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Suspect in Sunriver Assault Arrested

A Salem resident was arrested on March 14 after an alleged unprovoked assault in Sunriver. Sunriver Police Department and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of 3 Whistling Swan Lane after the suspect struck an individual in the face, causing significant injury. According to a press release, the suspect, later identified as 32-year-old Alexander Eaton, threatened to kill the victim before fleeing into an apparently unoccupied nearby residence.

The suspect made statements to law enforcement pertaining to firearms and reported possible dead people in the house. At approximately 2:39pm, a “Shelter in Place” alert was sent out to Sunriver area residents. After multiple negotiation attempts to make contact, the team entered the residence and took Eaton into custody at approximately 8:52pm.

—Julianna LaFollette

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Spring Skiing at Mt. Bachelor

Ski Resort Mt. Bachelor announced on March 13 that its Spring Pass is now available to purchase for $349. The pass, which offers two months of unlimited skiing and riding, is valid April 1 through May 26. Mt. Bachelor anticipates full operation through April 21.

Starting April 22, spring operating hours will take effect, with lifts spinning from 8:30am to 1pm. Mt. Bachelor’s Spring Pass will increase $50 in price on April 1.

—Julianna LaFollette

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Six Arrested in Local Drug Trafficking Operation

Six individuals were arrested on March 12 after the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team concluded an investigation into possible drug trafficking. The team, which received community tips and complaints about a home on the 2400 block of NE Moonlight Drive in Bend, identified the group as trafficking fentanyl and other controlled substances from the home, according to a press release from CODE.

Drug agents surveyed the home for several weeks and alleged the suspects were selling large quantities of fentanyl in the area around the home. After arresting some of the suspects and more later in a traffic stop, where law enforcement collected evidence, a search of the house revealed a “commercial and substantial quantity,” of fentanyl, diethyltryptamine (a Schedule 1 psychedelic drug), cocaine and fake pharmaceutical pills made of fentanyl.

—Julianna LaFollette

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112%

— The percent of snow water equivalent in the Upper Deschutes Basin as of March 18.

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“It’s still too early to tell what the snowpack is going to do for the upcoming natural flows of the streams – the flows without the reservoirs being involved – but I am anticipating an increase in flows over last year.”

— Deschutes Basin Watermaster Jeremy Giffin, from this week’s News story, “Snowpack Expected to Improve Drought Conditions.”

This article appears in Source Weekly March 21, 2024.