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Bend man admits to sharing child sex material online from day care, faces 7-year prison sentence in plea deal

Jack Bergeron Jr. appeared by video in Judge Wells Ashby's courtroom for status hearing in early June 2024.
Deschutes County Circuit Court/file
Jack Bergeron Jr. appeared by video in Judge Wells Ashby's courtroom for status hearing in early June 2024.

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A man who was living at a northeast Bend day care facility when he was arrested last year, accused of distributing child sex abuse material online, has pleaded guilty to four of the charges and is expected to be sentenced next month to seven years in prison.

Jack Bergeron Jr., 62, was arrested last May during a raid on the home on NE Burnside Avenue on 20 first- and second-degree felony counts of encouraging child sexual abuse and one misdemeanor count of encouraging sexual assault of an animal.

At the time of Bergeron’s arrest, authorities said there was no evidence to indicate the day care facility’s children were victims, but that they had offered contact information for parents with questions or concerns.

A week ago, Bergeron, who was scheduled to go on trial Feb. 11, signed a petition in which he pleaded guilty to three first-degree and one second-degree counts after a settlement conference, admitting to incidents in March and May of last year.

A prosecutor said they would recommend the seven-year prison term at a sentencing hearing scheduled for March 10 before Deschutes County Circuit Court Presiding Judge Wells Ashby.  Bergeron remains held on $500,000 bail, jail records show

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