reported missing in Wenatchee after a visit with their father were found dead. Their father, on the run, is accused of murder. This after Washington State Patrol issued a missing and endangered persons alert, but not the more urgent Amber Alert. Should the criteria be changed
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