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Bend Fire Department looks toward levy renewal
Prior to 2014, only 20 percent of victims of cardiac arrest that the Bend Fire Department responded to survived. Today, 70 percent of them survive.The survival rate is one of the highest in the nation, said Bill Boos, chief deputy of administration for the Bend Fire Department. “That is phenomenal,” he said.But the change that fire officials say has saved lives — a levy that funds additional… → Read More
As judge steps down, her policies leave lasting impact
After more than 24 years, Judge Alta Brady has decided she would rather spend time traveling, reading and talking with family and friends than donning a black robe and presiding over Deschutes County’s court system.The Deschutes County Circuit Court presiding judge will step down Dec. 31, a year before her final term would sunset.Brady, 62, was appointed as judge in 1994 and became presiding… → Read More
Presiding Deschutes judge Alta Brady to retire
Deschutes County Circuit Court Presiding Judge Alta Brady is stepping down from the bench.Brady will serve her last day Dec. 31, according to a letter she sent Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday. That’s a year before her term would expire.Brady was first appointed as judge by then-Gov. Barbara Roberts in 1994 and was first elected to the court in November of that year. She was promoted to presiding… → Read More
Passenger in fatal crash charged with furnishing alcohol
Jason Soto, injured in a car crash that killed his friend and driver Daniel Bazan, 18, is being charged with one count of furnishing alcohol to a minor for bringing alcohol to a party before the crash.Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said this week that he plans to file the criminal charge.Hummel said in an email that the charge is “based on the allegation that on August 12, 2017,… → Read More
Redmond man pleads guilty in fatal wreck
A Redmond man pleaded guilty Thursday in Deschutes County Circuit Court to criminally negligent homicide for causing a fatal car crash while intoxicated.Justice Collins, 20, also pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of intoxicants. Per the plea agreement, a second-degree manslaughter charge was dismissed.Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said the deal was struck during the… → Read More
Redmond mom arrested after child allegedly ingests meth
A Redmond woman was arrested for allegedly leaving methamphetamine around her child, which the child accidentally ingested, and then delaying reporting the matter to doctors.Jaycee Deinstadt, 21, was booked into the Deschutes County jail Thursday. Later that day she was arraigned on charges of first-degree criminal mistreatment, endangering the welfare of a minor and possession of meth and… → Read More
Prineville police investigating shooting death
The Prineville Police Department has questioned a subject about the shooting death of a man Sunday.Police responded to the 900 block of Second Street in Prineville at 3:46 p.m. Sunday to find a man who had been shot, according to a police news release. The man died at the scene, though the release doesn’t state if he was dead when police arrived.A person is being questioned and is believed to… → Read More
Bait bike program cuts Bend bike thefts in half
In a town where it’s not uncommon for someone’s mountain bike to be worth more than their car, professional bike thieves have become undaunted by bike locks and garage doors.Despite being an otherwise safe and friendly town, bike-riding Bend residents have learned to watch over their precious assets as the Central Oregon town became a haven for professional bike thieves. “This beautiful, utopic… → Read More
Madras couple charged with kidnapping, forced drugging
A woman discovered at St. Charles Madras wearing only a bra and handcuffs told police she escaped from a couple she knew who kidnapped her, tied her up and forcibly injected methamphetamine into her arm.Dale and Kayla Graybeal were arrested Oct. 6 for the alleged crimes. On Thursday, Dale Graybeal, 29, was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of conspiracy, first- and second-degree kidnapping,… → Read More
Police shut down Bend street due to armed person
Police have shut down Scott Street near Sparrow Bakery in Bend due to an armed person in a business.Bend Police Department Lt. Clint Burleigh said officers responded to the situation at 9:44 a.m. Thursday. Burleigh declined to elaborate, but just before noon said it was still an active scene.Burleigh declined to say how much of a handle police had on the situation, saying events like this can be… → Read More
