Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit Arrest La Pine Man (Photo) -04/09/24
Released by: Sergeant Jason Wall
Release Date: April 9, 2024
Location: 50000 Block of Center Drive, La Pine, OR
Arrested: Martin Adler, 59-year-old male, La Pine, OR
Charges: ORS 163.684 Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the First Degree (8 counts), ORS 163.686 Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree (8 counts), ORS 475.894 Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine (Felony).
Narrative:
On February 22nd, 2024, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office received multiple Cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Detectives learned through the Cybertips a cloud-based storage account within Deschutes County, was uploading Child Sexual Abuse Material.
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) detectives initiated an investigation and determined that the owner of the cloud-based storage account was Martin Adler of La Pine.
On April 9th, 2024, Detectives with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office ICAC unit, as well as detectives with the Street Crimes unit, Digital Forensics unit, and Oregon State Police ICAC detectives served a search warrant at Adler’s residence.
Several digital devices were seized from the residence. A felony amount of methamphetamine was located during the search warrant and was seized as well. Adler was placed under arrest, transported to the Deschutes County Adult Jail, and booked on the aforementioned charges.
Further search warrants will be sought for the analysis of the seized digital devices, which may result in future charges being filed.
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, 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 over 200,000 residents in Deschutes County. The agency has 259 authorized and funded personnel, which includes 193 sworn employees who provide services to the 3,055 square miles of Deschutes County.
