A Southern California fugitive visiting a relative in La Pine was arrested in a guns-drawn traffic stop Monday afternoon, and authorities said they recovered hundreds, perhaps thousands of pieces of mail stolen in the area and on his way north from Weed, California.
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Two months after costly vandalism toppled dozens of roadside trees and damaged signs in NW Bend, the case remains unsolved and the tree stumps remain. Police are looking for any tips to find the culprits.
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The city of Redmond is cracking down on graffiti, vandalism and other crimes with extra eyes on patrol. Close to 150 cameras, 2/3 of them new, will help police keep watch.
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It took pepper spray and a Taser for police to arrest a Bend man Wednesday afternoon. He’s accused of shooting another man at least six times with a BB gun the previous evening, when the bloodied victim walked into the nearby Five Guys restaurant to report the crime.
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A recent rash of vandalism and graffiti at Redmond city parks comes as the city is preparing to make a major upgrade and expansion to its system of nearly 100 security cameras at various city facilities.
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Rulings by the U.S. and Oregon supreme courts mean several Deschutes County criminal convictions are being struck down and those cases returned for review and possible retrials. Since the courts ruled verdicts from non-unanimous juries were unconstitutional, some prison inmates are returning to local jails to await the outcome of their cases.
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho is poised to allow firing squads to execute condemned inmates when the state can’t get lethal-injection drugs, under a bill the Legislature passed Monday with a veto-proof majority. Firing squads will be used only if the state cannot obtain the drugs needed
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A 22-year-old Redmond man pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder Monday in the killing of a Cloverdale woman last May, a few months after attorneys’ disagreement over his ability to aid in his own defense was resolved.
Continue ReadingBy LISA BAUMANN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A King County Sheriff’s deputy was shot in Seattle Monday while trying to serve an eviction notice, and a person inside the residence was later found dead, police said. The Seattle Police Department said on Twitter around 10:30 a.m. that a person was barricaded in a Ballard
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Have you received an email from the “Financial Hardship Department” lately? It’s a scam with one goal – to infect your device with malware and steal your personal and financial information, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said this week.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Friday that applications are being accepted through April 7 to fill an upcoming federal judicial vacancy in Oregon created by the recent announcement from U.S. District Court Judge Marco Hernandez that he will take senior status in August 2024.
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Deschutes County’s Adult Treatment Court, which has been helping people overcome substance use disorder and transition into a place of stability, has stopped taking new participants for several months due to staffing and other challenges, and is likely to draw to a close by summer.
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A La Pine man said a loaded 9mm pistol was among several items stolen from his unlocked pickup truck parked at the northeast Bend Bottle Drop last week. Police used surveillance video to help identify a suspect they arrested Tuesday in a guns-drawn traffic stop, recovering the altered gun.
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A Terrebonne man learned the hard way what can happen when you leave your car warming up unlocked in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant. But thanks to a witness video, the suspect was arrested on DUII and other charges a short time later and his car was recovered at a hotel on Bend’s north end.
Continue ReadingEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A 58-year-old man in Washington state was shot by police during a standoff and died, investigators said Monday. The Skagit-Island Multiple Agency Response Team said Everett police went to a residence late Friday for a domestic violence call in which a victim had visible injuries, The Seattle Times reported. Officers used
Continue ReadingGRANTS PASS, Oregon (AP) — A lawsuit over the death of a man who was killed by Oregon State Police outside his home in southern Oregon in 2015 has been settled for $1.6 million after a lengthy legal odyssey, the Grants Pass Daily Courier reported. The settlement includes an apology from state police Superintendent Casey
Continue ReadingAssociated Press REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — A longhaul truck driver from Texas who became obsessed with a software engineer in Washington state after meeting her through a social media chatroom app killed her, her husband and himself after stalking them for months, police said. Zohreh Sadeghi, 33, and her husband, Mohammad Milad Naseri, 35, were
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Prineville Police posted a photo on Facebook Friday of a person of interest in a string of thefts in the northeast part of town early Wednesday morning and requested information or surveillance video from area residents.
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A 25-year-old Sunriver man allegedly fired a high-powered rifle shot into the entrance of the Deschutes County Jail Thursday night – just 10 hours after his father was arrested and jailed on charges he sent explicit messages to a 17-year-old girl seeking a job.
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Oregon State Police and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office are investigating livestock attacks in an area north of Redmond.
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