Meth bust yields indictments

Published 5:00 am Tuesday, October 15, 2013

A Deschutes County grand jury indicted for various drug-related crimes the 14 defendants arrested in an Oct. 3 methamphetamine bust by the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement agency, according to the Oregon Judicial Information Network.

According to Bend Police Lt. Ken Mannix, police believe the 14, rounded up in a three-county sweep involving eight search warrants, are part of a Central Oregon methamphetamine ring. Mannix said CODE has been investigating the ring since 2012, and believe it’s been trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine in the region.

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Mannix did not return calls for comment Monday.

According to online court records, the following were indicted Oct. 4:

• Cheryl Lynn Flarisee, 55, of Bend, on possession of methamphetamine, unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful delivery of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school, unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine, unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school and reckless endangering another person. According to OJIN, she had no prior criminal record in Oregon.

• Jason Shawn Prader, 39, and Justin Paul Hamilton, 37, both of Bend, and Henry Adame-Sanchez, 35, of Madras, on unlawful delivery and manufacture of methamphetamine, as well as, possession of methamphetamine. Prader was convicted of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine in 2011, when he was also convicted of two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor. Hamilton was convicted of delivery of methamphetamine in 2006 and possession of methamphetamine in 2008.

• Justin Williams Montoya, 30, of Bend, on possession and delivery of methamphetamine, as well as, tampering with physical evidence. According to OJIN, Montoya has no prior criminal record in Oregon.

• Angela Leann Hamel, 29, Sarah Renee Taylor, 25, and Ronald Edward Decker Jr., 41, all of Bend, on unlawful possession of methamphetamine. Decker was also indicted Friday in a separate case on four counts of possession of forged instruments and possession of methamphetamine. Hamel was found guilty of possession and delivery of methamphetamine in 2009.

• OJIN showed no indictment of Heather Cordier, 24, of Bend, named among those arrested Oct. 3. The Deschutes County District Attorney in July filed a case against Cordier, charging her with frequenting a place where controlled substances are used. That case is still pending.

• Likewise, Teodoro Villagas Varela, 26, Jose Rodolfo Aguilar-Lopez, 26, Carolyn Orrell, 44, Nicholas Katchia, 24, and Teddy Hull, 51, all of Bend, and named by CODE as among the arrested Oct. 3, were not listed in OJIN.

Bend Attorney Group, listed in OJIN as the firm representing some of the suspects, did not return calls for comment.

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