Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Date & Time of Incident: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 @ 2300 hrs.
Type of Incident: Drug Arrests
Location of Incident: E. Cascade Ave. @ N. Fir St. Sisters, OR
Suspect Information:
1) Shannon Ritchie 48 year old Prineville, OR resident
2) Kristin Loranger 39 year old Prineville, OR resident
Narrative:
On Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at approximately 2300 hrs. Detectives assigned to the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team, along with assistance from the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Department, contacted and arrested Ritchie and Loranger at the intersection of E. Cascade Ave. @ N. Fir St in the city of Sisters, OR. Both were contacted during a traffic stop of a silver in color Honda CRV in which Loranger was the driver and Ritchie was the passenger.
The arrests of Ritchie and Loranger were the result of a long-term investigation by the CODE team into the illegal trafficking of commercial quantities of methamphetamine into the Central Oregon region, more specifically Crook County and the City of Prineville. During a search of the vehicle at the time of the stop, approximately 1.8 pounds of methamphetamine was located concealed within the vehicle as well as other evidence of the sales and distribution of methamphetamine were located.
Ritchie and Loranger were transported to the Deschutes County Adult Jail on the below listed charges.
Charges:
Ritchie:
Loranger:
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.