Bend man sentenced in explicit pix to teen, shower recording
(Editors’ note: Mr. Pies recently shared with NewsChannel 21 a judge’s court order that indicates his conviction on these charges was set aside and his record with regard to this matter was expunged, which we have verified by checking Oregon’s online court files, where they no longer exist.)
A Bend man arrested more than a year ago on charges he sent explicit photos of himself to a 17-year-old girl and secretly filmed her in the shower pleaded guilty to charges Tuesday and was sentenced to nearly three years in prison.
Jeffrey Scott Pies, 41, was arrested in mid-November 2014 on charges of second-degree online corruption of a child and invasion of privacy.
Along with Snapchat photos sent to the teen, police said they had learned Pies had recorded videos of the girl without her knowledge as she took a shower. Police said at the time they recovered video recordings of several other unidentified victims.
After the teen victim read her prepared statement, speaking of the impact of the crimes on her, Pies spoke to the judge, expressing remorse and promising change, with some professional help.
“This has been hard,” Pies told the judge. “I know that I caused this. I created this, and I can’t go back and change it. But (my doctor) is helping me become a better person, to make sure that nothing like this will ever happen again.”
Deschutes County Circuit Judge Randy Miller rejected the defense attorney’s strong pleas for a shorter sentence and sentenced Pies to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of post-prison supervision.
Defense lawyer Brendon Alexander strenuously objected to the sentence, saying prosecutors had agreed to recommend a far shorter time behind bars.
“I have never had the court before, in all my 28 years of practice here, not go along with a jointly stipulated downward dispositional departure (from sentencing guidelines) that’s a product of a year’s worth of negotiation and investigation,” Alexander told the judge. “I can’t advise my client to expect anything even remotely close to the negotiated plea.”
Miller also said Pies must enter and complete a program for sex offenders, and if he does won’t have to register with the state as a sex offender. He also was ordered to have no access to the Internet, unless work-related, and to submit to random searches of technology for sexual material.
