The public restroom has been closed at Miller’s Landing Park in northwest Bend pending repairs after a destructive arson fire and damaging vandalism over the weekend, including vulgar and racist graffiti on the walls, authorities said.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Staff at Bend anti-human trafficking nonprofit In Our Backyard say the recent rescue of a 31-year-old Salem woman from a suspected trafficker is a beacon of light for victims who might be afraid to get help. “This should be a huge example for victims across the nation, that the 1-800 National Human Trafficking
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(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Bend police were investigating and working to secure video Tuesday to find whoever broke into the Macy’s department store at Bend River Promenade overnight, then forced their way into a dozen cash registers and made off with about $4,000 in cash. Police responded around 5:30 a.m. to the
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A Salem woman texted the National Human Trafficking Hotline from a Bend hotel room to report she was being held against her will and forced to engage in commercial sex acts, leading to a Vancouver, Washington man’s arrest on charges of assault and promoting prostitution, police said Monday.
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two men charged in a brazen prison escape and ambush at an Idaho hospital that left three correctional officers with gunshot injuries were arraigned in Boise on Monday. Skylar Meade, the escaped inmate, and Nicholas Umphenour, a former inmate who used to live in the same
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A Culver woman was arrested on DUII, reckless driving and assault charges Friday night after Oregon State police say she ran a stop sign on Highway 126 in Redmond and her SUV crashed into the side of a small school bus carrying 14 Baker County Future Farmers of America students in town for a state convention. Three were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
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A Bend man accused of killing his mother on Wednesday at the northeast Bend apartment they shared for at least three years had a lengthy criminal history dating back to 2006, according to state court files and information from Bend Police.
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A 40-year-old Bend man has been arrested on a murder charge in the killing Wednesday of his 59-year-old mother, who he previously was convicted on an assault charge for striking with a rock, police reported and court records showed.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Thursday joined the US Department of Justice and a coalition of 15 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia in filing a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of monopolization or attempted monopolization of smartphone markets in violation of Section 2 of the
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police officers in Oregon shot and killed a 24-year-old Black man in the back and then instead of providing medical care, mocked his lifeless body, threw explosives at him and sent a dog to attack his corpse, his family alleges in an updated lawsuit filed Thursday with additional details from the
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A June 20 settlement conference was set Thursday in the murder case of a 43-year-old Bend man accused of the fatal May 2023 shooting of a Powell Butte man whose SUV he allegedly stole, later engaging in a police chase on Highway 97 north of Bend and shooting himself several times.
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Engel, Lauren Mascarenhas, Taylor Romine and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho inmate and the accomplice who helped him escape from a hospital visit on Wednesday by shooting at state corrections officers were captured Thursday, ending a 36-hour manhunt, Boise Police Chief Ron Winegar said during a news conference. The inmate,
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A Warm Springs man with seven prior domestic violence convictions was sentenced to nearly seven years in federal prison Thursday for assaulting his then-girlfriend on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in December 2020.
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After a great deal of sometimes emotional testimony Wednesday morning, most strongly opposed to a recently opened transitional home for sex offenders on parole and probation in a southeast Bend triplex, Deschutes County commissioners were wrestling with the issues when Chair Patti Adair revealed tearfully her own, personal connection.
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An Alfalfa man called Deschutes County 911 Tuesday evening to report he’d set his own house on fire, and first responders soon found he’d also blocked his own driveway to keep them from putting it out, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. He was arrested on arson and other charges.
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Madras police have arrested one of two suspects in the theft of a dozen iPhones at stores in Madras and Redmond a few months ago, as officers again seek the public’s help in finding her alleged companion.
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Bend Police have implemented a new, live dispatch system in most of their patrol cars, allowing officers to hear nearby dispatch calls livestreamed in real time, with the potential to shave precious minutes off response times.
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —A Vancouver, Washington man was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday for knowingly and intentionally marketing and selling low-quality ballistic protective equipment produced in China to dozens of domestic law enforcement agencies and the U.S. military. Jeffrey Meining, 42, of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man living in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, has been found guilty in the 1980 cold case murder of a 19-year-old college student. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Amy Baggio on Friday found Robert Plympton, 60, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Barbara Mae Tucker, the Multnomah County District
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A former federal correctional officer in Oregon was sentenced to federal prison Monday for his role in a conspiracy to smuggle contraband into a federal prison in exchange for money. Nickolas Carlos Herrera, 34, of McMinnville, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release, the U.S.
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