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Suspected Madras drug dealer arrested at work; raid on car, home turn up meth, fake Oxycodone pills with fentanyl
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A long-term drug trafficking investigation led to the arrest of a Madras man working at a retail store late Friday afternoon and a raid on his car and home that turned up a commercial quantity of methamphetamine and fake Oxycodone tablets containing fentanyl, officials said.
OSP Seek Tips After Doe Killed In Madras
Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife is investigating the unlawful take and waste of a mule deer doe. On June 13, 2024, Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife troopers received a report of a dead mule deer doe shot with an arrow. The doe was found in the area of NW Hart Street in Madras. The doe had likely been killed the same day and left to waste. The specific location where the deer was shot is not known.
Madras dance studio vandalism motivates community to help in recovery
The community is rallying around a dance studio in Madras that was vandalized last Tuesday. Someone shattered a large window at Unique Performing Arts and stole an expensive speaker the dancers use to practice their moves. "This was our soundstage. They threw the rock and the glass went everywhere," said...
US Highway 97 reopens after reported injury crash about four miles north of Terrebonne
TERREBONNE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A reported injury crash closed U.S. Highway 97 for a time late Thursday afternoon about four miles north of Terrebonne, officials said. The crash was reported about 4:20 p.m. near milepost 112, about four miles north of Terrebonne, ODOT’s TripCheck indicated. Motorists were urged to use an alternate route.
Deschutes Co. Asks For State Grant To Combat Organized Retail Theft
BEND, OR -- Organized retail theft is a growing problem in Central Oregon. Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels says it happens in every corner of the county and it costs retailers tens of thousands of dollars. "Ten people go into a store, through the front door, they spread out, they each get a cart. They start loading items, merchandise into carts and then they push them out the door," Gunnels told County Commissioners this week, "They get out of the store and then they go to the next store and they do the same thing." He says the transient nature of the crime makes it difficult to catch the thieves, "Going from store to store, stealing literally thousands of dollars at each store. And then, eventually either getting caught or having some parts of the organization getting caught and some fleeing the area to go to other countries or to go to the other side of this country."
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