Deschutes County Sheriff's Detectives Assist Jackson County Sheriff's Office With Search Warrant (Photo) -11/12/20
Released by: Sgt. Jayson Janes
Date: November 12, 2020
On November 10, 2020, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office detectives assisted the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office with a search warrant on Tumalo Circle in Bend. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office media release is below.
JCSO Case 20-1516
Suspect in Online Sexual Corruption Case Arrested in Bend
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations and the Southern Oregon High Tech Crime Task Force concluded an investigation into Online Sexual Corruption of a Child with the arrest of a suspect in Bend, Oregon on November 10, 2020.
JCSO Detectives have been investigating the case since May 2020. The suspect during the course of several months of internet contact with an underage child, requested sexual photographs from the child, engaged in lewd visual behavior on line with the child and arranged to meet the child to have sexual contact.
At 0945 hours on 111020 law enforcement served a search warrant and an arrest warrant on the suspect at his residence in the 60000 block of Tumalo Circle Bend, Oregon.
The suspect is Steven Lee Genereux, birth date 04-09-1951.
Genereux was lodged at the Deschutes County Jail on three counts of Online Sexual Corruption of a Child-Second Degree and seven counts of Luring a Minor. All Charges are Class C Felony charges with total bail of $150,000.
Mike Moran PIO Jackson County Sheriff’s Office
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Digital Forensic detectives also assisted with the search warrant. Various electronic devices were seized during the search warrant. These devices will later be processed to look for further evidence of the crimes of Online Sexual Corruption of a Child and Luring a Minor.
This investigation is ongoing, and criminal charges in Deschutes County are possible. If you have any information on Mr. Genereux that you believe would be of value to this case, please contact Detective Slater at 541-550-4859.
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is a full service agency that oversees the adult jail, provides patrol, criminal investigations, civil process and search and rescue operations. Special units include SWAT, Street Crimes, Marine Patrol, ATV Patrol, Forest Patrol, along with six K9 teams. Founded in 1916 and today led by your duly elected Sheriff L. Shane Nelson, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office serves the nearly 190,000 residents in Deschutes County. The agency has 230 authorized and funded personnel, which includes 187 sworn employees who provide services to the 3,055 square miles of Deschutes County.
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