Thursday morning, after the city of Bend’s midnight deadline was upheld by a federal court judge, Hunnell Road was almost completely cleared of the last people who’d camped in the area,
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Mark and Iceton Johnson, the Redmond father and son accused of murder in the fatal drive-by shooting last month of Esaui ‘Sy’ Mutchler, made a joint court appearance Thursday for arraignment and setting of future court dates.
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — One person died Wednesday night after exchanging gunfire with police officers on a residential street in Boise, Idaho, according to police. Reports of an armed person were called in to police just before 10:30 p.m. in the city’s North End, according to the Boise Police Department. Officers staged nearby while gathering
Continue ReadingTUALATIN, Ore. (AP) — Police have released the name of a man suspected of shooting an Oregon deputy when authorities tried to evict the man from his apartment on Wednesday. The Beaverton Police Department on Thursday identified the man being served the eviction notice as Kristafer Graves, 34. When Washington County deputies tried to contact
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Like many law enforcement agencies, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office issues occasional warnings of scammers claiming to be with the department and trying to rip people off. But the latest one, on Thursday, has a bit of a twist: A caller actually claiming to be Sheriff Shane Nelson.
Continue ReadingGORST, Wash. (AP) — A 26-year-old man pleaded not guilty to a murder charge on Wednesday in connection with a road-rage shooting Monday in Washington state. Mark Keith Smith of Burien was initially charged with assault in Kitsap County Superior Court after the confrontation west of Seattle in Gorst. Prosecutors filed a second-degree murder charge
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Prineville Police Chief Larry Seymour and Captain Rob Gray were placed on “paid non-disciplinary administrative leave” as of last Friday, the city said in a brief announcement Wednesday, providing few details of what led to the move.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy was shot multiple times while trying to detain a person at an apartment complex in a southwestern suburb of Portland, Oregon, officials said Wednesday. Deputies with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office were serving a civil eviction at the apartments in Tualatin at about 9:30 a.m., said Washington County
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal jury found a former nurse at Oregon’s women’s prison guilty Tuesday of sexually abusing nine women while they were in custody. The jury reached its verdict in the case against 38-year-old Tony Klein after nearly two days of deliberations, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. Klein was convicted of 21 of
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A Terrebonne man was arrested Monday evening on DUII, criminal mischief and other charges, accused of accidentally starting a fire that destroyed a shed he lived in, then stealing an alpaca ranch’s vehicle and crashing into fences and a gate, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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A 41-year-old transient accused of distributing Honduran-sourced fentanyl from the Portland area to Central Oregon was arrested Monday – his third arrest by drug detectives in less than a year, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
Continue ReadingYAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Two teenagers were found fatally shot at a home in central Washington state. Yakima Police Chief Matt Murray said in social media posts that officers were called to the home Friday afternoon to investigate suspicious circumstances. They found a teen girl and boy, described as being of high school age, dead
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Because of poor air quality in the region due to wildfire smoke, people in the temporarily closed area of Hunnell Road and Clausen Road will be given an additional 48 hours to the seven days they were already provided to vacate the area with their belongings and vehicles/RVs, the city of Bend said Monday.
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A resident of a transient camp on Bend’s north end was arrested and jailed on a reckless burning charge Sunday evening, accused of tossing cigarette butts on the ground and sparking a fire that damaged a fence and landscaping, police said.
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A hospital security guard was killed in a shooting at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland on Saturday morning, and the suspect is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Gresham later in the day, police said.
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A Prineville-area woman who crashed her SUV about 70 feet down an embankment off Juniper Canyon Road early Saturday morning managed to get out and slept under a tree until a drone searching the area awakened her, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said.
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former Washington state newspaper editor was arrested on allegations of paying girls in exchange for sexually explicit images. Steve Smith, 73, was executive editor of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane from 2002 to 2008. Washington State Patrol detectives arrested Smith Thursday on 10 counts of first-degree possession of depictions of minors
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In a first for the federal District of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Tribal Council has unanimously adopted a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Tribal Community Response Plan, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Portland said Friday.
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COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Five members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front were convicted Thursday of misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot at a Pride event. A Kootenai County jury found Forrest Rankin, Devin Center, Derek Smith, James Julius Johnson and Robert Whitted guilty after about an hour of deliberation, news outlets
Continue ReadingBELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in Washington state has been fired and is facing charges, accused of abusing his position as a law enforcement officer to threaten, blackmail and sexually assault two women. Former Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Austin Case was arrested last week and charged with extortion, burglary, third-degree rape, indecent
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