FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     

DECEMBER 10, 2018

New criminal case filed in State v. Johnny Tuck Chee Chan following December 7, 2018 arrest

Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill announced that law enforcement has identified 27 additional victims who were allegedly recorded, without their knowledge or consent, at their place of employment by 34-year-old Johnny Tuck Chee Chan.

The allegations contained within the new charging document are separate criminal acts from those alleged in the 71-count indictment filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court under case number 18CR77987.

On December 6, 2018, Multnomah County Circuit Court Chief Criminal Judge Cheryl Albrecht signed a warrant that authorized the arrest of Chan.

The charges against the defendant listed in the warrant include three counts of encouraging child sexual abuse in the first degree, three counts of encouraging child sexual abuse in the second degree, 25 counts of invasion of personal privacy in the first degree and two counts of invasion of personal privacy in the second degree.  

On December 7, 2018, the United States Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force apprehended the defendant at 3:21 p.m. in the 9000-block of Southeast Alder Street in Portland, Oregon. The defendant was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center pursuant to the warrant.

Upon reviewing a motion prepared by the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office, Judge Albrecht authorized an enhanced bail for the defendant in the amount of $2 million.

Judge Albrecht, at the request of the District Attorney's Office, ordered the charging document be filed under seal. The District Attorney's Office informed the court that information contained within the charging document, specifically the identity of victims, if released at this time, could compromise ongoing investigative efforts.

According to court documents filed on December 6, 2018:

• The defendant worked as a pharmacist for Kaiser Permanete between approximately December 1, 2016 and November 14, 2017;
• During that period, the defendant placed hidden cameras inside an all-user bathroom and a changing room and recorded 51 victims without their knowledge or consent;
• 28 of the 51 victims were recorded in a state of nudity and one of the victims was a minor;
• The defendant also placed hidden cameras at a shared workspace within Kaiser Permanete to record female employees who sat at the desk while wearing skirts;
• The defendant walked around public places with a miniature camera affixed to his shoe that was positioned in a manner that allowed him to take ‘up-skirt’ photographs of females without their knowledge or consent;

Kaiser Permanete has previously stated that upon learning of the allegations, they terminated the defendant.

On November 26, 2018, the United States Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force apprehended the defendant at his new job at the Banana Republic store at Cascade Station in Northeast Portland.

According to court documents filed on December 6, 2018:

• When the defendant was arrested on November 26, 2018, law enforcement checked the all-user, employee-only bathroom at the store and located a camera, in active recording mode, that had been concealed to face the toilet;
• Pursuant to a court-authorized search warrant, law enforcement found 173 record videos of 27 different victims;
• All of the victims are employees of Banana Republic;
• Three of the victims were minors at the time of the alleged recording.

The District Attorney’s Office wants to reiterate to the public that, based on the investigation thus far, there is no reason to believe that customers, or members of the public, were captured by the cameras allegedly placed by the defendant at either the Banana Republic store at Cascade Station or the Kaiser Permanete facility located in the 5700 block of Northeast 138th Avenue.

On December 10, 2018, the defendant appeared by video before Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Shelley D. Russell at the Multnomah County Justice Center. The defendant’s next court date is scheduled for December 18, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.

This case is being investigated by the Portland Police Bureau's Sex Crimes Unit and the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office.

A charging document is only an accusation of a crime, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office will have no additional comment on this case.

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Contact: Brent Weisberg, Communications Director

Phone: 503.988.6567

Email: Brent.Weisberg@mcda.us