A suspicious substance was found in the disciplinary segregation unit at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution east of Madras, prompting the use of Naloxone and a trip to the hospital for one corporal and treatment of another prison officer who suffered an adverse reaction, officials said.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Last week’s three-day Deschutes County-wide traffic safety enforcement blitz and the hundreds of tickets that resulted have understandably brought many comments to Bend Police, as well as questions, chief among them: Where does that ticket revenue go? The Bend Police Department sought to provide some answers in a Facebook post on
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A judge agreed Monday to allow a Sunriver-area couple accused along with their adult daughter in a severe case of child abuse to again live with and have contact with each other, but directed them not to discuss the facts of the case without their lawyers present.
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Ten men formerly incarcerated at Oregon’s MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility in Woodburn have filed a $51 million lawsuit against the state’s juvenile justice agency, the Oregon Health Authority, alleging that they were all sexually abused by a single OYA doctor, and that several of them were also sexually abused by various other OYA staff.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Several police agencies across Deschutes County joined forces in a traffic enforcement detail this week. For Part 1 of a two-part series, Tracee Tuesday went on a ride-along with Redmond Police Traffic Officer Aaron Blackledge. The multi-agency traffic enforcement detail included agencies from Bend, Redmond Deschutes County, Sunriver and Oregon State
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For the second time in the past week, shots were fired at a Tesla dealership in Tigard, police reported Thursday morning.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) –Deschutes County’s law enforcement agencies made more than 380 traffic stops and issued over 170 tickets during this week’s three-day enforcement blitz, officials announced Thursday. The multi-agency traffic enforcement detail took place for four hours each day from Monday through Wednesday, targeting high-traffic areas in Bend, Redmond, Black Butte Ranch, Sunriver and
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A Madras woman who threatened another woman with a gun by text message fled police and ran over a pedestrian Tuesday night, Jefferson County Sheriff Jason Pollock said. She was arrested after she crashed her pickup and pointed a rifle at pursuing officers, prompting a tense standoff that a bystander helped to end.
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(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A traffic stop and drug-detection K-9’s alert led to the seizure of a large quantity of methamphetamine and the arrest of two Bend-area residents on felony drug possession charges, one also charged with being a felon in possession of a gun. The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team, working
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Public Safety, Standards and Training, which certifies law enforcement officers, confirmed Wednesday that Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp is the focus of a new review after a complaint was filed claiming he violated its professional standards. Van der Kamp claims the complaints are “nothing new”
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger plan to argue at trial that the knife sheath recovered from the crime scene could have been planted by the real killer of four University of Idaho students, according to prosecutors in a new court filing. Kohberger is accused of fatally
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Calls for service by Bend Police officers dropped in 2024 and crime numbers remained flat, Police Chief Mike Krantz says in the agency’s just-released annual report for 2024.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Jian Zhao and Li Tian, active-duty U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, along with Ruoyu Duan, a former U.S. Army soldier, were arrested Thursday following indictments by federal grand juries in the District of Oregon and the Western District of Washington. Tian and Duan were charged in the District
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(update: adding video) OREGON CITY, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Wednesday that Clackamas County Commissioner Melissa Fireside has been charged with eight counts of theft, including first-degree aggravated theft and identity theft. Fireside, who was elected last fall, was arraigned Wednesday at the Clackamas County courthouse and released on the condition that
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(Update: Added video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – An SUV left unlocked with the keys in it was stolen in southern Bend on Tuesday, police said. It was later spotted on Redmond’s south end and chased to downtown Bend, where the driver ran, prompting a manhunt and a late-night alert to area residents. Deschutes County sheriff’s
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A head’s up to drivers around Bend and Deschutes County: It’s always better to drive safely, of course – but especially early next week.
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A Bend man was arraigned Monday on eight charges, including DUII, assault and reckless driving in a Friday night hit-and-run crash on SW Century Drive that injured two pedestrians in a crosswalk, one seriously.
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A 20-year-old Bend man was arraigned Monday on charges of assault and unlawful use of a weapon, accused of stabbing and seriously injuring a 19-year-old roommate during an argument at their apartment early Saturday morning.
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A California woman and a Redmond man have been indicted on second-degree murder, robbery and other charges in the early-January fatal shooting of a Bend man at a southeast Bend motel room, police said Saturday.
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PRINEVILLE (KTVZ) — Three people were seriously injured late Friday night in the collision of two off-road motorcycles at a southeast Prineville intersection, police said Monday. Around 11:20 p.m., officers responded to the reported crash at the intersection of SE Fifth and Fairview streets, Sgt. Jon Dragoon said. Arriving officers determined that two off-road motorcycles
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