BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 24-year-old Bend man was arrested and jailed Saturday evening on first-degree manslaughter, DUII and assault charges in a rollover crash last fall in southeast Bend that claimed the life of a 23-year-old La Pine man and injured a Redmond woman also riding in the car. Bryce Tanner Lupton was lodged
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A backhoe stolen from a construction site near Bend was found by authorities two days later and 250 miles to the north, near Mattawa, Washington. And its GPS tracker showed it made the journey at about 25 mph – meaning it may have been driven on the road for that whole 10-hour trip.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State Police recently seized an alligator from a Springfield homeowner who had it as a family pet for about 13 years, only to learn that possession of such an animal is banned in Oregon, in most cases. Troopers said in a Facebook posting Friday that a crocodilian (alligators are a
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – One of two transients arrested in a parking-lot drug bust earlier this week was arrested again Friday, accused of trying to sell hundreds of dollars in stolen Lego sets online, at a steep discount — to an undercover officer. Authorities say Legos are a hot item on the black market due to their untraceable nature – no serial numbers on all those little, colorful bricks.
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Two Bend-area transients were arrested after drug agents witnessed a parking lot drug sale on Bend’s north end Tuesday afternoon. One of their alleged customers ran and is being sought. The pair earlier allegedly stole $750 worth of Legos from a nearby store to sell online.
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(Update: Adding city statement on lawsuit) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A recently fired administrative services manager for the Prineville Police Department filed a $1.5 million lawsuit Friday against against the city and former police chief Larry Seymour, who recently resigned after a months-long investigation. Nikki Hepworth alleges she was forced out for reporting illegal discrimination
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The Oregon State Police said Thursday it’s ramping up patrols in Central Oregon Friday through Sunday. A high-visibility saturation patrol is planned for the President’s Day long weekend and coincides with the annual Oregon WinterFest, which is expected to increase traffic and bring a large number of visitors to the area.
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A 48-year-old Uber driver from La Pine was arrested in downtown Bend on a kidnapping charge Tuesday night, accused of driving a female passenger around for close to a half-hour, despite being just five minutes from her home, before eventually dropping her off.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced Wednesday that it has seized a vehicle purchased for Jon Harder, the former CEO of Sunwest Management and associated companies, who previously admitted to orchestrating a $120 million fraud scheme — one of the largest in Oregon history — and that
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — In papers filed late Friday afternoon, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a motion asking the Oregon Court of Appeals to let Measure 114 to take effect while the state’s appeal of Harney County Judge Robert Raschio’s ruling proceeds through the court process. Measure 114 was passed by Oregon voters in November of
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Romance scams can happen any time of year, but with Valentine’s Day this week, the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation is warning people to watch their wallets when it comes to online romance. A romance scam happens when a scammer uses a fake online identity to gain a person’s trust and
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A welfare check on a despondent man who a caller said hurt himself and fired shots in a northeast Madras home Monday evening prompted the call-out of numerous officers, evacuation of nearby residents, street closures and a “shelter in place” notice, ending with his transport to the hospital for evaluation.
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It was a small mystery that prompted a large number of questions and jokes, online and off: a wrong-way car oddly double-parked in downtown Bend for much of the weekend that wasn’t towed away until Monday, after some vandals unfortunately marked it up.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former professional wrestler William Albert “Billy Jack” Haynes Jr. has been taken into police custody in connection with the death of his wife in Portland, authorities said. Portland police said in a statement over the weekend that Haynes, 70, was in police custody at a local hospital, undergoing treatment “for a
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies sought the public’s help Monday in finding the owner of eight puppies that apparently were abandoned last week in the La Pine area.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A woman in a trenchcoat opened fire with a long gun Sunday inside celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Texas, sending worshippers rushing to find safety while two off-duty officers confronted and killed the shooter. Two other people were shot and injured, including a 5-year-old boy
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation, along with a task force of state securities regulators, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced a $3 million settlement in principle with TradeStation Crypto, Inc. over its unregistered crypto interest earning program. The settlement resolves allegations that TradeStation violated state and federal securities
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Environmental Health said Friday it has received multiple reports from community members who have received spam phone calls that appear to come from the county. Callers appear to be “spoofing,” or faking, the Health Services’ Environmental Health main phone number, so the call appears to be coming from Deschutes
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The case of a Redmond man found guilty of murder “except for insanity” in the May 2022 killing of a Cloverdale woman puts yet another sad spotlight on the challenges of mental illness.
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A Bend woman listened Friday afternoon to the evidence against her and the tearful pain expressed by relatives, friends, a supervisor and coaches of three members of a tight-knit Warm Springs family she killed in a 2022 head-on crash, then stood and said: “I wish I could trade my life for theirs.”
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