Crime

A Prineville man convicted by a jury on 13 counts involving child sexual abuse material was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in state prison, according to Crook County District Attorney Kari Hathorn.

Authorities are investigating an overnight burglary at Brasada Ranch after two people were reportedly caught attempting to steal alcoholic beverages from the resort's Ranch House early Wednesday morning.

One person was found dead after an RV caught fire late Tuesday night in Prineville, according to a statement from the Prineville Police Department.

A Lane County Sheriff's deputy has been arrested and faces multiple federal child exploitation charges after investigators allege he exchanged sexually explicit messages and images with children and persuaded minors to produce child sexual abuse material.

A Crook County Grand Jury has indicted Prineville resident Mark Kittredge McKinnon with multiple counts of sexual abuse as well as invasion of personal privacy.

Tyler James Blaylock, a 33-year-old Prineville resident and Door Dash driver, was arrested Friday, June 26, after allegedly firing multiple shots following a verbal argument.

A 65-year-old Prineville man, Rocky Lee Klein, was arrested Tuesday, May 12, 2026, on SE Juniper Canyon Road on suspicion of selling methamphetamine.

A former Prineville Police dispatcher was arrested in a fatal crash that killed a bicyclist late Friday night in Prineville, according to jail records and other publicly available records.

The parents of a 20-month-old boy who died last year at a Prineville daycare are speaking publicly for the first time following a grand jury indictment in the case.

A Crook County woman has been indicted on charges including manslaughter following the September 2025 death of a toddler at an unlicensed day care, which she's accused of operating.