SISTERS, Ore. – A Bend fugitive suspected of dealing drugs was arrested on Highway 20 near Sisters late Wednesday night after deputies stopped his motorcycle and found what drug agents called a “commercial quantity” of fentanyl.

The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) Team had been investigating Jeremy Scott Boggs, 46, this month, as he was suspected of selling illegal narcotics, Bend Police Lt. Mike Landolt said.

CODE Team detectives learned that Boggs was traveling to the Portland area to pick up fentanyl, Landolt said.

Around 11 p.m. Wednesday, sheriff’s deputies conducted a traffic stop on a Honda motorcycle operated by Boggs and heading east on Highway 20 at Indian Ford Road, northwest of Sisters.

Boggs, who had a felony arrest warrant out for violating parole, gave a false name to the deputy during the traffic stop, Landolt said.

After the fentanyl was found, Boggs was arrested and taken to the county jail in Bend on suspicion of second-degree delivery and possession of a controlled substance, as well as giving false information to an officer and the parole violation.

"CODE thanks the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office for its assistance in this investigation," Landolt said in a news release.

Three years ago, KTVZ reported that Boggs, then a Waldport resident, and another man were arrested on drug and other charges after La Quinta Inn employees acting on a tip found luggage left behind by a guest had drugs inside. Officers said the pair later returned for the bag - and when question by police, each man said it belonged to the other.

Court records show he later pleaded guilty to two of the four felony drug charges and was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail and three years supervised probation. In 2024, he was back in court on a probation violation charge and sentenced to another 30-day jail term.

Last year, Boggs pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and a charge of strangulation constituting domestic violence was dropped. He was sentenced to four months in the county jail.

Last month, Boggs pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon, and three other charges were dismissed. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail.

The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team is a multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force supported by the Oregon-Idaho High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program and the following Central Oregon law enforcement agencies:  Bend Police Department, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Redmond Police Department,  Prineville Police Department, Crook County Sheriff’s Office, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Madras Police Department, Oregon State Police, Sunriver Police Department, Black Butte Police Department, United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Warm Springs Tribal Police Department, Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson County District Attorney’s, and the Oregon National Guard. 

The Oregon-Idaho HIDTA program is an Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) sponsored counterdrug grant program that coordinates and provides funding resources to multi-agency drug enforcement task forces to disrupt or dismantle local, multi-state and international drug trafficking organizations.