The local drug trafficking task force took down a downtown Pendleton business owner.

Jason R. Lybrand, 45, owner of Wicked Kitty Tattoo & Piercing, faces felony charges of delivery and possession of methamphetamine (two counts each), possession of a controlled Schedule II substance, and misdemeanors of unlawful delivery of marijuana and possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance.

He is in the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, in lieu of $80,000 bail.

Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts said the Blue Mountain Enforcement Narcotics Team began investigating Lybrand earlier this year, culminating in a court-approved search of his vehicles on Sept. 12. Roberts, who oversees the team, said the search revealed 11.7 grams of methamphetamine, 10.3 pounds of marijuana, 372 prescription pills, two vials of liquid methamphetamine, two sets of scales, three rifles and two handguns, plus paraphernalia with meth residue and $7,590 in cash.

Lybrand ended up in jail the same week as the search. Roberts said that was due to Lybrand violating a court order out of Multnomah County.

BENT sent evidence from the seizure to the Oregon State Police Forensic Services Division for testing and analysis, Roberts said, and a Umatilla County grand jury reviewed the case Tuesday and indicted Lybrand on the charges.

As soon as police had the indictment, he said, they asked for an arrest warrant. Police documents show task force members arrested Lybrand at 4:28 p.m. Tuesday at his business, 132 S. Main St.

Roberts explained the Schedule II and Schedule IV charges stemmed from some of the pills. And some of the marijuana from the September search was in packages and ready for shipping out of state.

“The investigation is ongoing because there are a lot of legs on this,” Roberts said.

That includes a financial review of Wicked Kitty’s books to see if Lybrand used the business to launder drug money, Roberts said.

Lybrand is the father of two teenage children who live with their mother. Court records show he “has not exercised parenting time with his children since January 2015.” And since February 2016 he was ordered to pay $660 a month in child support, but in July the children’s mother wrote to Lybrand’s attorney stressing he needed to pay his child support.