Bend woman arrested For trafficking fentanyl into Deschutes County
By Mindy Gould on Thursday, June 13th, 2024 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
DESCHUTES COUNTY (Released from Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (Code)-On June 7th, 2024, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team, in collaboration with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, concluded a month-long drug investigation with the arrest of Jade Batts, age 34, of Bend.
A drug investigation revealed that Jade Batts was transporting drugs into Deschutes County, and she was trafficking fentanyl in the Bend area.
On June 7th, 2024, at approximately 2:00 AM, CODE Detectives were able to locate Jade Batts in her vehicle outside of Deschutes County. Drug agents followed Batts as she drove into Deschutes County, specifically, into Peter Skene Ogden State Park. Deschutes County Sheriff Deputies conducted a traffic stop on her vehicle at that location. K9 “Bonnie” a drug detection K9 with the Bend Police Department, was deployed during the traffic stop and alerted to the odor presence of drugs in her vehicle, a blue 1999 Ford Explorer.
CODE Detectives applied for and were granted a search warrant for Batts and her vehicle. CODE Detectives executed the search warrant at approximately 3:00 AM. During a search of her vehicle, Jade Batts was in possession of both fentanyl pills and fentanyl powder, packaging material, and a digital scale.
Jade Batts was transported to the Deschutes County Adult Jail. At the jail, Batts was found to be in possession of additional fentanyl pills and some methamphetamine, additional charges may be filed in this case as the investigation is ongoing.
CODE Detectives were assisted by the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on the traffic stop and search warrant service.
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.
