CODE Operation Yields Multiple Arrests And Seizures (Photo) -02/13/24
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: February 13th, 2024
Released by: CODE Sergeant Kent Vander Kamp
Bend, OR –
On February 13th, 2024, at approximately 2:11 PM, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team concluded an on-going investigation by arresting Timothy Leroy Henkel, age 54, and Wyatt James Froome, age 30, both Bend area transients.
CODE detectives identified Mr. Henkel as a fentanyl trafficker in recent investigations. While conducting surveillance in the parking lot of Bend’s Home Depot and Sportman’s Wharehouse. During the surveillance, drug agents watched as Mr. Henkel allegedly sold the occupants of a silver Ford Escape controlled substances. As drug agents approached the group and identified themselves, a silver Ford Escape fled the parking lot. Before leaving the parking lot, a man, later identified as Henry Oswaldo Duran, fled the passenger seat of the Ford and began running through highway traffic. Mr. Duran is still outstanding.
Detectives searched the grey Jeep occupied by Henkel and Froome. The search yielded a commercial quantity of fentanyl pills and methamphetamine. In addition to the controlled substances, detectives also located $750 worth of Lego toy sets allegedly stolen from the nearby Target store earlier the same day by Henkel and Froome. It was determined the stolen Legos were intended to be sold through online marketplaces for profit.
In June 2023, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 2645, later signed by Governor Kotek. As a result, a “commercial quantity” is now defined by statute as five grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl or 25 or more user units (i.e., pills) or any substituted derivative of fentanyl as defined by the rules of the Oregon Board of Pharmacy. This is not a separate criminal charge but rather an increase in the sentencing guidelines.
CODE Detectives are asking the public to report any information about the whereabouts of Henry Oswaldo Duran. Please contact Deschutes County Non-Emergency Dispatch at 541-693-6911 and reference Bend Police Department Case No 24-8407.
Timothy Henkel was lodged in the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Jail with the following criminal charges.
- Unlawful Possession of Schedule II Controlled Substance (Fentanyl), ORS 475.752
- Unlawful Delivery of Schedule II Controlled Substance (Fentanyl), ORS 475.752
- Theft II, ORS 164.045
Wyatt Froome was lodged in the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Jail with the following criminal charges.
- Theft II, ORS 164.045
CONTACT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Sgt. Kent Vander Kamp, 541-550-4869 or kentv@deschutes.org
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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