An attempt to scam a First Interstate Bank customer out of his money was thwarted Friday afternoon by workers at a northeast Bend branch — but the scammer then called in a bomb threat, prompting the bank’s evacuation and a major police call-out.
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The Deschutes County Circuit Court is recruiting volunteers to work as mediators in small claims and landlord-tenant cases.
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The Marion County District Attorney’s Office has released details of a fatal officer-involved shooting on Thursday at the Army Aviation Training Center, including the names of the wanted man who was killed and the OSP trooper who shot and killed him.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Beginning Saturday, March 1st and extending through Monday, March 31st, the Prineville Police Department, along with other law enforcement agencies throughout the state, will be using federally funded overtime to educate the public about the dangers of speed According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2021, there were 12,330
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Born and raised in Jamaica by his grandmother, Deschutes County Circuit Judge Raymond Dean Crutchley immigrated to New York at the age of 11, where he lived with his mother. Judge Crutchley says his time in Jamaica taught him why family was so important. “We were poor, but I can’t ever
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Crook County Sheriff’s Office asked for hay donations Thursday after it took possession of a horse during an investigation of reported lack of care for the animal. Hours later, it ran out of room to store any more hay and offered thanks for the community’s support. The sheriff’s office received
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Police Department, in collaboration with the Redmond Police Department and the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office, will host a series of Retailer Listening Sessions as part of the Organized Retail Theft grant that Deschutes County secured in the fall of 2024. The goal of this initiative is to stop
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(Update: Charges dropped against Redmond woman; Estacada man pleads guilty) COLLEGE PLACE, Wash. (KTVZ) — A Redmond woman and an Estacada man were arrested earlier this year in College Place, Washington, accused in a string of jewelry thefts hitting Walmarts across the Pacific Northwest that’s totaled at least $140,000 in losses. However, Mistie Dawn Cooper,
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Social media has been abuzz with flyers for a scheduled protest Wednesday afternoon in front of Madras City Hall in honor of Allan Warner Jr. who died late last week during an officer-involved shooting.
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An arrest warrant has been issued for a Florida truck driver who failed to appear in court last week and faces criminally negligent homicide and other charges in a crash a year ago on icy Highway 97 that killed a La Pine woman and seriously injured her pregnant daughter, who lost her child as a result.
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ)–A Tacoma, Washington man has been sentenced to nearly 14 years in federal prison for using social media to coerce a minor into sending him sexually explicit materials and engage in self-harm – a case that began with a tip to Bend Police, federal prosecutors said. Brandon Kuper, 22, was sentenced to 165
Continue ReadingEditor’s Note: CNN & Sky News provided information used in this article.PARIS (KTVZ) – An American teenager has been arrested in Paris, accused of fatally throwing her newborn baby out of a second-floor hotel window, prosecutors and French media say. The young woman, not named by authorities, was taken to a hospital to undergo an
Continue ReadingCNN By Holly Yan and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — More than two years after a quadruple homicide devastated Moscow, Idaho, a judge unsealed the transcript of a recent hearing in the case against Bryan Kohberger – the man accused of stabbing four students to death in an off-campus home. The hearing, which was closed
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Bend man says he had a gun pulled on him Sunday morning at Peace Corner in downtown Bend, an hour before a rally called to show support for Ukraine. Bend Police told KTVZ News the suspect was arrested on several charges, including unlawful use of a weapon and driving under
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Sarah Session 33, and her father, Gary Hardenburg, 65, made their first court appearance Monday afternoon for arraignment on several charges — including attempted murder against the woman — as more disturbing details about alleged abuse came to light during discussion of their bail and possible release. Session, Hardenburg and his wife,
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(Update: specifics of Coos Bay arrests) SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) – A south Deschutes County woman wanted on a $1 million nationwide felony arrest warrant on 19 charges, including attempted murder, in a disturbing child abuse case was arrested Friday morning at a Coos Bay hotel and second location, along with her parents, also wanted on
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Acting Jefferson County District Attorney Steven Leriche on Friday identified the man killed in Thursday evening’s officer-involved shooting along Highway 97 in Madras as Allen Dale Warner Jr., 26, and released limited initial details on what transpired.
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After two fruitless searches, the latest involving K-9 teams and drones, Redmond Police turned to the public Thursday for any tips to the whereabouts of a 28-year-old man who went for a walk just west of the city last month and never returned home.
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TEL AVIV (Sky News) — Israeli police are investigating reports of explosions involving several buses on Thursday, Sky News reported. A police spokesperson called the incident in Bat Yam a “suspected terror attack” and said “multiple reports have been received of explosions involving several buses at different locations” in the city, located south of Tel
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon U.S. Attorney Natalie Wight has been fired by President Trump, the U.S. Department of Justice announced late Tuesday. Here’s the full news release: United States Attorney Natalie K. Wight Concludes Service to the United States Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office – District of Oregon – 02/18/25 4:46 PM PORTLAND, Ore.–
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