NEARLY ONE POUND OF HEROIN SEIZED AS A RESULT OF SEARCH WARRANT

Deschutes Co. Sheriff's Office

On February 28th, 2023, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes Unit (SCU) conducted a short-term investigation into Kenneth Roy Ashbaugh for the distribution of heroin in the Deschutes County area. 

Utilizing various investigative means, investigators learned Ashbaugh was distributing heroin at several houseless encampments in the China Hat area of Bend, Oregon. During the investigation, investigators determined Ashbaugh was receiving commercial quantities of controlled substances from a drug trafficking organization based out of Mexico. 

SCU investigators were able to identify a storage unit Ashbaugh was renting in the Redmond area. Investigators applied for and were granted a search warrant for the storage unit. During the execution of the search warrant, detectives located a commercial quantity of suspected heroin. 

On March 2nd, 2023, SCU investigators contacted Ashbaugh in the Terrebonne area. Ashbaugh was taken into custody and transported to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Adult Jail where he was lodged on the above-mentioned charges. 

SCU detectives were assisted in this investigation by detectives from the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement team.

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