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Updated Press Release
Case Number: 2021-000001589
Location: Southbound Highway 97/Parkway south of NE Hawthorne Avenue
Semi-Truck Driver: William McCain, 56-year old Male, Alaska resident
Involved Vehicle: 2017 Volvo truck
Pedestrian: Marlow White, 42-year old Male, Bend resident Deceased Next-of-Kin has been notified
On 01-09-2021 about 7:13 PM PST Deschutes County 9-1-1 dispatch received multiple 9-1-1 calls regarding a motor vehicle crash that occurred on southbound Highway 97 “The Parkway” just south of NE Hawthorne Avenue. Callers reported a Semi-Tractor Trailer had collided with a pedestrian.
Officers from the Bend Police Department arrived and provided medical aid to the pedestrian who was unconscious. Bend Fire and Rescue paramedics arrived and transported the pedestrian who succumbed to his injuries at St Charles Medical Center in Bend during treatment. The pedestrian was positively identified as 42-year old Bend resident Marlow White
Bend PD officers set to begin testing body cameras next week
Deschutes County Sheriff s Office
Deschutes County Sheriff s Office also recently began testing Watch Guard, Coban body-worn, in-car camera systems.
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Having chosen a few vendors to try out, the Bend Police Department said Thursday that its officers will begin testing body cameras next week.
Here s their announcement, in full:
Over the last six months, the Bend Police Department established a body-worn camera working group consisting of members from the police department, City of Bend Legal Department, and the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office.
The workgroup narrowed the selection of the body-worn camera supplier down to a few providers. These providers are all nationally utilized by multiple agencies and offer some differences in their services and capabilities.
12/17/2020 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/18/2020 10:26
Madras Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison
EUGENE, Ore.-Ronald Wayne Thrasher, 50, a prolific drug dealer from Madras, Oregon with a decades-long criminal history, was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison followed by five years supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
On August 8, 2019, Thrasher, whose previous convictions include drug manufacturing and distribution, burglary, and illegal firearm possession, was found guilty of conspiring to distribute controlled substances and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine by a federal jury in Eugene. Ronald Thrasher is a dangerous criminal whose drug dealing threatened communities throughout Central Oregon. Despite several previous convictions and significant prison sentences, Thrasher repeatedly returned to drug trafficking to provide income for himself, supply his own drug addiction, and
EUGENE, Ore. Ronald Wayne Thrasher, 50, a prolific drug dealer from Madras, Oregon with a decades-long criminal history, was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison followed by five years’ supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
On August 8, 2019, Thrasher, whose previous convictions include drug manufacturing and distribution, burglary, and illegal firearm possession, was found guilty of conspiring to distribute controlled substances and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine by a federal jury in Eugene.
“Ronald Thrasher is a dangerous criminal whose drug dealing threatened communities throughout Central Oregon. Despite several previous convictions and significant prison sentences, Thrasher repeatedly returned to drug trafficking to provide income for himself, supply his own drug addiction, and bolster his status among rivals,” said U.S. Attorney Williams. “The significant sentence imposed today cuts off a major source of methamph