17-year-old Bend resident arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse
Published 3:15 pm Friday, November 8, 2024
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Bend Police are looking for potential additional victims of a 17-year-old from Bend who was arrested Thursday on suspicion of 130 counts of encouraging child sex abuse.
The 17-year-old, whose name was not released by authorities because he is a minor, was taken into custody Thursday after police searched his Stonewood Drive home in northeast Bend and seized digital devices they think the boy used to upload child sexual abuse material to a cloud-based storage device. The arrest was the result of a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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Bend Police believe there may be additional victims from the period between February and November when the boy worked as a safety monitor at the Mountain Air Trampoline Park on Murray Road in Bend. He is no longer employed there, and the park is working with authorities and provided a list of dates and times for the 22 shifts the boy worked there.
If anyone believes their child may have had unwanted contact with someone working at the park, they should reach out to Det. Jared Wiebold through the nonemergency dispatch number: 541-693-6911.
The shifts worked by 17-year-old at the trampoline park are listed below.Saturday, Nov. 2, 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.