Eugene police arrest 3, seize meth, fentanyl, guns in yearlong probe
Three Eugene-area arrests cut into a long-running drug network, with police seizing fentanyl, meth, guns and more than $11,000 cash from addresses in Eugene and Lakeside.
A year-long Eugene Police Street Crimes Unit probe ended with three arrests and the seizure of methamphetamine, fentanyl, firearms and cash from addresses in Eugene and Lakeside, clearing out a cache of drugs and weapons tied to neighborhoods on Gilham Road, Jacobs Lane and North 8th Street.
Police said search warrants were served between April 27 and May 14 at the 1700 block of Gilham Road in Eugene, the 3400 block of Jacobs Lane in Eugene and the 1000 block of North 8th Street in Lakeside. Arrested in the case were Kassandra Jean Kruit, 44, of Eugene, Blake William Dickson, 43, of Eugene, and Vernon Lee Johnson, 47, of Lakeside. The operation included help from the DEA Eugene Resident Office, the South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team and the Coos County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Response Team.
At the Gilham Road address, investigators seized 180 grams of methamphetamine and 77 grams of fentanyl, along with scales and packaging material. At Jacobs Lane, officers took two firearms, 15 grams of methamphetamine, 17 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, 3 grams of fentanyl, 30 grams of methadone, scales, packaging material and a stolen bicycle. The largest haul came from North 8th Street in Lakeside, where police said they found 5 pounds, 13 ounces of suspected methamphetamine, 5 grams of cocaine, 1 pound, 13 ounces of marijuana and $11,458 in cash.
Police also recovered cell phones and text messages they said connected the suspects to the manufacture, sale and possession of controlled substances. Pay-and-owe records, investigators said, showed large quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine changing hands during the investigation period and possibly longer. That is the clearest sign of what this case removed from the street: not just one isolated stash, but a distribution network with drugs, guns and money moving through the region.
Eugene police said community members provided information that helped move the investigation forward. The department’s Investigations Section says it works with community members, businesses, schools, other law enforcement agencies and social service providers, while the Special Investigations Unit handles drug overdose investigations and gun-related cases and often works with local and federal partners. In a similar Street Crimes Unit case in November 2024, police said three warrants led to seizures of about four pounds of methamphetamine, one pound of heroin, one pound of cocaine, two pounds of MDMA, seven firearms and cash, underscoring how the unit has been used in longer narcotics cases across Lane County and nearby communities.
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