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On Tuesday, November 19, members of
the Basin Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team (BINET)
arrested 46 year old Chiloquin resident Anthony
DeBortoli in the 500 Block of South Third Avenue in
Chiloquin, Oregon, regarding distributing
Methamphetamine in Klamath County. BINET has been
investigating DeBortoli as an upper-level
Methamphetamine supplier in the Klamath Basin. BINET,
along with the Oregon State Police (OSP) Special Weapons
and Tactics (SWAT) Team, served a search warrant at his
Chiloquin residence during the early morning hours of
November 19. DeBortoli attempted to evade capture by law
enforcement for more than three hours by hiding in the
crawl space of the residence. OSP SWAT located him and
safely took him into custody. BINET searched DeBortoli’s
residence and seized more than two pounds of suspected
Methamphetamine, United States Currency believed to be
the proceeds of sales of Methamphetamine, evidence of
distribution of controlled substances, and nine
firearms.
It was a snow day for most of the
Klamath County School District yesterday (Wednesday).
Only Merrill, Malin, and Lost River schools were open.
Both Henley and Mazama in Klamath Falls canceled
classes. Oregon Tech canceled classes as of 11am
yesterday as well. The “bomb cyclone” that affected all
of Oregon, Washington and some of Northern California
created travel nightmares in the area, however.
Northbound Interstate 5 was CLOSED to all vehicles and
trucks at Fawndale, 10 miles north of Redding.outhbound
Interstate 5 is CLOSED to all vehicles and trucks at
Edgewood, approximately 21 miles south of Yreka.
Northbound and Southbound Interstate 5 was CLOSED to all
vehicles and trucks at between milepost 0-11 in Oregon
(going over Siskiyou Summit). Oregon 66 was CLOSED east
of Ashland all the way to Klamath Falls. Oregon 273 iwas
CLOSED between OR-66 and I-5. State Route 3 iwasCLOSED
at Scott Mountain, and All southbound lanes of U.S. 97
was CLOSED, just south of Macdoel, due to snow, leaving
the truck stops overflowing here in Klamath Falls.
Recent heavy snow means the
Willamette Pass Ski Area will open Friday for a bonus
weekend. Located off Highway 58 in northern Klamath
County, Willamette Pass has received more than 22 inches
of fresh snow. Ski hill managers said the snow combined
with snowmaking efforts, means the area will open
earlier than planned. It had been scheduled to open for
downhill skiing and snowboarding Dec. 12. The opening is
the earliest since 2003. Hours Friday through Sunday
will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ticket prices begin at $19.
There will be limited offerings — no rentals, no
lessons, skiing/riding on the lower mountain only with
the Twilight and Sleepy Hollow lifts. The lodge will be
open and serving food. When the area fully opens in
coming weeks, Willamette Pass will offer 1,563 feet of
vertical terrain with runs for beginners to experts. The
area has five chair lifts and a network of 29 trails.
For updates visit the website at
www.willamettepass.ski
A new legal filing in a $337-million
drug diversion lawsuit against Asante Rogue Regional
Medical Center shows the Medford hospital is filing a
document to shift itself from the sole defendant in the
case to a plaintiff, identifying its former nurse Dani
Marie Schofield as the defendant. Asante Rogue Regional
Medical Center (Asante and/or RRMC) filed a court
document to make itself a plaintiff in a Jackson County
Circuit Court case filed by Medford law firm Shlesigner
& deVilleneuve for 20 original plaintiffs. The original
filing claims those plaintiffs were Asante patients
whose medical conditions worsened because of accused
drug diversion at the hospital. The civil case
originally listed only Asante as a defendant, a practice
that repeated through a few amended complaint filings to
add plaintiff/s and to revise the damage amount, raising
it from $303,285,000 to $337,785,000.
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