By MARK THIESSEN and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A former Washington state police officer wanted after killing two people, including his ex-wife, was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a chase in Oregon, authorities said Tuesday. His 1-year-old baby, who was with him, was taken safely into custody by Oregon
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — Officers are searching for a man accused of murdering two people and kidnapping a 1-year-old in eastern Washington. West Richland police received a tip that he was possibly sighted on Hayden Island in North Portland, KGW reported. A clerk at a Plaid Pantry on Hayden Island told police that he may have seen
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials have released the name of the Idaho man who was killed last weekend after being identified as the suspect in the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy, and Boise police officers are asking the public for more information about him. Dennis Mulqueen, 65, of Boise, died of a gunshot wound
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An Idaho man spoke several times in court Monday, against a judge and attorneys’ advice, offering to write an apology letter to two victims hospitalized after a hit-and-run crash Sunday in southwest Bend, which followed a reckless-driving pursuit on Highway 20 and preceded a 2-hour standoff on a garage roof.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Two men from Redmond and Sisters have been arrested in a string of burglaries at La Frontera in Redmond and the Redmond Tap House, police said Monday. They have recovered some stolen items but are turning to the public to help find any more items they may have sold online. Michael
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court wrestled Monday for more than two and a half hours with the question of whether ticketing homeless people is a “cruel and unusual” punishment that violates the Eighth Amendment. Several of the justices appeared concerned about the prospect of criminalizing homelessness but they also worried about
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Crook County Sheriff’s Office says it wants to warn residents about phone scams impersonating law enforcement. In a growing scam reaching people across the country, phone fraudsters are using the threat of arrest warrants to pressure people into paying hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars, Civil Deputy Brandi Lange said. The
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SALMON CREEK, Wash. (KGW/KTVZ) — Newly released body cam footage shows the moment when Clark County deputies shot and killed an armed carjacking suspect from Prineville at a crowded American Legion hall in Salmon Creek a week ago, KGW reported. Prior to the deadly confrontation, shortly after 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, a deputy spotted a
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The most significant case in decades on homelessness has reached the Supreme Court as record numbers of people in America are without a permanent place to live. The justices on Monday will consider a challenge to rulings from a California-based appeals court that found punishing people for
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A La Pine-area couple accused of trafficking fentanyl from Portland to south Deschutes County was pulled over and arrested in a traffic stop at Crescent Lake Thursday night and fake tablets made of fentanyl and methamphetamine were found in their car, authorities said Friday. The woman’s 6-year-old son, also in the car, was placed with family members.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Culver woman was arraigned Wednesday on 26 misdemeanor charges, including DUII, assault and reckless driving, accused of running a Redmond stop sign last month and crashing into the side of a small school bus carrying 14 Baker County Future Farmers of America students, in town for a state convention. Three
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – The Justice Department announced Thursday that 11 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, including the District of Oregon, have now established a carjacking task force to focus efforts and resources on this important public safety threat. “The Justice Department has no higher priority than keeping our communities safe. We do so by targeting the most
Continue ReadingCNN By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, was out driving west of Moscow, Idaho, the night of the slayings, his attorney says, and the defense plans to offer a cell phone tower and radio frequency expert to partially corroborate this account, a court document supporting an
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office is hosting a drop-in event for those interested in becoming mentors for the Veterans Intervention Strategy program. When: Thursday, May 23, from 3:30pm – 5:00pm Where: Downtown Bend Public Library – Meyer Room Purpose: Open for anyone interested in becoming a veteran mentor, interested parties are welcome to
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Central Oregon drug agents raided a couple’s home in Deschutes River Woods south of Bend Wednesday morning, seized marijuana plants and processed marijuana and arrested the pair, accused of distributing the black-market drug by mail to the East Coast.
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A more than month-long animal neglect investigation at a ranch east of Bend led to the seizure of 15 surrendered horses and felony and misdemeanor animal neglect charges against the owner, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday. The recovering animals are being cared for at the sheriff’s office Rescue Ranch.
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The Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office hosted a three-day “Expanding Restorative Justice in Oregon” workshop that concluded Wednesday, in partnership with Community Solutions of Central Oregon, Thrive Central Oregon and Deschutes Defenders.
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Deschutes County commissioners got an update Wednesday and approved seeking the first portion of funds to set up the new drug-offense “deflection” program, a key aspect of the drug recriminalization program approved by lawmakers in House Bill 4002. They also accepted $1.3 million in state funding for the Stabilization Center,
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (KTVZ) – A Prineville man was identified Wednesday as a suspect shot and killed by southwest Washington sheriff’s deputies after a carjacking at gunpoint and an attempted carjacking. The Clark County, Washington Medical Examiner’s Office said Benjamin Steven Woods, 41, died Saturday of multiple gunshot wounds at a community hall in Salmon Creek.
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A 79-year-old La Pine man who allegedly pointed a gun at other family members during a domestic dispute surrendered and was arrested on several charges Tuesday night after neighbors were advised to shelter in place, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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