Central Oregon drug agents arrest Bend man wanted on felony warrants, seize drugs found in pickup
Barney Lerten
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Bend man wanted on three felony arrest warrants and with four drug-dealing convictions in his lengthy criminal history was arrested late Monday night by drug agents who deployed a drug-detection K-9 and seized methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl powder found in his pickup truck.
Members of the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team concluded the drug investigation late Monday night by arresting Jacob Allen Raines, 45, Lieutenant Mike Landolt said in a news release Tuesday.
Prior to this arrest, Raines had been arrested and convicted of delivery of a controlled substance on four occasions, Landolt said.
A short-term investigation by the CODE team revealed Raines had warrants for his arrest and that he was continuing to distribute illegal narcotics in the Central Oregon area, the lieutenant said.
CODE Detectives conducted a surveillance operation and were able to locate him in Bend, driving a red 2006 Dodge Ram pickup. As detectives followed him, they observed traffic violations, Landolt said.
Landolt said the suspect then pulled into a parking lot at 110 NW Sisemore Street. Around 9 p.m., a Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy pulled in behind the pickup and contacted Raines in the driver seat. He was arrested on the outstanding warrants as CODE Team detectives continued the investigation.
Landolt said drug detection K9 “Bonnie” was deployed and alerted to the odor of drugs in the vehicle. A search of the vehicle revealed about an ounce each of meth, cocaine and fentanyl powder. There was also a scale, packaging material, and items associated with the distribution of illegal narcotics.
Raines was taken to the county jail, where he was lodged on the warrants and held without bail on a parole violation. Landolt said additional drug charges will be referred to the district attorney’s office for possessing and distributing illegal narcotics.
“CODE would like to thank the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance during this investigation,” Landolt said.
The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team is a multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force supported by the Oregon-Idaho High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program and the following Central Oregon law enforcement agencies: Bend Police Department, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Redmond Police Department, Prineville Police Department, Crook County Sheriff’s Office, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Madras Police Department, Oregon State Police, Sunriver Police Department, Black Butte Police Department, United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Warm Springs Tribal Police Department, Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson County District Attorney’s, and the Oregon National Guard.
The Oregon-Idaho HIDTA program is an Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) sponsored counterdrug grant program that coordinates and provides funding resources to multi-agency drug enforcement task forces to disrupt or dismantle local, multi-state and international drug trafficking organizations.