SEATTLE (AP) — A new audit shows the Seattle Police Department has a low rate of compliance with a law requiring it to provide young people with access to a lawyer before they are interviewed. The city Office of Inspector General’s audit, dated Friday, found officers complied with the law 4% of the time, based
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Prineville police have posted security-camera photos and video of a recent “porch pirate” package theft on social media in hopes the public can help them identify and catch the suspect, who may be following delivery trucks around town.
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press A Washington state law aimed at improving police accountability is in the spotlight after three Tacoma officers were acquitted in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. The measure approved by voters in
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The girlfriend of Bend murder suspect Caleb Cegers was sentenced Friday to 10 days in jail and 18 months’ probation for repeatedly punching a downtown bartender and later helping Cegers get away after he allegedly fatally shot Taylor Wyss of Redmond on the sidewalk outside last August. Whatever relationship Cegers has
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Ten drivers were arrested in Bend on DUII charges in less than 48 hours last Friday and Saturday, several also for reckless driving and reckless endangering, police said Wednesday in a sober reminder of the increased dangers on city streets at a time of year for holiday parties.
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By MARTHA BELLISLE and MADDY GRASSY Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A jury cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges Thursday in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. Two of the officers
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A 24-year-old Warm Springs man has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison Tuesday for brutally assaulting a woman with a piece of firewood inside a home on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Devere Ben Charley was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release,
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Authorities have identified a teenage girl killed by the Green River serial killer in Washington state four decades ago. Lori Anne Razpotnik was 15 when she ran away from her home in Lewis County in 1982. Her family never saw her again. Her remains were found in 1985 over a road embankment
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A reportedly mentally ill La Pine man lit a shed on fire and was seen with a gun late Tuesday afternoon, prompting a warning for neighbors to shelter in place until Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies were able to get him to surrender, a sergeant said.
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A petition drive started by southeast Bend residents is aiming to stop the establishment of a transitional housing complex for adult parolees and registered sex offenders at a triplex on Southeast Wilson Avenue.
Continue Reading A 21-year-old Bend woman has pleaded guilty to assault and hindering prosecution for punching a downtown Bend bartender last August and helping her reported boyfriend, Caleb Cegers, flee the scene after he allegedly shot and killed a Redmond man on the street outside the bar.
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By Brammhi Balarajan and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A judge denied a second motion to dismiss the case against Bryan Kohberger – the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students last year. Court records show Judge John Judge ruled against Kohberger’s team to dismiss the grand jury indictment in the quadruple
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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A wanted suspect in a Grants Pass shooting death, deemed “armed and extremely dangerous” by police was shot and killed by law enforcement in Grants Pass Friday at the end of a vehicle pursuit, Oregon State Police reported. Josephine County resident Kelly Lynn Mason was the subject of a manhunt
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state man in jail awaiting trial in one murder case has been charged with three more killings, and prosecutors say he lured all four victims by asking them to help dig up buried gold. Richard Bradley Jr., 40, was charged in May 2021 with first-degree murder in the death of
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Warm Springs man was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison Friday after pleading guilty to attempted murder for intentionally using his vehicle last March to intentionally strike and severely injure an adult known to them on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Quinten Xavier Greene, 25, was sentenced
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An investigation of two Redmond residents allegedly dealing in fentanyl led to a Terrebonne traffic stop early Thursday morning and their arrest after a drug-detection K-9 alerted on what turned out to be a half-pound of fentanyl in powder and pill form, police said.
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An attorney for Idaho asked a judge on Thursday to throw out a lawsuit seeking clarity about the medical exemptions to the state’s broad abortion bans, saying it was based on hypothetical situations rather than current facts. But an attorney for the four women and several
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With holiday parties and gatherings at hand, intoxicated drivers continue to be a significant problem throughout Deschutes County.
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TUMALO, Ore. (KTVZ) – A long-term investigation into an illegal marijuana grow operation led to a raid on three Tumalo properties Tuesday morning by several agencies and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team and the arrest of a 39-year-old resident, deputies said Thursday. The Sheriff’s Office Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Team led the search
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — During the Christmas and New Year holiday periods, we often see a rise in drunk-driving deaths. Recent data shows December drunk driving deaths are the highest in almost 15 years. As a result, the Prineville Police Department will be participating in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) High-Visibility Enforcement national
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