It’s been a busy 2023 for the Madras Police Department, including a new police chief and new officers joining the ranks. And the last week of the year and start of 2024 was no exception.
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Numerous issues involving dogs on a La Pine property have led to an investigation, the seizure of 37 dogs, many in “very poor condition,” and 45 animal neglect, abandonment and other charges against a 48-year-old La Pine woman, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday.
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A social media post regarding a threat of violence Tuesday at schools in several Central Oregon communities brought a flood of worried calls to dispatchers and others late Monday and early Tuesday, prompting police investigations that so far have found the threat unfounded, possibly out of Portland, but brought increased officer presence around schools.
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NewsChannel 21 set out to look at the differences the numbers can tell us between drug- and alcohol-related DUII arrests in Bend and their impact on the community, as well as some changes in state law related to DUII.
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A US appeals court Saturday paved the way for a California law banning the concealed carry of firearms in “sensitive places” to go into effect January 1, despite a federal judge’s ruling that it is “repugnant to the Second Amendment.” The law – Senate Bill 2 – had been blocked last
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — The Oregon Court of Appeals has temporary halted Multnomah County’s ban on flavored tobacco products, which was set to take effect on Jan. 1, KGW reported. The court issued a stay on Friday morning that pauses enforcement of the ban, pending ongoing litigation. In the court’s order, it cited concerns from
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A Bend man faces DUII, reckless driving and hit-and-run charges after crashing a car into rocks at a home on NE Rock Chuck Drive early Friday, police said.
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A Bend man recently convicted of murder in the March 2021 hatchet killings of two roommates was scheduled to go on trial next month in another killing a few months earlier. But that trial could be delayed some time – perhaps even two years –by a legal dispute over the admissibility of his statements to police in that earlier crime.
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press An Idaho judge on Friday denied a request by the state’s top legal chief to throw out a lawsuit seeking to clarify the exemptions tucked inside the state’s broad abortion ban. Instead, 4th District Judge Jason Scott narrowed the case to focus only on the circumstances where an abortion would
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes and Crook County sheriff’s offices are warning residents to beware of scammers calling and claiming to be deputies, seeking money or gift cards to clear supposed warrants for failure to appear for jury or grand jury. The Crook County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday it was receiving scam reports concerning individuals
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Two Bend men accused of bringing commercial quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine into Central Oregon were arrested late Thursday after an attempted traffic stop near Redmond led to a brief pursuit, crash, search of the car and raid on a suspect’s home. The arrests of Andrew Scott Giordano, 48, and Eric
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A Bend woman whose three dogs fatally mauled a man at a Juniper Ridge homeless camp last July was sentenced Friday to three years in prison, three years probation and ordered to relinquish the dogs, which she had left unattended after they attacked three others in the past.
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After a family member’s tearful plea, a judge rejected a defense lawyer’s request Wednesday and kept bail at $2 million for a Montana man facing four counts of manslaughter and DUII in an October crash on Highway 97 north of Redmond that killed four members of a Troutdale family.
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A 34-year-old Bend man who left home to get coffee on Christmas Day and never returned, prompting an extensive search by worried friends and family was found in good condition and rescued two days later from a 6-foot-deep dry well at a gated storage-unit business, police said.
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A Bend man was arraigned on second-degree murder and fourth-degree assault charges Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of his 60-year-old mother during a domestic dispute Tuesday morning at the southeast Bend home they shared with his brother, whom he allegedly assaulted.
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In a conversation with NewsChannel 21, Deschutes County commissioners Phil Chang and Patti Adair shared their current thoughts on one of Oregon’s most controversial ballot measures ever, Measure 110.
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A Warm Springs man arrested Wednesday on manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges in the death of another man at a Madras homeless camp pleaded not guilty Thursday to the sole indicted charge, of assault, as prosecutors review the evidence and decide how to proceed.
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A Bend woman whose three dogs fatally mauled a man at a Juniper Ridge homeless camp last July has pleaded guilty to three of four charges and averted a trial set for next month. Both sides in the case are recommending the judge impose a 3-year prison term, when she could have faced over six years if convicted at trial.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking a trial date next summer for the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students last year. The Latah County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has asked a judge to schedule a jury trial for the summer of 2024 with dates that avoid times when the Moscow High School
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Friday, we told you about the girlfriend of downtown Bend murder suspect, Caleb Cegers, who was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 18 months probation. On Saturday, NewsChannel 21 spoke with Taylor Wyss’s sister about the family’s reaction to the sentencing. Cegers girlfriend admitted to repeatedly punching a bartender at Duda’s Billiards Bar. She later
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