OSP seizes 31 pounds of pot

Oregon State Police arrested a Minnesota resident and seized an estimated 31 pounds of marijuana on Wednesday, according to a news release the agency issued on Monday.

A trooper pulled over Daniel R. Vagle, 31, driving north on U.S. Highway 97 roughly 15 miles north of Madras for allegedly violating a traffic law shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday. The trooper used an OSP drug detection dog to investigate Vagle’s 2008 Chrysler Sebring, and ultimately discovered a large duffel bag full of marijuana in the trunk, according to OSP. The trooper arrested Vagle, of Big Lake, Minn., on suspicion of unlawful delivery and possession of marijuana. OSP estimated the value of the marijuana at $75,000.

Second person in standoff ID’d

The woman who allegedly took part in a standoff with police that lasted more than two hours in Metolius over the weekend has been identified.

Oregon State Police say Challis Sharei Heath, 23, of Warm Springs, was the passenger in a vehicle driven by 23-year-old Brent Waldorf, of Madras, when a trooper tried to pull the car over for running a stop sign southeast of Madras.

According to the police, the pair drove through a field, across Madras and onto state Highway 361 into Metolius. The pair then abandoned the car and allegedly ran away, hiding in a residence in the 500 block of Washington Street in Metolius and also allegedly setting a fire in the kitchen during the standoff. Oregon State Police brought in SWAT teams from Central Oregon and the Willamette Valley. Law enforcement entered the house and took the pair into custody.

Waldorf was being held Monday in the Jefferson County jail on two felony warrants and suspicion of first-degree arson, reckless driving and attempting to elude police in a vehicle and on foot.

Heath was arrested on suspicion of first-degree arson, reckless driving and attempting to elude police in a vehicle and on foot. She was taken to the Jefferson County jail and later released.

— Bulletin staff reports