Bend Man Arrested After Standoff
A Bend man was arrested on firearm, drugs and other charges after nearly a three-hour standoff with authorities Saturday afternoon. No injuries were reported, but the area around Market of Choice caused some traffic disruption as police closed down the area.
Bend Police say Mackenzie Benton Now, 36, was being investigated in several recent cases involving a firearm and was currently located inside a residence in the 300 block of NW Colorado.
The suspect had been previously in possession of a stolen handgun. The firearm was located on Thursday, February 11th, with more than 26 grams of suspected heroin.
City snapshot â water, finance, and festivals
By Sue Stafford Tuesday, February 2, 2021 11:42 AM • Robinson & Owen Heavy Construction, LLC, secured a public improvement contract in the amount of $73,496.36 for the 2021 Locust-Cedar alley waterline replacement project. The project is part of the 2017 Water Capital Facilities Plan to upgrade old undersized lines within the distribution system.
The project entails replacement of four four-inch steel lines, believed to have been installed around the 1940s, with new six-inch C900 PVC lines in alleys south of Washington and Jefferson between Cedar and Locust.
The project also includes the replacement of the existing affected service lines with new three-quarter-inch copper lines with lead-free brass fittings. The project will begin late February and take about 90 days to complete. Property owners will be notified prior to start of construction.
Was unable to post bail on DUII charge, had been on pain medication
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Thursday he d finished his review of the circumstances surrounding a county jail inmate s death early last month and determined it to be a suicide and a non-criminal incident.
The inmate was rushed to St. Charles Bend after the Dec. 3 incident and died three days later at the hospital.
In a news release, Hummel said he concluded that the manner of death was by suicide. The cause of death is still to be determined, as we are awaiting the final autopsy report from the medical examiner. Regardless of the cause of death, this was a non-criminal incident.
There are roles for medical, non-medical residents to help out
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) Over the past week, the Deschutes County Fairgrounds vaccination site has been able to give COVID-19 doses to more than 4,000 Central Oregonians, including about 3,000 educators.
The vaccination site is a regional effort between St. Charles Health System, the Deschutes County Health Services and the Deschutes County Sheriff s Office.
More than 100 volunteers have been helping the vaccination site reach its goals.
“Volunteers will continue to be important, and probably become more important as this goes on,” Lt. Nathan Garibay told NewsChannel 21 on Monday.
And more help is needed. The health department is asking for medical and non-medical professionals to volunteer.
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