Warm Springs Tribal Police detectives and FBI agents raided a Warm Springs home on Thursday and arrested the second of two suspects in the shooting death of a 24-year-old man last Halloween night in Madras.
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By Kandra Kent Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Oregonians were tricked out of $13.6 million in cryptocurrency scams in the first 10 months of 2022, according to the FBI. It’s one of the fastest growing schemes that also led to more than a billion dollars in loss for Americans
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WASHINGTON, (KTVZ) — Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) announced Wednesday her support for the Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act and the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, joining the proposals as a cosponsor following her meetings with local elected officials, community members, and law enforcement officers at the southern border last week. “Cartels are funneling
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A Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy spotted one of several vehicles stolen recently near Redmond’s Home Depot Tuesday evening and a pursuit ensued, leading the Portland-area man to abandon the SUV. He was found hiding in some nearby bushes, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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By Cheri Mossburg, Camila Bernal and Kelly McCleary, CNN A man was taken into custody in connection with the shooting death of a Catholic bishop renowned for his work as a community peacemaker, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Monday. Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell was found dead Saturday in his home in the community
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At the close of a heart-wrenching, emotional hearing, a Deschutes County judge sentenced a Bend man to life in prison without any possibility of parole Friday afternoon for killing an 18-year-old couple last summer, a brutal crime that shocked the community.
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Six months after a Bend man was arrested in the killing of two Bend 18-year-olds, Wesley Abel Brady changed his pleas to guilty Wednesday to two counts of first-degree murder and one count of strangulation involving Angela Alexus Pastorino and Alfredo Hernandez.
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By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge. Over 100 straight days of racial justice protests that turned downtown Portland into a battleground. A violent breach of the state Capitol. Clashes between gun-toting right-wingers and leftist militants. Over the past decade, Oregon experienced the sixth-highest number
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A former West Linn dentist was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison Thursday for attempting to steal more $170 million in COVID relief funds and illegally distributing thousands of doses of prescription drugs.
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A drug raid Thursday on an RV parked among the homeless residents on Hunnell Road turned up a commercial amount of counterfeit oxycodone pills with suspected, deadly fentanyl, as well as methamphetamine and two guns, leading to the arrest of two transients, officials said.
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An SUV stolen from a Bend car wash on Monday afternoon was used within 24 hours to commit several thefts in Eugene, police said Thursday as they released a photo of the car and suspect in hopes the public can help them identify, find and arrest her.
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A Bend man suspected in a pair of Redmond thefts was pulled over on Highway 97 and arrested on numerous charges Wednesday after a Redmond Police detective who had just recovered the stolen tools from a Bend pawn shop spotted his car, from which drugs and guns were seized.
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Local governments in Oregon can’t declare themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries and ban police from enforcing certain gun laws, a state appeals court decided Wednesday, in the first court case filed over a concept that hundreds of U.S. counties have adopted in recent years.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum announced Wednesday that the Oregon Court of Appeals has invalidated a Columbia County ordinance that claims to nullify state and federal gun safety laws within the county. The ordinance was adopted by the Columbia County Board of Commissioners in March of 2021. It had been preceded by two
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A Bend man apprehended by federal marshals in Mexico late last year and brought back to Bend to face manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges in a fatal shooting at Mayfield Pond last summer pleaded no contest to the latter charge late Monday after a day-long settlement conference.
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A second suspect has been arrested in Utah in a violent break-in, burglary and assault of a Tennessee man last May at The Lodge Hotel at Eagle Crest Resort west of Redmond, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday.
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An unresponsive Deschutes County Jail inmate was found in their dormitory cell Monday night, prompting immediate life-saving efforts before being taken by ambulance to St. Charles Bend, Sheriff Shane Nelson said.
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An Oregon State Police trooper made a traffic stop for speeding on Highway 97 in Madras Sunday evening, leading to the discovery of more than seven pounds of methamphetamine and the arrest of two Washington state residents.
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By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The executive director of Oregon’s liquor regulatory agency announced his resignation Monday amid a criminal investigation into allegations that he and other senior officials used their positions to divert rare, sought-after bourbons for personal use. Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission Executive Director Steve Marks noted in
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A guns-drawn traffic stop on Highway 97 in Crescent late Saturday night brought the arrest of a Washington state fugitive and a Bend transient on drug trafficking charges and the seizure of fake Oxycodone tablets containing fentanyl, the latest operation targeting the deadly drug that agents said is “flooding the region.”
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