Date: Sept. 17, 2026 
Case #: Redmond Police Case #2026-28944 
Incident: Law enforcement seize large amount of methamphetamine during Culver drug investigation 
Date / Time of Incident:  Sept. 16, 2026 / 4 p.m.  
Location:  SW Third & E streets, Madras

Arrested: Jose Miguel Gomez, 45-year-old Culver resident 
Offenses: Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, Unlawful Delivery of Methamphetamine

Arrested: Kristen Marie, 41-year-old Culver resident 
Offenses: Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, Unlawful Delivery of Methamphetamine

Over the past several months, members of the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted an investigation into 46-year-old Jose Miguel Gomez and 41-year-old Kristen Marie and drug sales from their home in the 600 block of East D Street in Culver. 

At approximately 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 16, a Jefferson County Sheriff's deputy conducted a traffic stop on a black 2021 Chevy SUV near the intersection of SW Third Street and E Street in Madras. Oregon State Police assisted on the traffic stop. 

The driver, Marie, and the rear passenger, Gomez, were the only people in the SUV, and they were detained at the scene. Officers had search warrants for the vehicle as well as the home on East D Street in Culver. 

At approximately 4:20 p.m., officers executed a search warrant at their East D Street home and found a commercial quantity of methamphetamine, as well as scales, packaging material, drug records, and other evidence of drug sales. 

Marie and Gomez were arrested and transported to the Jefferson County Jail on suspicion of unlawful possession and delivery of methamphetamine. 

CODE would like to thank the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon State Police, DEA, and the Redmond Police Department for their assistance in this case.

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.

Date: Aug. 27, 2026 

Case #: 2026-00047533 
Incident: CODE traffic stop leads to fentanyl seizure 
Date / Time of Incident:  Aug. 26, 2026 / 11 p.m.  
Location:  U.S. Highway 20 & Indian Ford Road, Sisters 
Arrested: Jeremy Scott Boggs, 46-year-old Bend resident
Offense: Delivery of a Controlled Substance II, Possession of a Controlled Substance II, Giving False Information to a Police Officer, Parole Violation

Throughout the month of August, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement team conducted a short-term investigation into 46-year-old Bend resident Jeremy Scott Boggs, who was suspected of selling illegal narcotics. 

During the course of the investigation, CODE detectives learned that Boggs was traveling to the Portland area to pick up fentanyl. At approximately 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop on Boggs, who was riding a Honda motorcycle.

Boggs, who had a felony warrant for his arrest for a parole violation, provided a false name to the deputy during the traffic stop. During the traffic stop, officers discovered Boggs was in possession of a commercial quantity of fentanyl. He was arrested and transported to the Deschutes County Jail on suspicion of second-degree delivery and possession of a controlled substance, as well as for giving false information to a police officer and for his parole violation. 

CODE thanks the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office for its assistance in this investigation. 

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.