Date: June 6, 2025 

Case #: 2025-00032453 

Incident: Bend man arrested after burglarizing gas station, throwing Molotov cocktail at law enforcement 

Date / Time of Incident: June 6, 2025 / 4:15 a.m.  

Location: Space Age Fuel, 20600 block of Grandview Drive, Bend 

Arrested: Steven Earl Ramsey, 55-year-old Bend resident 

Offenses: Burglary II, Disorderly Conduct I, Criminal Mischief I, Theft II, Reckless Burning, Felony Warrant 

At approximately 4:15 a.m. on Friday, June 6, Bend Police responded to a report of a burglary in progress at Space Age Fuel on Grandview Drive. The reporting party was watching the burglary on surveillance cameras, and reported the man inside was damaging property, building Molotov cocktails and dousing the store with flammable products.  

Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies also responded to the call, arriving on scene shortly before Bend officers to find a shattered front door. The man in the store, identified as Steven Earl Ramsey, lit one of his makeshift Molotov cocktails and threw it at a deputy, lighting the store’s rug on fire. He attempted to light a second Molotov cocktail and to light the floor on fire as well. Deputies deployed K9 Vinnie, and K9 Vinnie bit Ramsey. Ramsey eventually complied and was taken into custody.  

Damage to the store is estimated at between $11,000 and $15,000.  

Bend Fire responded to evaluate Ramsey and to ensure there was no longer a threat of fire at the gas station. Ramsey was transported to St. Charles Bend and then to the Deschutes County Jail on suspicion of second-degree burglary, first-degree disorderly conduct, first-degree criminal mischief, second-degree theft, reckless burning, and for a felony warrant.  

K9 Vinnie sustained minor injuries during the arrest. Bend Police thanks Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Bend Fire & Rescue for their assistance on this case.  

Date: June 2, 2025   

Case #: 2025-00030961 

Incident: Bend man arrested after threatening mass shooting  

Date / Time of Incident: May 30, 2025 / 12:53 p.m.   

Location: 3000 block of NE Waller Avenue, Bend  

Arrested: Nathaniel Benjamin Wright, 36-year-old Bend resident 
Offenses: Disorderly Conduct II, Unlawful Use or Carry of a Weapon 

At approximately 12:53 p.m. on Friday, May 30, Bend Police received a report of a man who had contacted a family member to report he was planning to execute a mass shooting after an argument with family members. The man, identified as 36-year-old Nathaniel Benjamin Wright, was known to own multiple firearms.  

Officers responded to Wright's home in the 3000 block of NE Waller Avenue, where they were able to see Wright’s white truck parked in the driveway. One officer put a drone in the air while another observed from a distance. They observed Wright exit the home carrying an AR-15-style rifle and a duffel bag and wearing a ballistic vest. He then removed the vest and placed it in the vehicle and got into the truck to leave the residence.  

While he was still in the driveway, officers stopped the vehicle and ordered him out at gunpoint, and Wright complied without incident. He was taken into custody and transported to St. Charles Bend.  

Officers searched Wright’s vehicle and home, and applied for and were granted an Extreme Risk Protection Order, which is a court order preventing a person at risk of hurting themselves or another person from having or getting access to deadly weapons like firearms.  

UPDATE: 

Date: April 17, 2025  

Case #: 2025-00021808 

Incident: Bend Police searching for two who ran from traffic stop 

Date / Time of Incident: April 17, 2025 / 10:33 a.m.  

Location: Deschutes Market Road and Eagle Road intersection, Bend  

Suspect: David Alan Mills, 46-year-old Bend resident 

Offenses: Fleeing or Attempting to Elude Police Officer, Burglary I, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Menacing 

At approximately 10:33 a.m. on Thursday, April 17, Bend Police attempted a traffic stop on a silver Kia Rio in the area of Deschutes Market and Yeoman roads. Officers believed a person in the car, identified as 46-year-old David Alan Mills, was associated with a weapons offense that took place on NE Bellevue Drive around 3:30 a.m.   

The vehicle did not stop for officers, instead driving into the Solis at Petrosa apartment complex at a high rate of speed. The driver and passenger ran southbound from the car. As of 1:30 p.m., they have not been taken into custody.  

The suspects in this incident are described as adult white men. Mills has a shaved head and may be armed with a firearm. The other person, who officers have not yet identified, was reportedly wearing a black flat-billed baseball cap.  

At approximately 11:20 a.m., Deschutes County 911 dispatchers put out two emergency alerts to people in a half-mile radius of the traffic stop alerting them to the suspects, warning that Mills is armed, and directing anyone who may see the pair to call 911 and not approach them. Both Trinity Lutheran School and Eastmont School were alerted to the incident. Other nearby schools were not in session today.  

The public should expect a continued large police presence in the NE Bend area as the investigation continues.  

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UPDATE: Bend Police have identified the homicide victim as Robert Glenn Haston, a 54-year-old Bend resident. 
 

Date: May 8, 2025  

Case #: 2025-00026090 

Incident: Bend Police investigating homicide in NE Bend 

Date / Time of Incident: May 7, 2025 / 7:16 p.m.  

Location: 100 block of NE Emerson Avenue, Bend  

Arrested: Phillip Matthew Howard Evans, 27-year-old Bend resident 
Offenses: Murder II, Assault I – Aggravated, Unlawful Use of a Weapon 

At approximately 7:16 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, Bend Police responded to the area of the 100 block of NE Emerson Avenue after dispatch received a report of a deceased person in the area.  

Upon arrival, officers located the victim, an unidentified middle-aged white man, who had suffered a fatal injury.  

While detectives were investigating the man’s death, officers responded to a trespassing call in the 600 block of NE Irving Avenue. The caller reported a man wearing a backpack running through his yard and behaving strangely. Officers contacted the man, identified as 27-year-old Phillip Matthew Howard Evans, and took him into custody on suspicion of second-degree trespassing. Additional investigation revealed Evans as the suspect in the man’s death.  

He was arrested and taken to the Bend Police Department before being transported to the Deschutes County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder, first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Detectives are in the process of serving search warrants. 

Attempts to identify the victim are ongoing, and an autopsy will take place today.