BEND, Ore. – A 19-year-old Bend man was arrested Friday in connection with a burglary at an area adult-novelty shop earlier this month, police reported.   Travis Matthew Loeffel - DCJ photo  The Pretty Pussycat at 1341 NE Third Street was burglarized and several items stolen on Tuesday, May 6, Bend Police Lt. Gary Mack said. An investigation led to Friday’s arrest of Travis Matthew Loeffel, a 19-year-old Bend resident, who was lodged in the Deschutes County ... [full story]

SISTERS, Ore. – A Redmond man who was a passenger in a pickup that crashed into a rock wall on Highway 126W about five miles east of Sisters, Oregon, late Sunday morning sustained a non-life threatening head injury, deputies reported. According to a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office news release prepared by Sgt. Chad Davis and Deputy Dustin Miller, deputies responded to a report of a single vehicle crash near Quail Tree Lane about 10:50 a.m., ... [full story]

BEND, Ore. – One of two drivers involved in a crash on Bear Creek east of Ward Road in Deschutes County on Sunday night was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and assault, and the other driver was sent to the hospital with unknown injuries, deputies reported.   Andrew Michael Plunkett - DCJ photo  Andrew Michael Plunkett, 28, of Bend, was arrested and lodged in the Deschutes County Jail after his physical condition was evaluated ... [full story]

BEND, Ore. – Deputies are looking for a hitchhiker who allegedly brandished a gun at the driver and drove off with the man’s car in the Terrebonne north of Bend early Sunday morning. The crashed and abandoned vehicle was later recovered when the driver’s cell phone GPS tracking function was used to pinpoint its location in Bend. Rhys Kalon Davis, 20, of Gresham, Oregon, picked up the hitchhiker on Highway 97 north of Highway 97, ... [full story]

PRINEVILLE, Ore. – A teenage driver who looked away from the road for a moment, rolled her car and crashed on Highway 26 east of Ochoco Reservoir in Crook County, Oregon, on Saturday was treated at the hospital for minor injuries, deputies reported. According to a Crook County Sheriff’s Office news release prepared by Sgt. Travis Jurgens and Deputy Ryan Seaney, the unnamed driver from John Day crashed her 1993 Nissan Sentra about 8:15 p.m., ... [full story]

BEND, Ore. – A 25-year old Bend woman was struck and injured by a train at a railroad crossing in northeast Bend early Saturday morning, police reported. Few details were released, but Bend Police Sgt. Tom Pine said officers and Bend Fire paramedics responded to the crossing at NE Olney about 12:45 a.m., May 17. The unidentified woman was transported by ground ambulance to St. Charles Medical Center where she was being treated for unspecified ... [full story]

BEND, Ore. – Police investigating a reported suspicious person early Thursday morning arrested two young men suspected of breaking into cars in Redmond, Oregon, and other charges for property crimes in nearby Bend are possible. A search warrant served at the Bend home of one of the suspects’ father led to a third arrest.   (left to right) Casey Ceranzanu, Johnny Ray Phillips Jr., Johnny Ray Phillips Sr. - DCJ photos  Redmond Police officers responding to the ... [full story]