(UPDATE: Adding new info from DCSO) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A 19-year-old driver escaped injury Saturday night after a rock apparently was thrown through his truck’s windshield on Rickard Road near Bend. The incident resulted in a shattered windshield and left debris across the vehicle’s interior. The driver, Colton Kirkpatrick, was traveling on the outskirts
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WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Warm Springs Police Department is searching for a runaway teenager. Tyler Kalama, aged 13, was last seen walking in the West Hills Subvision on The Warm Springs Reservation, on February 24th. According to the flier posted by the Warm Springs Police Department’s facebook page, he is described as 5’6″,
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A Deschutes County judge found a Sunriver-area woman guilty Thursday on nine counts of assault, criminal mistreatment and coercion involving her 9-year-old stepson, while her parents were convicted on charges, including tampering with evidence.
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(Update: Earlier reporting misstated the location of Bates’ residence and the alleged crime; both occurred outside La Pine city limits, in Deschutes County.) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gavaughn Bates, the 25-year-old Deschutes County man accused of murdering his mother in front of minors, appeared virtually in Deschutes County Circuit Court on Tuesday afternoon for the first
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Plaintiffs argue it interferes with Oregonians’ constitutional right to set a referendum date By Mia Maldonado, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. — Republican leaders of a successful petition to pause gas tax and transportation fee hikes until a citizen vote are suing the state over a new law rescheduling that vote. Gov. Tina Kotek signed Senate
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning Friday of another scam that has echoes of many over the years, impersonating officers and trying to part you from your money. “They change from time to time but it’s important to be vigilant,” the Facebook post stated. “We won’t ask for money,”
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Culver woman who ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of a small school bus in Redmond nearly two years ago has pleaded guilty to 17 charges, including DUII and third-degree assault, a month before she was due to go on trial. Katrina Nicole Dacus, now 36, earlier pleaded not guilty to 26 charges, including numerous counts of reckless endangering
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Over the next few weeks, the City of Bend will be installing automated traffic enforcement cameras to detect red light violations and speeding at high-traffic intersections. Cameras will be installed at NE 27th and Neff Road, SE Reed Market and Third Street, and SE Powers Road and Third Street. The cameras
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office welcomed three new deputies Friday morning during an official swearing-in ceremony. Sheriff Ty Rupert administered the oath of office to the new staff members. The new personnel include Deputies Spencer Stein, Jeffrey Holland and Sean Kelty. The group brings a combination of military service, health care
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(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Jefferson County ranching couple has sued Central Electric Cooperative for more than $10 million, claiming the utility’s negligence and failure to shut down power lines amid dry conditions and severe fire risk sparked last summer’s destructive, 95,000-acre Cram Fire. A Portland attorney for Ronald and Debra Dees, who own and operate The RiverD Ranch, filed the
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — A traffic stop on U.S. Highway 26 near Madras led to a drug-detection K-9’s alert, a search and the arrest of two men from Redmond and Prineville on drug charges, authorities said. The arrests wrapped up the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team’s short-term investigation into the sale of methamphetamine and fentanyl
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team went to a home south of Sunriver Wednesday morning and arrested a Bend-area man wanted on several active warrants for crimes ranging from identity theft to repeatedly running from police. The SWAT Team arrested Paul Alfred Akehurst, 40, without incident around 8:40 a.m. at
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Federal agents in Oregon have detained and shot immigrants in hospital parking lots, accessed confidential emergency medical service logs from behind nurses’ desks and interfered with nurses while they care for patients — some with shackled ankles as agents stood guard in exam rooms.
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By Shaanth Nanguneri, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon House on Wednesday moved to strengthen some of the nation’s strictest state-level firearm safety provisions narrowly enacted by Oregon voters in 2022, after a tense dispute during a committee hearing over the bill brought the chamber to a standstill on Monday. Along with banning
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.A Sisters man arrested in December for stealing a front loader from a construction site and ramming a family member’s SUV has been arrested again in the theft of several city, school and construction vehicles around the region, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday.
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A 15-year-old male juvenile who left a secure J Bar J Youth Services facility without permission late Sunday night, prompting a search and an alert to area residents, was found and arrested Monday afternoon at a Redmond restaurant, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend Police said Monday they have arrested a 15-year-old resident on over two-dozen charges after a series of recent TikTok videos showed a person urinating in public spaces across the city. The teen was taken into custody at his home over the weekend following an investigation into the social media posts,
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — An Eagle Crest man was arrested Friday morning following a series of high-speed pursuits that spanned several hours across Deschutes County. Doug R. Greaser, 54, was taken into custody after law enforcement used spike strips and a PIT maneuver to stop his vehicle on Eagle Crest Boulevard. The incident began around
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Bend man armed with a knife who repeatedly tried forcing way into a couple’s travel trailer off Highway 20 early Thursday morning threatened to kill them and injured the woman, who grabbed her own knife, before Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies arrested him in a nearby struggle. Deputies responded at 6:17
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend Police said Thursday they have arrested a convicted sex offender and are seeking any additional victims. Bend resident Erick Nazario Aguirre, 31, who has worked at a number of fast food restaurants in Bend, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree sexual abuse, sexual misconduct and contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor. Read the full press release from the
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