Bend Man Arrested For The Second Time In A Month After Threatening Deputies And Fleeing On A Motorcycle In Deschutes River Woods
- 03/31/26
Bend, Ore. -- For the second time in the past month, deputies with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office arrested 40‑year‑old Paul Akehurst of Bend after he threatened a deputy and fled on a motorcycle in Deschutes River Woods.
Akehurst was in Deschutes County Circuit Court earlier today and then contacted a deputy in Deschutes River Woods (DRW) at 1:32 p.m. Akehurst made threatening statements and gestures to the deputy, yelled at him, and then took off on a motorcycle. The deputy tried to stop him, but Akehurst sped away.
Deputies followed him to the area of Cherokee and Navajo Roads in DRW. That kicked off a large law‑enforcement response, including a search along the nearby railroad tracks. For safety, BNSF Railway temporarily stopped train traffic in the area while deputies looked for Akehurst.
After nearly an hour of searching, deputies found Akehurst at 2:34 p.m. and took him into custody without further incident.
Today’s arrest comes just one month after Akehurst was taken into custody by the DCSO SWAT Team in the Sunriver area on February 25. In that case, Akehurst was wanted on multiple felony warrants, including aggravated identity theft, eluding, reckless driving, reckless endangering, and driving while suspended or revoked.
Akehurst was arrested and lodged in the Deschutes County Adult Jail and faces new charges of eluding and reckless endangering.
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Bend Man Arrested For The Second Time In A Month After Threatening Deputies And Fleeing On A Motorcycle In Deschutes River Woods
- 03/31/26
Bend, Ore. -- For the second time in the past month, deputies with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office arrested 40‑year‑old Paul Akehurst of Bend after he threatened a deputy and fled on a motorcycle in Deschutes River Woods.
Akehurst was in Deschutes County Circuit Court earlier today and then contacted a deputy in Deschutes River Woods (DRW) at 1:32 p.m. Akehurst made threatening statements and gestures to the deputy, yelled at him, and then took off on a motorcycle. The deputy tried to stop him, but Akehurst sped away.
Deputies followed him to the area of Cherokee and Navajo Roads in DRW. That kicked off a large law‑enforcement response, including a search along the nearby railroad tracks. For safety, BNSF Railway temporarily stopped train traffic in the area while deputies looked for Akehurst.
After nearly an hour of searching, deputies found Akehurst at 2:34 p.m. and took him into custody without further incident.
Today’s arrest comes just one month after Akehurst was taken into custody by the DCSO SWAT Team in the Sunriver area on February 25. In that case, Akehurst was wanted on multiple felony warrants, including aggravated identity theft, eluding, reckless driving, reckless endangering, and driving while suspended or revoked.
Akehurst was arrested and lodged in the Deschutes County Adult Jail and faces new charges of eluding and reckless endangering.
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