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Man Arrested For Being In Possession Of Methamphetamine (Photo) -02/06/25

Current date: February 6th, 2025

Date of incident: February 5th, 2025

Case #: Bend Police 25-7033

Arrested: William Felton Butler, 49-year-old, Bend resident

Charge: Possession of Methamphetamine -- Misdemeanor


Press Release Information:

On February 5th, 2025, at approximately 5:00 PM, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team, in collaboration with the Bend Police Department, arrested William Butler for being in possession of methamphetamine.

On February 5th, 2025, Drug Agents and Bend Police Officers conducted a surveillance operation in the City of Bend.  Police focused on an area where drug activity was being reported, the specific location will not be identified.  A blue 2005 GMC Yukon was observed driving slowly through the area on multiple occasions, and suspicious activity was observed by Drug Agents.

A Bend Police Officer got behind the vehicle and observed some traffic violations and made a traffic stop on the vehicle in the area of SE 3rd Street and SE Roosevelt Ave. Drug Detection K9, Bonnie, was deployed and alerted to the odor of drugs in the vehicle.  The driver, and only occupant, William Butler, was asked to exit the vehicle, and when he did a glass pipe with methamphetamine fell out of his lap and onto the ground landing in some snow. 

Drug Agents applied for and were granted a search warrant for the vehicle. A search of the vehicle revealed a metal container with methamphetamine in it. This item was located in the center console area inside the vehicle.

At time of this incident, Butler was found to be on pretrial release for multiple open cases.

William Butler was transported and lodged at the Deschutes County Adult Jail. CODE Detectives were assisted by the Bend Police Department during 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.

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