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The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office is spending more than $2 million for a slew of new vehicles to ensure every patrol deputy has one to drive home at the end
BEND, Ore. — A Bend Police officer charged with assaulting a man while on duty has pleaded not guilty.
Man charged with illegal use of bear spray in dispute at Bend homeless camp Resident had used replica BB gun to tell man to leave BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A report of shots fired at a homeless camp on Bend’s north end Tuesday brought officers to the scene who arrested a man for illegal use of bear spray but did not charge a resident who retrieved a replica BB gun and ordered the man to leave. Police were dispatched shortly after 11 a.m. to the area of Hunnell Road near Loco Road for a dispute and an initial report of a gun being displayed and shots fired, Lt. Juli McConkey said.
Colleen Thomas / Deschutes County Originally published on June 28, 2021 6:22 pm Over the weekend, two men were found dead along the same stretch of road used by unhoused campers in Bend. The causes of the deaths could not be confirmed, but service providers for the unhoused community suspect heat may have played a role. The deaths came as Bend city officials declared a state of emergency in response to the heat wave across the Northwest. Bend Police officers responded Sunday to two separate reports of “unattended deaths” on Hunnell Road, according to a department spokesperson. The ro...
Keys left on table lead to pickup theft at NE Bend pizza parlor; Portland-area pair arrested Truck recovered; charged couple also had guns, drugs; police remind to keep valuables with you at all times BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Surveillance video and a stolen credit card purchase led Bend police to a Clackamas County pair who were arrested, accused of stealing a pickup truck from a Keizer woman who’d left her keys on a table at a Bend pizza parlor Wednesday night, police said. Police were called to Abby’s Pizza on Northeast Third Street just after 8 p.m. on a report of a stolen 2016 Dodge Ram ...