Bend Man Arrested For Raping Unconscious Woman (Photo) - 04/06/23

Date: April 6, 2023

Case #: 2023-00018031

Incident: Bend man arrested for raping unconscious woman

Date / Time of Incident: March 26, 2023 / 3 a.m. 

Arrested: Cameron James Ray, 23-year-old Bend man

Victim: 20-year-old Bend woman

Charges: Rape I, Sexual Abuse II

Bend Police have arrested a 23-year-old Bend man for sexually assaulting a woman after a party in March.  

On March 29, 2023, Bend Police responded to a report of a possible sexual assault. An investigation determined that Cameron James Ray, a 23-year-old Bend man, went to a party in Redmond over the weekend with a group of people, including the victim, a 20-year-old Bend woman. Ray and the 20-year-old woman were drinking alcohol at the party. 

After the party, the group went to a friend’s home in La Pine to stay the night. Ray sexually assaulted the victim while she was unconscious and unable to consent to sexual contact. 

Ray was arrested and taken into custody at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 6. He was lodged at the Deschutes County Jail on charges of first-degree rape and second-degree sexual abuse. Bend Police executed a search warrant at Ray’s home in NE Bend. 

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Deschutes County Parole and Probation assisted Bend Police in this case.