BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Redmond man was arraigned Friday on 20 felony counts of encouraging child sex abuse and one misdemeanor count involving an animal after tips from a national organization led to a raid on his home Thursday and arrest at Odell Butte on charges of distributing sex abuse material online. The Deschutes
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Bend man has been sentenced to a nine-year federal prison term for possessing 20 pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, federal prosecutors said Friday. Isaac Kitashima, 48, was sentenced on Tuesday to 108 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release. According to court documents, from August
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A jury found a suburban Seattle police officer guilty of murder Thursday in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man outside a convenience store, marking the first conviction under a Washington state law easing prosecution of law enforcement officers for on-duty killings. After deliberating for three days, the jury found Auburn Police
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By Eric Levenson and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The murder trial of Bryan Kohberger, the criminology grad student accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in 2022, is set to begin June 2, 2025, according to a scheduling order filed in court. In a court hearing Thursday, Latah County Judge John Judge
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The FBI is seeking the public’s assistance with obtaining identifying information regarding an unknown male who may have critical information pertaining to the identity of a child victim in an ongoing sexual exploitation investigation. Photographs and an informational poster depicting the unknown individual, known only as John Doe 48, are being
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An “active shooter” drill at St. Charles Madras Wednesday morning sparked some worries among police-scanner listeners, but officials assured there was no real danger, only a valuable exercise for law enforcement and the hospital. The scanner traffic related a man with a handgun “actively firing rounds” and that there were “numerous
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A reportedly armed suspect in a domestic violence case in Prineville ran before Crook County sheriff’s deputies arrived on scene Monday afternoon, leading to a manhunt, partial closure of Northwest Madras Highway and his eventual surrender at the Crook County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were dispatched around 1:20 p.m. Monday to the
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A La Pine man was cited on careless driving and other charges after his van struck and seriously injured a woman in a Sisters intersection Monday evening while her husband was carrying an orange pedestrian safety flag, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies were dispatched around 6:25 p.m. to the intersection
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A 22-year-old Bend man was arrested Sunday on 52 criminal mischief charges, accused of spraying dozens of XUKA graffiti tags around the city over the past five months, police said.
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Two of three men wanted in a robbery at gunpoint Sunday afternoon at a northeast Bend apartment were arrested when they arrived at a home where officers found the victim’s wallet, car and cellphone, along with three guns. Police said Monday they are working to identify the third suspect.
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The Crook and Deschutes County district attorneys provided more details Saturday after a Bend man facing murder and manslaughter charges in the May 2023 fatal shooting of a Powell Butte man pleaded guilty to manslaughter Thursday and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — After NewsChannel 21 broke the news in January of rookie Prineville Police Officer Jacob Gentry urinating outside a Prineville bar, we’ve now learned he’s back on patrol following a written reprimand and two-day unpaid suspension. It comes as the department still remains without a permanent top cop, for nearly a year.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — Oaks Amusement Park has been hit with a lawsuit over a ride malfunction last week that resulted in 28 people being trapped upside down about 50 feet in the air for nearly half an hour, KGW reports. The lawsuit, first reported by Willamette Week, was filed by Amy Yannotta on behalf of her 14-year-old
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A La Pine couple suspected of distributing fentanyl was arrested in a La Pine traffic stop Wednesday and a plastic bag of fentanyl pills was found in a hidden compartment, thanks to a drug-sniffing K-9, authorities said. A search of their home turned up more pills and two guns, including a sawed-off shotgun.
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After being stolen earlier this month, sparking dismay far and wide, the world’s last Blockbuster now has its long-time lawn sign back.
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BLACK BUTTE RANCH, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Friday night traffic stop on Highway 20 near Black Butte Ranch led to the arrest of a Redmond couple charged with trafficking fentanyl and, with the help of a drug-sniffing K-9, the seizure of fentanyl pills, powder and other drugs, officials said Tuesday. The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A July 31 plea hearing was scheduled Monday for a 36-year-old Bend man indicted on attempted murder and other charges, accused of shooting a 56-year-old Redmond-area man in the face two weeks ago near a northeast Redmond intersection. Darron Jay Reece was arraigned before Deschutes County Circuit Judge Beth Bagley after
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MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A former nurse at a southern Oregon hospital is facing criminal charges that she harmed nearly four dozen patients by stealing fentanyl and replacing it with non-sterile tap water in intravenous drips. Many of the patients developed serious infections, and 16 of them died, but authorities said they did not pursue
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (KGW/KTVZ) — Four Vancouver police officers shot and killed a man early Monday morning, KGW reported. The man is accused of pointing a gun at a group of people and police officers, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Around 12:51 a.m., several people flagged down an officer who was driving on Northeast Andresen
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Crook County Sheriff’s Office and the Prineville Police Department will be teaming up and conducting a high-visibility enforcement event during the Crooked River Roundup, June 19th through June 22nd and Horse Races, July 10th through July 13th. The goal is to increase the number of law enforcement officers on the
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