A suspect sought in a domestic violence case at a Madras home last week that brought out the region’s SWAT team was stabbed in an assault case on Monday that led to a brief lockout at St. Charles Madras, and was arrested Tuesday upon his release from St. Charles Bend, police said.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a stockholder derivative lawsuit Tuesday against the board of directors of Fox Corporation, the corporate parent of Fox News, for breach of fiduciary duty. The Oregon Public Employee Retirement Fund (OPERF) is a Fox investor. The Attorney General represents OPERF and Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read,
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A Madras man was arrested after he got into an argument and fight at the Terrebonne Grange Hall and was told to leave late Saturday night, then got a gun from his vehicle, returned and began threatening people, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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A 17-year-old Summit High School student has been arrested on a felony first-degree disorderly conduct charge, accused of making a 9/11-timed bomb threat to the school in a weekend social-media post that prompted cancellation of Monday’s classes and activities at the northwest Bend school.
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The city of Bend’s Human Rights and Equity Commission addressed issues of hate speech and discrimination and steps they recommend to better address them at a city council meeting last week.
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A 68-year-old man walked into an FBI field office in Oregon and confessed to bludgeoning a woman to death more than four decades ago in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, prosecutors said. John Michael Irmer, 68, was arraigned Monday in Boston. Irmer, who prosecutors say is also being
Continue ReadingROCKAWAY BEACH, Ore. (AP) — Law enforcement officers shot and killed a man described as “agitated” in the small coastal city of Rockaway Beach, authorities said Friday. An Oregon State Police trooper responded to a residence Thursday evening to help a Tillamook County deputy with an agitated suspect, police said in a statement. During the
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Saturday an agreement in principle with national grocery giant Kroger that will require the grocery chain to pay a total of $1.37 billion to participating state and local governments for their role as a dispenser of opioids in the country’s ongoing crisis. Oregon will receive
Continue Reading PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 28-year-old Prineville man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of rape, sex abuse and other charges in multiple assaults on a woman he knew, Crook County District Attorney Kari Hathorn said Friday. A jury on August 22 found Joshua Lee Quattlebum guilty
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University and Washington State University, the two remaining members of the Pac-12 Conference, initiated legal action Friday, seeking “to confirm the governance structure of the conference, gain access to business information, and protect the conference’s assets.” This is a critical step that allows the two universities to continue to
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore (KTVZ). — Following their conviction at trial, three former executives of Aequitas Management, LLC, and associated companies were sentenced to federal prison terms Thursday for their roles in a vast fraud conspiracy wherein the executives raised nearly $300 million from defrauded investors. Robert J. Jesenik, 63, former chief executive officer of Aequitas and
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CHRISTMAS VALLEY, Ore. (KTVZ) – A recent Oregon State Police raid on an allegedly illegal marijuana growing operation in Christmas Valley turned up nearly 1,600 plants and led to the arrest of a Fresno, California man, troopers said Thursday. OSP’s Drug Enforcement Section Southwest Region Marijuana Team executed the search warrant on August 30 in
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Bend-La Pine students are returning to their schools this week, and that means school-zone speed limits are also being enforced, whether the signs state a school-day time period or have flashing lights to indicate when drivers need to slow down and watch for the kids.
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PENDLETON, Ore. (KTVZ) — A poacher will pay $75,000 in fines and serve jail time after killing numerous deer and elk near Pendleton in what officials called a wildlife crime spree. Walker Erickson, 28, of Pendleton, pleaded guilty to 22 charges including illegally killing deer and elk, leaving game animals to waste and trespassing. All
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SALEM, ORE — Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is leading a bipartisan effort to get Congress to study how artificial intelligence (AI) can be misused to exploit children through child sexual abuse material. Signed by a remarkable coalition of 54 states and territories, the letter urges Congress to protect children from AI-enabled harm. A two-step process is proposed.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Right to Life sued a state agency Tuesday for relief from the state’s requirement that it provide coverage in its employee health insurance plan for abortion. The organization claims the mandate violates ORTL’s religious liberty, protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The federal lawsuit names the Oregon
Continue Reading (Update: Adding video, comments by police chief) MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Redmond man suspected in a recent string of Madras burglaries – twice each at two Madras businesses — was arrested after he fled the latest break-in over the weekend. Theodore Arce Jr., 37, was arraigned on 18 felony and misdemeanor charges Tuesday afternoon.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A report of suspicious activity at a southeast Redmond residence led to a raid and the arrest of a Klamath Falls man and a La Pine woman who allegedly broke into the vacant home and faked rental documents, police said. Officers also recovered A 9 mm handgun and powdered fentanyl. Redmond
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Detectives in Seattle were investigating the deaths of two adults and two children whose bodies were found following a reported shooting and house fire. Officers responding to a report of a shooting in a residential area of the city Saturday morning found the house engulfed in flames and its doors barricaded closed,
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A man who drove the getaway car in a stolen firearms trafficking scheme that led to the fatal shooting of Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Jeremy Brown in southwest Washington has been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison. Clark County Superior Court Judge David Gregerson sentenced 30-year-old Abran Raya Leon
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