Madras Couple Arrested After Multi-State Guns For Drugs Scheme
By Mindy Gould on Friday, January 28th, 2022 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News Eastern/Southeast Oregon Top Stories
LA PINE, OR (Release by Central Oregon Drug Enforcement)-On January 24th, 2022, at approximately 12:30AM, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team concluded a long-term investigation with the arrest of David Toedtemeier, age 31, and his wife, Kylee Janette Toedtemeier, age 38, both of Madras, Oregon.
Detectives identified the Toedtemeiers as fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine traffickers in the central Oregon area. The initial investigation alleges Mrs. Toedtemeier was legally purchasing firearms in the central Oregon area and providing them to Mr. Toedtemeier, a convicted felon. Together, they exchanged the guns for drugs in northern California. Mr. Toedtemeier also possessed a loaded pistol at his arrest.
After an extensive surveillance operation in California and Oregon, the Toedtemeiers, and their five-week-old infant, was contacted during a traffic stop on Highway 97 in La Pine. CODE Detectives applied for and received a Search Warrant for the vehicle as it arrived in Oregon. The Jeep was stopped with the Search Warrant authority and not for a traffic violation.
A Warm Springs Police narcotic K9 alerted to controlled substances inside the 2004 Ford Explorer Mrs. Toedtemeier was driving.
A subsequent search of the SUV located a sizeable amount of methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl disguised as Oxycodone (M30) pills. In addition, the couple’s five-week-old infant was in the backseat and surrounded by packages of illicit drugs. An additional firearm and drugs were later found inside the couple’s Madras home during a secondary late morning search.
The Oregon Department of Human Services – Child Welfare responded to the scene and assumed care of the infant.
The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team wants the central Oregon community to understand these counterfeit pills are killing people in our community daily. These victims include teens and unsuspecting people believing it is a legitimate prescription. Drug traffickers use fake pills, similar to these, to exploit the opioid crisis and prescription drug misuse. CDC reports more than 93,000 people died last year of an overdose in the U.S., the highest ever recorded. Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid most commonly found in these counterfeit pills, is the primary driver in this alarming increase in overdose deaths. Central Oregon Law Enforcement sees the same troubling overdose trends. For more information about counterfeit pills, go to www.DEA.gov/onepill
Mr. Toedtemeier was lodged in the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Jail with the following criminal charges.
Unlawful Possession, Manufacture, and Attempted Distribution of Methamphetamine
Unlawful Possession, Manufacture, and Attempted Distribution of Schedule II Controlled Substance
Unlawful Possession, Manufacture, and Attempted Distribution of Heroin
Felon in Possession of a Dangerous Weapon (Firearm)
Mr. Toedtemeier’s bail was enhanced, under ORS 475.900, due to the commercial quantities found in his possession.
Mrs. Toedtemeier was cited, in lieu of custody, with the following criminal charges.
Providing Firearms Used in Felony
Endangering the Welfare of a Minor
This investigation is on-going. In addition to the state charges, this case has been forwarded to United States Attorney’s Office for consideration. Additional federal charges are expected.
The CODE Team was assisted by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Warm Springs Police Department, Crook County Sheriff’s Office and the Redmond Police Department during this investigation.
CONTACT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Sgt. Kent Vander Kamp, 541-550-4869 or kentv@deschutes.org
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.
