Police officers arrested a man accused of repeatedly stabbing his older brother in the face during a fight early Saturday morning after responding to a southwest Redmond residence following a series of 911 hang-up calls.   Andres Espinoza - DCJ photo According to a news release issued by the Redmond Police Department, when officers arrived at the 2000 block of SW 30th Street about 12:30 a.m. they found Andres Espinoza, 20, in front of the home, bleeding ... [full story]

A fugitive who escaped from state prison was apprehended in Redmond, Oregon on Saturday afternoon after a storeowner called 911 to report a    John Jay Johnson - DCJ photo man was inside his business claiming to be hiding from law enforcement, police reported. Redmond Police officers were dispatched to the 1700 block of SW Odem Medo about 5:35 p.m. and discovered John Jay Johnson, a 55-year old transient and escapee from the Powder River Correctional Facility, Captain ... [full story]

An allegedly drunk and reckless driver who crashed into a tree in the Black Butte Ranch area attempted to flee from the emergency room prior to his arrest this weekend, police reported.   Ross A. McEvers - DCJ photo On Saturday, October 20, Black Butte Ranch Police officers and fire department paramedics responded to Bishops Cap and Ponderosa Street about 6 p.m. to the report of an injury car crash. According to a news release prepared by Officers ... [full story]

A 27-year old Bend man was struck and injured by a vehicle on NE 4th Street Saturday evening, and police are looking for the motorist involved in the alleged hit-and-run. When police arrived at the scene near NE 4th Street and NE Addison about 7:35 p.m., October 20, Mariano E. Gaucin had already been transported to St. Charles Medical Center by a private vehicle where he is being treated for injuries sustained in the collision, ... [full story]

A 16-year-old Redmond, Oregon girl was arrested Wednesday for attempted murder and hit-and-run after she allegedly ran down a man with whom she earlier had been involved in a domestic dispute, police reported. According to a news release, about 5:45 p.m. on October 17, Redmond Police were called to SW Timber Avenue and SW 21st Street to the report of a hit-and-run accident.  Upon arrival they found Shawn Lester Kelley, 36, had been struck and ... [full story]

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may face criminal prosecution, fired former U.S. attorney John McKay said in Spokane, Wash.The U.S. Inspector General is expected to include recommendations regarding the prosecution of Gonzales and others in a report on its investigation that could be released as early as next month, McKay said Friday in a speech to the Federal Bar Association, The Spokane Spokesman-Review reported.McKay, former U.S. attorney for Western Washington, said ... [full story]

CHICAGO -- Many Chicago homicide victims are inadvertently buried without autopsies, authorities say.Such burials happen "all the time," Cook County Chief Medical Examiner Nancy Jones told The Chicago Sun-Times Sunday.Andrew Cook, for example, died Aug. 21 -- seven weeks after he was beaten, stabbed and left on a Chicago sidewalk. Although the attack was still being investigated when Cook died, his body was not examined before he was buried, the Sun-Times said.The error forced his ... [full story]

CHARLOTTE, S.C. -- Two cross-country cyclists raising money for brain injury treatment were struck and killed by a van in South Carolina.The South Carolina Highway Patrol said the accident happened Sunday around 2:15 p.m. on U.S. 521, 11 miles south of Lancaster, the Charlotte Observer reported Monday.Thomas Hoskins, 49, died at the scene, while Lee Anne Barry, 43, died later at the Carolinas Medical Center, police said.Barry founded The B.I.G. Ride in 2001 to heighten ... [full story]

WASHINGTON -- U.S. polling strategists say celebrity endorsements don't carry much political weight -- even if you're Oprah Winfrey.Winfrey has raised $3 million for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama and may campaign for the senator from Illinois, but that doesn't guarantee she'll win him many votes, USA Today reported Monday.A USA Today/Gallup Poll indicates more than six in 10 adults say endorsements aren't important in deciding whom they'll back. Only 8 percent of the adults ... [full story]

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Three men escaped with $400,000 after holding two families hostage and robbing a Tempe, Ariz., bank, The Arizona Republic reported Monday.The incident appeared patterned after "Bandits," a 2001 movie in which two men kidnap bank managers, spend the night with their families and then go to the bank the next day to collect the money, police told the Republic. The robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank in Tempe occurred after the suspects ... [full story]