Released by: Sergeant Kent Vander Kamp, Central Oregon Drug Enforcement
Date: May 7, 2021
Location: 500 block of NW Wall St, Bend
Arrested: Patrick James ADAMS, Age 35, of Prineville, Oregon
Charges: ORS 167.057 Luring a Minor
ORS 163.433 Online Corruption of a Child I
ORS 475.906 Attempted Delivery of a Controlled Substance to a Minor
ORS 475.890 Unlawful Delivery of Methamphetamine
ORS 163.479 Attempted Unlawful Contact with a Child
Pending Parole Violation hold
Today, Detectives with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team concluded a weeklong child luring investigation with the arrest of Patrick James Adams of Prineville, Oregon. At the beginning of the month, a CODE Detective was randomly contacted by Adams via social media while conducting an unrelated investigation. CODE Detectives identified Adams as a Registered Sex Offender and is prohibited from contacting minors.
During the last week, Adams pursued the Detective believing he was a fourteen-year-old girl, and began sending sexualized photographs and messages via social media. While Detectives attempted to confirm Adams’ whereabouts, he continued to solicit the online Detective, asking to meet for sex, and offered “her” methamphetamine.
CODE Detectives accepted and arranged to meet Adams in Bend today. On May 7th, 2021, at approximately 12:15 PM, CODE Detectives, with the assistance of Bend Police Officers and Detectives, contacted Adams in downtown Bend at the corner of Wall St and Franklin Ave. He was taken into custody without incident or injury. Adams was found to be in possession of methamphetamine and other relevant evidence in this case.
CODE Detectives believe Adams may have been in contact with other juveniles in the central Oregon area via social media platforms. We ask parents and young people to report any contact with Adams on social media to your local law enforcement agency, school resource officer, or online with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at www.cybertip.org
Adams was lodged in the Deschutes County Adult Jail with the above-listed charges. With the assistance of the US Department of Homeland Security Investigations, this case will be referred to the United States Attorney’s Office in Eugene for charging consideration.
The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team is a multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force supported by the Oregon-Idaho High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program and the following Central Oregon law enforcement agencies: Bend Police Department, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Redmond Police Department, Prineville Police Department, Crook County Sheriff’s Office, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Madras Police Department, Oregon State Police, Sunriver Police Department, Black Butte Police Department, United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Warm Springs Tribal Police Department, Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson County District Attorney’s, and the Oregon National Guard.
The Oregon-Idaho HIDTA program is an Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) sponsored counterdrug grant program that coordinates and provides funding resources to multi-agency drug enforcement task forces to disrupt or dismantle local, multi-state and international drug trafficking organizations.