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A 29 year old California man was arrested for allegedly duping several Central Oregonians for home construction services. Jacob I.C. Quesada from Lodi was charged with theft by deception or fraud. The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office started receiving calls last March from several citizens throughout Deschutes and Crook County regarding "Quesada Handyman Service" and Quesada. Citizens reported that money was being paid to Quesada for residential and commercial flooring, decking, and painting installations. Oregon law requires contractor's licenses and insurance for these services. Quesada is not licensed nor insured to conduct these services. Quesada often advertised these services on Facebook and would communicate with victims on the social media platform. Victims would provide down-payments to Quesada during an in-person meeting. In some instances, Quesada would never return. Other times, Quesada would begin the work and discontinue mid-project, or the work was s
SALEM â A recent study that draws heavily on Deschutes County found an âoverwhelming consensusâ among law enforcement officers that Oregonâs marijuana laws are poorly written and confusing.
As a result, this perception has even led some local officers to stop enforcing marijuana laws altogether, according to the February report by Portland State University researchers Kris Henning and Greg Stewart.
âThe laws are too convoluted to comprehend,â one officer wrote in a survey response. âIf we as law enforcement canât easily decipher the laws, how can we expect the citizens to be able to understand them?â
Wrote another: âI have just started treating weed as if it is legal regardless of the amount.â
The board for the Tumalo Irrigation District has increased the reward for information leading to an arrest of the person or persons responsible for vandalizing an irrigation pipeline. The reward is now $5,000 for info leading to an arrest an a $25,000 reward for a conviction in the case. If you have information please contact the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office at 541-693-6911 reference case 21-15441. On March 27, 2021 the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office received a report of criminal mischief to the new pipeline belonging to the Tumalo Irrigation District. Deputies and detectives from the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office are currently conducting an investigation into the vandalism of the irrigation pipeline. Tumalo Irrigation District first offered an initial reward of $2,500 for information and a $10,000 for a conviction after its new pipeline near Pinehurst Road was found to have been vandalized. During final inspections and testing of the new pipeline, it was di
Deschutes County commissioners to ask Gov. Brown for drought status declaration
(Update: Adding video, comment from rancher, Deschutes County Sheriff s Office, DBBC President)
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Deschutes County commissioners agreed Wednesday to ask Gov. Kate Brown to declare a drought emergency for the county, for a second year.
That should be good news to ranchers and farmers who have already had to cut back on water usage. We got to get it while we can, Rob Rastovich, owner of Barley Beef and the Rastovich family ranch, told NewsChannel 21.
He was tending to some of his 200 acres, 50 of which are irrigated, on his ranch east of Bend.