Prineville alleged drug dealer arrested

A 22-year-old Prineville woman was arrested Saturday on several drug charges after Crook County sheriff’s deputies said a citizen’s tip helped them interrupt an apparent drug deal. They said the woman possessed “significant quantities” of methamphetamine and heroin, totaling nearly 78 grams.

A deputy was dispatched around 6 a.m. Saturday to investigate a suspicious vehicle in the area of Southeast Kramer and Palin lanes, Sgt. Jake Childers said in a news release Sunday. An area resident saw a suspicious van driving slowly through the neighborhood and parking near a home where they did not belong.

The deputy contacted people in the van, residents of the Bend-Redmond area who said they had come to Prineville to meet Maddie Lindburg, a resident “known for her involvement in the illegal drug trade,” Childers said.

The investigating deputy saw Lindburg in a dark gray 2008 Dodge Charger registered to a Hillsboro address. Childers said the deputy was aware she was wanted on several Crook County felony warrants and tried to stop and detain her, but she ditched the car on Fifth Street near Bailey Road.

The deputy located Lindburg as she walked away from the car, parked next to Crooked River Elementary School, and arrested her on the outstanding warrants, as well as new charges.

Court records show Lindburg was arrested in May of 2017 on a heroin possession charge. She pleaded not guilty and her delayed trial was scheduled for July 2 of this year but failed to appear for a June 28 trial readiness hearing, and an arrest warrant was issued on July 3.

Lindburg was searched before being taken to jail and found to possess 63 grams of meth and 15 grams of heroin, “significant quantities that denote her involvement” in the drug trade, Childers said.

Lindburg was booked on the warrants and on charges of meth and heroin possession, delivery and manufacture within 1,000 feet of a school. Her bail totaled $205,000. Childers said the investigation is continuing and more arrests are possible.

The sergeant said the sheriff’s office” would like to thank the alert members of our community who step forward and provide valuable information to law enforcement in an effort to keep this community safe.”