Crime And Courts Archives

OSP K-9 team seizes more than 100 pounds of crystal meth, 11 pounds of suspected fentanyl in I-5 traffic stop; 2 arrests

August 30, 2024 10:29 pm KTVZ news sources

ALBANY, Ore. (KTVZ) — An Oregon State Police K-9 team seized more than 100 pounds of crystal meth and 11 pounds of suspected fentanyl in a traffic…

Prineville woman arrested in Springfield on DUII, reckless driving charges after her 8-year-old child called 911 from back seat

August 30, 2024 9:13 pm KTVZ news sources

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Prineville woman was arrested in Springfield on several charges after her 8-year-old child called 911 from the car’s…

Oregon ban on hard-to-trace ghost guns goes into effect Sunday

August 30, 2024 5:23 pm Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — So-called ghost guns, privately made firearms that don’t have serial numbers and are largely untraceable, will be…

‘Speed kills’: Police pull over Bend Parkway driver clocked at 106 mph; faces $1,150 fine

August 30, 2024 4:44 pm KTVZ news sources

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The driver of an SUV clocked going 106 mph on the Bend Parkway was pulled over this week and got a ticket that carries a hefty…

Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again

August 30, 2024 3:51 pm Associated Press

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when…

‘Most people are frustrated:’ CO gun range and firearm shop react with concern to Oregon’s new ban on ‘ghost guns’

August 28, 2024 1:06 pm KTVZ news sources

The Oregon Department of Justice is reminding Oregonians that the state’s new ban on “ghost guns” goes into effect on Sunday noting, “Ghost…

Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for a hearing at the Latah County Courthouse in Moscow

Idaho murder suspect wants trial moved after survey results say town will ‘burn the courthouse down’ if he’s acquitted

August 29, 2024 2:21 am CNN Newsource

By Jean Casarez, Zoe Sottile and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho…

Hillsboro man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in Beaverton woman’s fentanyl overdose death

August 29, 2024 12:10 am KTVZ news sources

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —A Washington County man was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison Wednesday for distributing counterfeit pills…

Update: Missing Redmond man found by police at NE Bend park, in good health, reunited with family

August 28, 2024 2:32 pm KTVZ news sources

Redmond Police requested the public’s help Wednesday in finding a missing 23-year-old man who they said left his northeast Redmond home Sunday…

Deschutes County SO sees more issues with dogs chasing, killing livestock after code widened to include chickens, turkeys

August 28, 2024 11:46 am KTVZ news sources

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Amid a rise in animal complaint calls this year and tickets for chasing, hurting or killing a wider range of livestock, the…

‘I believed he was on his way to murder people’: Police actions before seeking warrants focus of Garner motions hearing

August 27, 2024 12:00 pm Barney Lerten, Isabella Warren

A five-day pre-trial motions hearing began Tuesday for a Portland man accused of plotting a mass-shooting attack last October at a Smith Rock State…

Redmond PD: Security video key in arrest of Madras man charged with burglarizing sushi restaurant, hobby shop

August 27, 2024 1:15 pm KTVZ News Team

Thanks in part to cloud-based security video, Redmond Police detectives and officers arrested a 34-year-old Madras man on burglary, theft and…

Coasters, posters and TALK, to prevent partner violence: 15 restaurants, bars have joined Saving Grace in new program

August 20, 2024 3:06 pm KTVZ news sources

Saving Grace recently launched a new violence prevention partner program. The nonprofit, Saving Grace, supports survivors of sexual assault,…

‘I saw a whole other class of zombies’: Bend homeless share stories of M. 110 impacts ahead of reforms, ‘deflection’

August 26, 2024 11:16 am Isabella Warren

Oregon’s four-year-long Measure 110 drug decriminalization experiment is approaching its end next week, after legislators and the governor signed off…

Oregon DOJ reaches plea deal with RN for criminal mistreatment, elder abuse at Klamath Falls assisted living facility

August 23, 2024 10:54 pm KTVZ news sources

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Justice, which prioritizes the prosecution of elder abuse announced Friday a plea deal with a…

Bend-area man, already jailed for DUII, charged with explicit online luring of a ‘minor’ who was actually an undercover officer

August 23, 2024 5:31 pm Barney Lerten

A Bend-area man jailed earlier this month on a drugged driving charge has been charged with luring a minor and attempting to use a child in a display…