John Hummel
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Suspect in Missing Woman Case Dies

Bryan Michael Penner died of apparent suicide by asphyxiation
Chris Miller

Bryan Michael Penner died this morning at St. Charles Medical Center of an apparent suicide, says the office of District Attorney John Hummel. According to that office, Penner was the sole suspect in the disappearance of Sara Gomez. According to a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office press release, another inmate found Penner Sunday night. Rescue teams rushed to […]

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Side Notes 9/7-9/14

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New Farewell Bend Bridge Opens Sept. 10 Starting Saturday September 10, people in Bend can once again use the Farewell Bend pedestrian bridge, according to the Bend Park and Recreation District. The District and its contractors removed the old 75-year-old bridge—once used for logging work—earlier this year, with plans to replace it with a steel […]

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Too Many Tourists?

Bend grapples with the seasonal influx of visitors
Christian Trejbal

When Katy Bryce sat down on the front porch of her west side Bend home last month to write a blog post, she didn’t know that she was about to voice the frustrations of thousands of local residents. Bryce, a freelance writer, wrote about walking along the Deschutes River that morning, about how she’d found […]

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Crime in the Public Eye

High profile crimes lead to speculation regarding rising violence
Angela Moore

“If it bleeds, it leads” is a popular saying in the news industry. High profile criminal cases of a violent nature often flood radio, computers, television screens, and the pages of newspapers around the globe. Currently Bend is going through its own collection of random acts of violence. These sporadic and newsworthy incidents give the […]

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Serving Justice

Six months into his first term, District Attorney John Hummel talks crime and punishment
Avatar photo Phil Busse

Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel chatted with the Source about his term so far, and his community-based safety and justice initiatives. SW: In your first six months in office, what has surprised you the most? JH: I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the interest of grand jurors in crime prevention. At the conclusion of their […]

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Meet the New Boss…

Very different than the old boss
Avatar photo Phil Busse

Last Tuesday, voters in Deschutes County overwhelmingly elected a new district attorney, John Hummel. The race against incumbent Patrick Flaherty had been the most heated race in the May elections. Each candidate approached the position with a very different personality and diametrically opposed philosophical ideas about the role of the DA, with Hummel believing that […]

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Election Results District Attorney: John Hummel

Fire Levies, Measure 9-97, and Measure 9-98: YES, and YES!
Avatar photo Phil Busse

Although election officials said that there had been a big day at the ballot boxes, and that trucks were still bringing in voters’ responses from the outlaying districts, by 8 pm results were posted—and all of the races seemed to show clear cut winners; no hanging chads, no nail-biters. Jodie Barram cleaned up 98 percent […]

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Policing the Campaigns

Hummel won’t file complaints about opponent’s apparent campaign violations
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In spite of what seems like obvious campaign violations, as of press time, no one has filed a complaint with the Secretary of State Election Division about apparent fouls by incumbent District Attorney Patrick Flaherty—including the person most affected by them, his opponent John Hummel. “I’m not saying I want him to get away with […]

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Night and Day

The District Attorney race presents two very different options
The Source Staff

The endorsement for the District Attorney is an easy choice. But it is not that one candidate is dramatically more qualified than the other. It is an easy choice, because the candidates are so differently qualified for the office. In fact, whom you chose is as much a personality and political test for yourself, as […]

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