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Bend Teacher Arrested For Possession Of Explicit Images Of Children (Photo) -09/15/22

Date: Sept. 15, 2022

Case #: 2022-00045070 

Incident: Bend teacher arrested for possession of explicit images of children

Date / Time of Incident: Sept. 15, 2022 / 7 a.m. 

Location: 1200 block of NE Viking Avenue, Bend

Arrested: Erik Duane Ekstrom, 35-year-old Bend resident

Charges: Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse I, 2 counts

On Aug. 11, Bend Police received a report from the Department of Justice’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program indicating that a video containing child sexual abuse had been uploaded and linked to Erik Ekstrom’s digital devices. 

Further investigation revealed additional tips from the task force that returned to Ekstrom’s digital devices. Ekstrom is a 35-year-old Bend resident and a music teacher in Bend-La Pine Schools. 

On Thursday, Sept. 15 at approximately 7 a.m., Bend Police executed a search warrant in the 1200 block of NE Viking Avenue in Bend. Multiple digital devices were seized and Ekstrom was arrested on suspicion of two counts of first-degree encouraging child sexual abuse. 

This investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Ian Macdonell at the non-emergency dispatch line, 541-693-6911.

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