PRINEVILLE, Ore. – Four people were injured, one seriously, in a rollover crash in southeast Prineville, Oregon, Wednesday night when the speeding driver lost control of a vehicle that may have been stolen earlier in the day, deputies reported.   The driver of the 1985 Dodge Ram, 21-year old Jonathan Terramin of Prineville, was cited for reckless driving and additional charges may be pending as the investigation continues, Crook County Sheriff’s Sgt. James C. Savage said. ... [full story]

MADRAS, Ore. – An 18-year-old Madras man turned himself into police and was charged with nine crimes in connection with numerous shots fired at an unoccupied vehicle in the Strawberry Heights subdivision in southeast Madras on Sunday night.   Isac Jerome Zacarias - JCJ photo  Madras Police officers and Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the subdivision shortly after 9 p.m., June 1, to a report of shots fired. Responding officers found empty shotgun shells in addition ... [full story]

LA PINE, Ore. – School officials have declined to press charges against several teenagers who admitted to vandalizing school walls, sidewalks, and parking lots with chalk on Sunday.    La Pine High School - photo courtesy of Bend-La Pine Schools According to Deschutes County Sheriff’s Lt. Deron McMaster, an anonymous tip was received just before midnight on June 1 alerting police to the mischief that left no permanent damage to La Pine High School. Several teenagers were contacted and identified, ... [full story]

MADRAS, Ore. -- Following a two-month investigation into alleged drug sales, police raided two homes simultaneously in southwest Madras, Oregon, early Wednesday morning, arrested four people, and placed four children into protective custody. (top left) Jose Figueroa, (top right) Jose Lopez; (bottom left) Juan Lopez, (bottom right) Roselia Lopez – JCJ photos  According to a news release prepared by Bend Police Lt. John Gautney as a member of the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) Team,  detectives ... [full story]

BROTHERS, Ore. – A man riding a mini bike was badly injured and flown by helicopter to the hospital after he was run over and trapped under the ATV his eight-year-old son was riding south of Brothers, Oregon on Sunday afternoon, deputies reported. Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies, Bend Fire Paramedics, Air Life of Oregon and Oregon Department of Transportation personnel were dispatched to the accident scene on a dirt road about five miles south of Brothers ... [full story]

REDMOND, Ore. – A 91-year old woman died Thursday afternoon when her car, apparently traveling too fast to negotiate a curve in northeast Redmond, Oregon, crossed the centerline and struck an oncoming SUV, deputies reported. The other driver was injured and hospitalized. Preliminary investigation by Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies determined that Charlotte Harvey, 91, of Redmond, was traveling south on NE 17th Street in a 2002 Toyota Solara about 2:10 p.m., May 22, when her vehicle ... [full story]

REDMOND, Ore. -- An extensive investigation into alleged methamphetamine trafficking led to a raid on a southwest Redmond home directly across from a middle school on Wednesday night, and the arrest of six persons, detectives reported.   Alberto Zepeda Perez (left), Saul Garces Lopez (right) – DCJ photos    Pablo Espinoza Farias (left), Marco Antonio Flores Carmon (right) – DCJ photos    Monica Arias Magallanes (left), Alberto Delgado Almonte (not available) – DCJ photos  According to a news release prepared by ... [full story]

LA PINE, Ore. – Deputies are continuing an investigation into the discovery of an un-detonated pipe bomb found on a La Pine resident’s property Tuesday afternoon.  Deschutes County Sheriff’s Sgt. Vance Lawrence said deputies were called to an area near 52727 Rainbow Drive in La Pine about 3:30 p.m., May 20.  The Oregon State Police Bomb Disposal Unit was called in and rendered the bomb, described as a home-made device made from PVC pipe and other ... [full story]

CROOK COUNTY, Ore. – A 78-year old rancher from Brothers, Oregon, was killed Friday afternoon when he became pinned between his tractor and an attachment he was attempting to hook up, deputies reported. Verl Hammack was found by a neighbor on his ranch at 49120 SE Van Lake Road in rural Crook County about 4:20 p.m., May 16, Crook County Sheriff’s Sgt. James C. Savage wrote in a news release. Deputies, Crook County fire and rescue, ... [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]

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]

PRINEVILLE, Ore. -- Police responding to the report of a suicidal person later arrested the man on various firearm-related charges for allegedly shooting a gun several times earlier in the evening inside a home where several people were present.   Darrin Allen Breese - CCJ photo  According to a Prineville Police news release, officers responded to NE 2nd Street and NW Idlewood Streets about 8 p.m., May 11, to a report of a possibly suicidal subject. Darrin Allen ... [full story]

PRINEVILLE, Ore. – Police today announced the arrest of a high school senior who is alleged to have broken into the northeast Prineville home of a woman and child late last Thursday night while armed with a knife and wearing a ski mask.   Ronald Jeremy Castillo - CCJ photo  Ronald Jeremy Castillo, 18, was taken into custody at the Crook County High School Tuesday following an interview at the school, Prineville Police Chief Eric Bush reported. The ... [full story]