A 26-year old fugitive with several outstanding arrest warrants who had been previously deported from the United States was arrested Wednesday night in Jefferson County, Oregon when deputies found over $15,000 worth of methamphetamine and heroin hidden in his vehicle, officials reported.   Balam Andres Servin-Cornejo, JCJ photo Jefferson County Sheriff’s Detective Dominguez said that Balam Andres Servin-Cornejo - a Mexican national currently residing in Beaverton, and a convicted sex offender - was stopped while driving a maroon 1998 ... [full story]

For the second time in a little over four months, detectives raided the same northwest Redmond home and arrested the 27-year old resident when they -- once again -- found cocaine and evidence of alleged drug sales, officials announced.   Brian Daniel Spohn - DCJ photo Detectives with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team, Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies and Oregon State Police troopers raided the home of Brian Daniel Spohn at 3880 NW Xavier Avenue on Tuesday shortly after 1:30 ... [full story]

A 20-year-old Bend man who was arrested earlier this year in connection with torching a car driven during the hit-and-run death of bicyclist Kimberly Ann Potter has been arrested again – this time on drug charges for the alleged sale of OxyContin, police said.   Robert Jennings Battles - DCJ photoDetectives working with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team assisted by Bend Police officers took Robert Jennings Battles, 20, into custody during a traffic stop ... [full story]

A Washington man on his way to California was arrested in Redmond, Oregon Wednesday after his car was stopped for several traffic violations and police found evidence of drug activity and several thousands of dollars in cash.   Jessy Mendoza - DCJ photo Deschutes County deputies said the black 1995 Honda two-door passenger car driven by Jessy Mendoza, 23, of Sheridan, Washington, was pulled over near the intersection of Highway 97 and Maple Avenue for traffic infractions about ... [full story]

Lane County and Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the suspicious death of a 43-year old Sisters woman found in a natural hot springs near the McKenzie River in Lane County, Oregon on Monday evening. Gina Marie Purdy was discovered in the Deer Creek Hot Springs, also known as Bigelow Hot Springs, near milepost 14 in the McKenzie Bridge area on Highway 242 about 5:30 p.m., December 17, Lane County Sheriff’s Sgt. Clint Riley reported. ... [full story]

WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- Police charged two Colorado teenagers as adults in the beating death of a 7-year-old girl.Police arrested Lamar Roberts, 17, and Heather Maria Trujillo, 16, Tuesday night for the death of Zoe Garcia following a playful wrestling bout that got out of control, KGMH-TV in Denver, said Thursday.The arrest affidavit said Garcia lost consciousness when Robert and Trujillo repeatedly kicked and punched her.The teens attempted to revive Garcia by placing her in a ... [full story]

CHICAGO -- A Chicago-area tanning salon is being sued by two young women who discovered while tanning naked that there were peepholes in the walls.The incident happened in April 2006 although the suit claiming alleging invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress was filed this week in Cook County, Ill., Circuit Court, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.The unidentified women are suing L.A. Tan Enterprises Inc. and the owner of the franchise, represented by ... [full story]

BOLLINGBROOK, Ill. -- Suburban Chicago investigators moved their search team away from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in the search for Stacy Peterson, missing since Oct. 28.A spokesman for her family told Thursday's Joliet (Ill.) Herald-News the state police-coordinated has search moved to other waterways.Trooper Mark Dorencz told the Chicago Tribune: "We're done with that phase of the canal. We can always be back at the canal."Drew Peterson, a former police sergeant from Bollingbrook ... [full story]

PARADISE, Calif. -- California rescue officials located a father and his three children missing since Monday in Northern California following a trip to look for a Christmas tree.A California Highway Patrol rescue helicopter pilot located the family Wednesday evening following several days of heavy snow and below freezing temperatures when he saw the word "HELP" spelled in tree branches laid out in the snow, the Los Angeles Times said Thursday.Frederick Dominquez and his three children, ... [full story]

NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday the country faces intensified terrorist violence especially against soft targets.Addressing a conference of the country's state chief ministers in New Delhi, Singh said the warning has come from intelligence agencies, the Press Trust of India reported.The conference is designed to improve security in states, where there have been a number of terror attacks in recent months, many blamed on left-wing extremism.The prime minister asked the ... [full story]