BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The founder of DAWNS House, a Bend nonprofit that provides housing for women recovering from addiction, pleaded not guilty Friday to eight counts of aggravated first-degree theft, accused of stealing more than $300,000 from the organization. A March trial date was set for Dawn Holland, 52, who participated by phone in
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LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty if an Idaho white supremacist gang member is convicted of killing a man while he was on the run after shooting officers in a plot to help a fellow gang member escape from prison. Nez Perce County Prosecutor Justin Coleman announced Thursday that the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A 37-year-old Seattle man was charged Thursday with five counts of assault in the random stabbings of five people in broad daylight last week, according to prosecutors. Roland Jerome Lee is accused of stabbing five people as they stood on the sidewalk in a roughly four-block area in Seattle’s Chinatown-International
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The FBI’s Seattle Field Office announced Wednesday it s offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person responsible setting incendiary fires at two ballot boxes in Vancouver, Washington, and one in Portland, Oregon. The FBI’s Seeking Information poster can be found here: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/ballot-box-fires On Tuesday,
Continue Reading Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The FBI said Wednesday it is offering up to $25,000 as a reward for information about the suspect behind recent ballot box fires in Oregon and Washington state. Authorities believe a male suspect that may have metalworking and welding experience was behind three ballot drop box fires in Portland
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — The family of a security guard who was killed at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center last year has filed a $35 million wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital and its parent company, Legacy Health, KGW reported. Bobby Smallwood, 44, was fatally shot by a suspect later identified by police as PoniaX Kane Calles
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Eugene man pleaded guilty to three federal hate crimes Tuesday for defacing a Eugene synagogue on multiple occasions, federal prosecutors said. Adam Edward Braun, 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of intentionally defacing a synagogue and one count of attempting to deface religious property because it was a place of religious
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The trial of a Portland man accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Smith Rock climbing event last year has been delayed until August 2025 at the request of Samson Garner’s defense attorneys, who recently received a large amount of evidence in the case. That will be nearly two years
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched around noon Tuesday to state and county offices at 1300 NW Wall Street on a report of a suspicious package, prompting a heavy law enforcement presence and area road closures. But it turned out to be only hygiene products.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Vietnam Veterans Memorial, recently vandalized for the second time this year, received a powerful show of support Monday as groups and businesses came together on Veterans Day to dedicate a new flagpole, the culmination of a true community effort. Vandals damaged Bend’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial last month, tearing down the flagpole and tearing
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The new, taller and stronger flagpole is being rededicated in a special Veterans Day ceremony at the Bend Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Deschutes Memorial Gardens following a fast community-wide effort to erase the damage wrought by vandals who toppled its predecessor last month.
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A report of a possible stabbing at Juniper Park in northeast Bend Friday morning sent a man to the hospital with minor injuries and brought out officers looking for a possible suspect, while nearby school and park officials were informed as a precaution. Police said later it was found to be a self-inflicted injury.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A man has been arrested in connection with a spate of random stabbings over two days in Seattle, in which nine people were injured — five of them on Friday afternoon, police said. “This incident was apparently one individual over a 38-hour period of time committing random assaults,” Deputy Chief
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A male Bend 17-year-old who worked at a local trampoline park has been arrested on 130 counts of possessing child sex abuse material, police said Friday as they investigate whether there may be local victims associated with the case.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — After the recent vandalism of the flagpole at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Deschutes Memorial Gardens, various local businesses came together to build the memorial centerpiece back better than over. Advanced Northwest Welding constructed and designed the new flagpole, adding some new features and security. Company owner Sheri Saarinen said, “We
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Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students asked a judge to take the death penalty off the table Thursday, arguing that international, federal and state law all make it inappropriate for the case. Bryan Kohberger is accused of the Nov. 13,
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A man arrested last year on charges of sexually abusing a female massage customer at a northeast Bend spa was arraigned Thursday on revised charges involving two other women at the same location – incidents that allegedly occurred less than two weeks after his release on bail.
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Madras man was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison Wednesday for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Wyatt Franklin Powell, 61, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release, federal prosecutors said Thursday. According to court
Continue Reading EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The former owner of a Bend-based microbrewery equipment company was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday for defrauding nearly two dozen customers out of more than $880,000. Matthew Mulder, 52, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $887,116 in restitution
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A report of a man possibly carrying a handgun near the Mountain View High School football and baseball fields prompted a brief lockdown before classes began Tuesday morning and a subsequent “secure status” for about a half-hour, but no one matching the description was found, authorities said.
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