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Undercover Investigation Leads to the Arrest of Oregon Man
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) operates
the CyberTipline, which serves as the nation’s 9-1-1 for crimes
against children on the Internet. On May 31, 2011, as required by law,
Microsoft reported to the CyberTipline that apparent child pornography
may have been uploaded to its service. In addition to the images, the
registered Internet Service Provider turned over important information,
including an e-mail address, a screen name and an Internet Protocol (IP)
address.
Using the IP address, an analyst with NCMEC’s Exploited Children
Division was able to find a possible connection to Oregon. The e-mail
address then led the analyst to more potential clues in a profile: a
first and last name and two cities in Oregon. The analyst kept searching
until he found a second profile with even more identifying information.
Both profiles contained photographs of an adult male, who could be the
suspect. The analyst quickly forwarded all this information to the Oregon
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force, which operates out
of Oregon’s Department of Justice.
The Oregon ICAC launched an investigation, using one of its investigators
to pose online as a 14-year-old girl. For two months, the undercover
officer chatted online with the suspect. Then on Dec. 8, 2011, the suspect
offered to send a taxi to pick up the 14-year-old and bring her to his
apartment to engage in sexual acts. Another undercover officer posed
as the cab driver and knocked on the suspect’s door. After the
suspect paid the undercover officer for the “services,” a
tactical team took the suspect into custody and searched his residence.
According to investigators, the suspect disclosed that he had more than
15,000 videos and 10,000 photos containing child pornography on two computers
and a hard drive.
The man was charged with 10 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse
and one count of luring a minor, with a possibility of more charges after
the forensic search of his computers has been completed. The suspect
is currently in custody and awaiting trial.
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