MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A call to Jefferson County 911 dispatchers early Tuesday claiming a person was firing gunshots near a Madras truck stop prompted an emergency “shelter in place” alert to residents and a major manhunt in two locations, but law enforcement found nothing to indicate the report was true. “There is an active
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Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels says the months-long local backlog of defendants without representation has finally been cleared, thanks to court staff and local defenders, while the serious issue still persists elsewhere in the state.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – With a lot going on around town, from Friday’s Valentine’s Day to WinterFest and the Presidents Day holiday, Bend Police are adding patrols to make sure DUII drivers don’t spoil anyone’s good times. Bend Police said in a Facebook post on Friday that they “will be running overtime patrols this weekend,
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A traffic stop for speeding in La Pine led to the 61-year-old driver’s arrest on drug charges after a narcotics K-9 helped Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies find nearly five pounds of methamphetamine in his vehicle. Sergeant Jason Wall said the deputy conducted a routine traffic stop for a speed violation
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Deschutes County drug agents recently conducted two simultaneous raids in Bend, charging two people and seizing a variety of marijuana products prepared for the black market, including THC-infused taffy and other edibles, rosin, capsules and flower.
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Pilot Butte Middle School was placed in precautionary “secure” status Wednesday afternoon as police in the area searched for a hospital patient who walked away from nearby St. Charles Bend and was later found and arrested in Redmond.
Continue Reading(Update: Suspect charged; adding name, arraignment) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend man was arrested Tuesday with the help of a police K-9 and faces assault and other charges in the stabbing of another Bend man a day earlier. Around 3:15 p.m. on Monday, officers responded to the Campfire Hotel in the 700 block of
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — There’s an alarming trend in Oregon and every state in the country: Children are being extorted on social media, with sometimes tragic outcomes. Investigators with the Internet Crimes Against Children task force in the Oregon Department of Justice report that from 2020 to 2024, the number of online solicitation and “sextortion”-related cyber tips
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Investigators believe the same group of four suspects arrested last week in a raid at a home south of Sunriver are connected to at least 39 home burglaries in the Portland area and the Willamette Valley. Bend Police are looking into whether they also could be tied to any crimes in Central Oregon.
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A Tumalo domestic assault suspect who ran barefoot for three miles, sparking a large manhunt and warning to hundreds of residents to lock their doors, was arrested Saturday night and arraigned Monday afternoon on three felony charges.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– According to the police report, on January 10th two armed men entered the home and held the owners at gunpoint. The suspects stole jewelry and cash according to police. KTVZ spoke to members of the family who said the robbers were wearing ski masks. The family was asleep when the suspects entered.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend man was arrested Wednesday after drug agents with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team and Bend Police found methamphetamine in his car. Below is the press release from Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE): On Wednesday, at approximately 5:00 PM, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team, in collaboration with the Bend
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Inspired by Circuit Judge Raymond Crutchley’s announcement and Deschutes County’s Cupid Docket, Crook and Jefferson County Presiding Judge Annette Hillman has added Cupid Dockets on Valentine’s Day, Friday, February 14. Crook and Jefferson County Circuit Court Judges will perform wedding ceremonies for couples wishing to marry on Valentine’s Day. All Circuit
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By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard SEATTLE (KTVZ) — A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship for children born to parents without legal immigration status, the second such ruling in as many days. U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour’s nationwide preliminary injunction comes two weeks
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– The Bend Police Department announced Thursday the launch of CONNECT BEND, a community camera registry designed to leverage existing privately owned camera systems throughout the community to help officers respond to incidents more quickly and effectively.
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A 20-year-old Bend man was arrested at a Redmond homeless shelter Wednesday afternoon, about 90 minutes after a customer was stabbed at a nearby 7-Eleven, police said.
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — With recent national attention on immigration enforcement, the Madras Police Department issued a statement Wednesday, saying it “seeks to provide clarity regarding state law restrictions on immigration enforcement in Oregon.” Here’s their statement, in full: The federal government has initiated immigration enforcement actions in major cities across the United States. We
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A man who was living at a northeast Bend day care facility when he was arrested last year, accused of distributing child sex abuse material online, has pleaded guilty to four of the charges and is expected to be sentenced next month to seven years in prison. Jack Bergeron Jr., 62,
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A sizable majority of Bend residents say they still trust Bend Police, though more than 1 in 5 survey respondents said they feel less safe than they did a year ago, according to a report on the results released Tuesday.
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The trial of a downtown Bend murder suspect, originally set for last month, was rescheduled on Monday to take place next January, despite the judge’s original intent to have Caleb Cegers tried before 2025 comes to a close.
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