Search finds fentanyl in Redmond couple’s downtown hotel room

Published 11:57 am Thursday, August 18, 2022

A Redmond couple was arrested Wednesday, August 17 after a search turned up fentanyl at their Village Squire Motel room.

Michael Meston, 32, and Katelynn Davis, 24, were booked on multiple charges. Meston was charged with having an outstanding warrant and Davis charged only with a probation violation. According to police, the investigation is ongoing and additional charges may follow.

According to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office street crimes unit, police were investigating Meston “for the sales of fentanyl pills imported from Portland and later distributed within Deschutes County.”

At 5 p.m. August 17, detectives executed a search warrant at the hotel where Meston lives with Davis, his girlfriend.

According to police, the search found “evidence of the sales of counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl.” Detectives also found user amounts of both methamphetamine and fentanyl.

Both Meston and Davis were taken to the Deschutes County Jail.

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