Accused eclipse bank robber indicted
A Madras man accused of robbing a bank shortly after the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse has been indicted on a federal charge of bank robbery.Tyler Wayne Fuller, 28, was arrested Aug 24 on robbery and burglary charges. On Thursday his charges were dismissed in Jefferson County Circuit Court due to charges being filed in federal court.Fuller is accused of entering a U.S. Bank in Madras during the… → Read More
Madras man charged with attempted murder
A Madras man on the run from the law has been charged with attempted murder.Omar Benitez, 37, is accused of kidnapping, assaulting and threatening to kill a woman with whom he has two children. The alleged crimes took place on Sept. 10 in Jefferson County. Benitez allegedly chased the woman, who was on foot, in a car, lightly striking her once. During an alleged attempt to strike her again, the… → Read More
California man gets probation for sex crimes
A California man was sentenced to five years of probation for having sex with a 14-year-old girl, and video recording the sexual acts.Patrick Quinten Green, 19, was arrested July 12 after the victim called her mother from the Bend Value Inn motel to report she had sex with Green.The Bend Police Department responded to a report from the mother, and found Green in one of the rooms. Once arrested,… → Read More
Bend man dies in Highway 97 fatal crash
A head-on collision on U.S. Highway 97 Wednesday night killed a Bend man and injured a California man.Jonathan Stern, 33, was northbound in a black 2007 Audi when he crossed over the centerline and struck a semi-tractor trailer head-on south of Madras. The truck, driven by 64-year-old James Mohring of El Sobrante, Calif., was pulling an empty livestock trailer.Oregon State Police troopers… → Read More
Former Deschutes County man gets 25 years for sex abuse
An Arizona man was sentenced to what may amount to a life sentence in prison Tuesday for sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl.Ronald Lee Crump, of Quartzsite, Arizona, pleaded guilty July 27 to four counts of first-degree sexual abuse. Per a plea agreement, five other felony sex charges were dismissed. At sentencing Tuesday the only part of the plea agreement that was unresolved was whether the… → Read More
Judge to consider evidence allowed in Lara murder trial
What was supposed to be five days of hearings in the capital murder case against Edwin Lara stretched to 12, wrapping up Friday in Bend. The hearings included dozens of hours of testimony from nearly 50 people, and exhaustive argument. But it can all be boiled down to two questions: Was Lara’s apparent confession to the murder of Kaylee Sawyer legally obtained, and if not, is evidence found… → Read More
Lara’s lawyers allege constitutional violations
The defense team for murder suspect Edwin Lara continues to attack the credibility of California jail deputies who interacted with Lara in the two days following his arrest, insinuating they withheld an attorney from Lara after he invoked his right to one.Lara and his defense attorneys were back in court Tuesday in a lengthy hearing to determine if an apparent confession Lara made to Central… → Read More
At the Painted Hills, eclipse inspires in nature
PAINTED HILLS — As the moon passed over the sun Monday, darkness flooded the valley around Carroll Rim, overlooking the Painted Hills near Mitchell in Eastern Oregon.“It was like the light got sucked out of the landscape,” said Alan Miller, 56, of Davis, California.Gasps from the viewers in the valley below echoed off the hills as for a little more than two minutes, the many hundreds of people… → Read More
At the Painted Hills, eclipse inspires in nature
PAINTED HILLS — As the moon passed over the sun Monday, darkness flooded the valley around Carroll Rim, overlooking the Painted Hills near Mitchell in Eastern Oregon.“It was like the light got sucked out of the landscape,” said Alan Miller, 56, of Davis, California.Gasps from the viewers in the valley below echoed off the hills as for a little more than 2 minutes, the many hundreds of people at… → Read More
Daycare operator accused of abandoning kids pleads not guilty
January Neatherlin, accused of drugging children with sleep aids and leaving them unsupervised at her illegal day care for hours while she went tanning and worked out, is headed for trial.Neatherlin, 31, is charged with 122 crimes stemming from alleged child neglect. She appeared in Deschutes County Circuit Court on Tuesday via video from the Deschutes County jail. Her trial date has been set… → Read More