JCSO Case 23-2054
MEDFORD, Ore. – Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) deputies arrested a south Medford man on child pornography charges yesterday morning, November 26, after a lengthy investigation. The suspect, David Lee Hurd, 54, of Medford, is charged with 10 felony counts of second-degree encouraging child sexual abuse. He is lodged in the Jackson County Jail.
The Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team (SOCET) began the investigation in 2023 after a tip came in from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The task force served a search warrant in August of 2023 and seized digital devices from Hurd’s residence in the 3700 block of South Pacific Highway in south Medford. Southern Oregon High Tech Crimes Task Force (SOHTCTF) forensically examined the digital devices for evidence of child exploitation.
SOCET is a joint inter-agency task force that started in June of 2020 to combat child exploitation. The task force consists of investigators from JCSO, Oregon Department of Justice Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), as well as prosecutors from our local, state and federal law enforcement partners in Jackson and Josephine County. SOHTCTF is a joint inter-agency task force that consists of investigators from JCSO, HSI, Oregon State Police, and Medford Police Department. The case will be prosecuted by the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office. There is no further information available for release.
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