CODE Team Drug Arrests -03/17/21

Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team

Media Release

Date:  March 17, 2021                                                                               

Date & Time of Incident:  February 5, 2021 & March 11, 2021                       

Type of Incident:  Drug Arrests / Seizures                      

Location of Incident:  Crook County, Oregon   

                                

Suspect Information:

1)  Brad Wakefield   63-year-old Troutdale, OR resident

2)  Rebel Shetler     58-year-old Prineville, OR resident

3)  Jeffery Shetler    65-year-old Prineville, OR resident

4)  Mark Anderson   59-year-old Prineville, OR resident

Narrative:

Over the course of the past several months, Detectives assigned to the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team have been investigating a mid-size organization that was trafficking commercial quantities of methamphetamine throughout the Crook County, OR region.  During the course of the investigation, detectives were able to identify several components of the operation, some of which included the individuals involved as well as different locations of interest.  Information led investigators to believe that commercial quantities of methamphetamine were being transported into Crook County from outside the area and were then being sold for profit.

On February 5, 2021, at approximately 2100 hrs. Wakefield was contacted on a traffic stop near the intersection of NW Madras Hwy @ NW Ryegrass Rd. in Crook County.  Wakefield was driving a 2013, white in color, Ford pickup at this time.  During a search of Wakefield’s vehicle, detectives located approximately ½ pound of methamphetamine that was concealed inside the vehicle.  Additional evidence of the sales, manufacturing, and distribution of methamphetamine were located within the vehicle.  Wakefield was arrested at this time and lodged at the Crook County Adult Jail on the below listed charges.

On March 12, 2021, at approximately 2245 hours Jeffrey & Rebel Shetler, as well as Anderson, were contacted on a traffic stop on O’Neil Hwy near mile marker 8 in Crook County.  Anderson was the driver of the vehicle at this time, which was a 2001, white in color, Ford pickup.  Jeffrey & Rebel Shetler were passengers in the vehicle.  During a search of the vehicle, detectives located approximately ½ pound of methamphetamine, US currency, and a rifle.  Jeffrey & Rebel Shetler, as well as Anderson, were arrested at this time and lodged at the Crook County Adult Jail on the below listed charges.

Members of both the Crook County Sheriff’s Office and the Prineville Police Department assisted CODE detectives throughout this investigation, which also included narcotics K-9 ‘Jett’ from the Crook County Sheriff’s Office.

Charges:

Wakefield:

• PCS, MCS, DCS (methamphetamine)
• Parole Violation

R. Shetler:

• PCS, MCS, DCS (methamphetamine-commercial quantity)

J. Shetler:

• Criminal Conspiracy

Anderson:

• Criminal Conspiracy

 

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.