Two Bend men arrested in separate child porn cases

Two 36-year-old Bend men were arrested on child pornography charges in raids one day apart last week, accused in separate cases of uploading to the Internet images of children engaged in explicit sex acts.

In both cases, the federal Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force provided information last fall to Bend police investigators regarding people at specific addresses who allegedly uploaded at least one image online depicting children in sex acts, Lt. Adam Juhnke said.

Detectives used a variety of investigative techniques to identify the residents involved, and then obtained search warrants at both locations.

Around 9:45 on Tuesday, Feb. 12, detectives raided an apartment at the Greenwood Manor Apartments on Northeast Fourth Street and contacted JayJay Allen Findley. During the search of the apartment, more images were found/.

Findley was arrested and taken to the Deschutes County Jail, where he was lodged on two counts of first-degree encouraging child sex abuse and methamphetamine possession.

Findley remained held without bail Wednesday on a probation violation, also facing numerous addition first- and second-degree charges of encouraging child sex abuse.

Around 11 a.m. last Wednesday, Feb. 13, detectives served a search warrant on an RV at the Scandia RV Park on South Highway 97 and contacted suspect Joshua James Murray, as well as another resident. As in the first case, more images were located during that raid..

Murray was lodged at the county jail on three first-degree counts of encouraging child sex abuse. A jail officer said he was released later that day after posting 10 percent of his $75,000 bail.

The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program is a national network of 61 coordinated task forces representing over 4,500 federal, state and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies, Juhnke said. The agencies are continually engaged in proactive and reactive investigations and prosecutions of persons involved in child abuse and exploitation involving the Internet.

The two cases are “totally unrelated,” except in timing of the raids and arrests, Juhnke said.

“We have to do some legwork” after tips are received, the lieutenant said. “We’ve been relatively busy with some other stuff and were able to address those cases last week.”

News releases announcing the arrests were delayed due to more investigation that needed to be completed and confirmed, he added.