Licenses & drivers4 min read
Oregon troopers arrested a truck driver after his company sent the camera video
A dashboard camera at an Interstate 84 rest stop showed a driver using cocaine. His company called Oregon State Police. He is charged with a misdemeanor and due in court November 16.
On September 24, 2026, at about 4:25 p.m., Oregon State Police Trooper Tristan Sand went to the eastbound Baker Valley Rest Area on Interstate 84. The Baker City Herald reported that an official at the driver's trucking company had called after a driver-facing camera showed Louis Moreno-Leon, 33, of Sunnyside, Washington, snorting a white powder while the truck was parked.
Sand wrote that Moreno-Leon admitted he had been snorting cocaine and said the drug was in his wallet. The trooper found two small plastic bags of white powder. Moreno-Leon was arrested and taken to the Baker County Jail. The charge is unlawful possession of cocaine, a misdemeanor, for less than 2 grams. He has not been convicted. He was released the next day on the condition that he not use or possess illegal drugs, and he signed a waiver saying he would come back to Baker County for court without being extradited. He is scheduled to enter a plea on November 16.
CDLLife reported the arrest on September 28, citing the Herald. The company he was driving for was not named. This is a drug charge against one driver, not a seizure of a trailer load.
Sources
- Baker City Herald on the Baker Valley rest-stop arrest, September 28, 2026
- CDLLife on the in-cab camera and the cocaine arrest, September 28, 2026
The Ro-Mac Brief summarizes public reporting for a general reader. Figures can be revised by the agency that published them. This is not legal advice.
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