Crime And Courts Archives

Warm Springs man sentenced to 3-plus years in federal prison for assaulting girlfriend

November 30, 2023 8:59 pm KTVZ News Partners

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Warm Springs man was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison Thursday for assaulting his girlfriend and…

Madras HS bomb threat call prompts lockdown; students bused to fairgrounds as school cleared, deemed safe

November 30, 2023 9:18 am Barney Lerten

A telephoned bomb threat involving Madras High School Thursday morning prompted a lockdown, followed by the evacuation of all students, who were…

1989 killer of Bend woman who took life sentence to avoid death penalty dies at Umatilla state prison

November 30, 2023 4:47 pm Barney Lerten

A Deschutes County killer who accepted a life prison term to avoid a death-penalty trial in the 1989 rape, robbery and killing of a Bend woman died…

Oregon State’s Damien Martinez arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants

November 30, 2023 3:55 pm Associated Press

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State running back Damien Martinez was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants, a…

OSP troopers rescue 15 dogs from abandoned, stolen rental truck; two Klamath Falls residents arrested

November 30, 2023 11:08 am KTVZ News Partners

A rental truck abandoned in a Klamath Falls truck stop parking lot for several days was found on Thanksgiving to have a precious barking cargo inside…

Former DCSO deputy, detective convicted on two counts of official misconduct, acquitted on two other charges

November 29, 2023 5:22 pm Barney Lerten

(Update: Adding no sentencing date set; could face two-year sentence) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – After a two-day non-jury trial, a judge on Wednesday…

Prineville man arrested on DUII, elude charges after brief pursuit

November 29, 2023 7:17 pm Barney Lerten

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 21-year-old Prineville man accused of speeding through an intersection and leading a Crook County sheriff’s deputy on…

Wyden, colleagues introduce legislation to address rise in attacks on postal workers

November 29, 2023 6:54 pm KTVZ News Partners

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate colleagues introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday that would address the steep increase…

Redmond’s St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store sees 8 break-ins in past month; police using surveillance video

November 29, 2023 11:35 am KTVZ

Redmond’s St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store has been broken into eight times over the past month, resulting in property and vehicle damage and the…

City of Bend expects nearly $1 million from lawsuit settlement after finding ‘forever chemicals’ in city well

November 28, 2023 12:00 pm KTVZ

Bend city councilors voted to have the city join a federal class-action lawsuit against 3M and DuPont de Nemours after a small amount of PFAS, also…

Bend man accused of arson, burglary at downtown peer support center arraigned on indictment

November 18, 2023 12:39 am KTVZ, Barney Lerten

A Bend man who was excluded from Deschutes County’s downtown Bend campus due to alleged “bad behavior” was arraigned on an indictment Monday, 10 days…

China Hat transient accused of pointing gun at touring family, firing shot tells judge he wants to represent himself

November 24, 2023 10:35 pm Barney Lerten

A transient arrested after he allegedly pointed a gun at a touring family and fired a shot near a girl off China Hat Road south of Bend made his…

Crescent man arraigned on murder charge, accused of fatally shooting his younger brother several times

November 27, 2023 11:13 am Barney Lerten

A 59-year-old Crescent man was arraigned Monday on a second-degree murder charge, accused of shooting his younger brother several times after finding…

3 Palestinian students were shot in Vermont. Civil rights groups are calling for a close look at the motive

November 26, 2023 9:30 am CNN Newsource

By Celina Tebor, Eva McKend, Khalil Abdallah and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Three Palestinian college students were shot in Burlington, Vermont,…

Suspect in shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent near the University of Vermont pleads not guilty

November 26, 2023 10:55 am Associated Press

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Three college students of Palestinian descent out for a walk in Vermont were seriously…

Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison, AP source says

November 24, 2023 6:06 pm Associated Press

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another…