Deer Ridge Correctional Superintendent Arrested In Bend

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The Superintendent of the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution was arrested in Bend early Thursday for driving under the influence and resisting arrest .  According to Bend Police:

August 19, 2021 at 2:05 a.m., a Bend Police officer was on routine patrol around 2:00 am, on the north end of Bend, when the officer conducted a DUII traffic stop on a pickup truck. The driver, Randy Ray Gilbertson, 46, of Payette, Idaho  ran from the officer and then resisted arrest.  He was arrested and taken into custody without further incident.

During the investigation, it was confirmed Gilbertson is the Superintendent of the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution State of Oregon Department of Corrections. He was booked into the Deschutes County Jail on charges of DUII and resisting arrest.

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4th Annual Wildlife Baby Shower

Join Think Wild at Oregon Spirit Distillers in Bend on May 19 from 3-6 PM to help your local wildlife hospital raise funds & supplies to care for injured and orphaned native wildlife in need this baby

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Beaver Walk & Beaver Believers Screening

Beaver Natural History Walk & Restoration Site Tour, 4-5 pm Followed by a screening of The Beaver Believers and Q &A Hosted by Maureen Thompson, Beaver Works Program Manager and Kolleen Miller, Education Director for The Upper