Joint Task Force Serves Child Porn Search Warrant at Licensed Marijuana Farm (Photo)

JCSO Case 22-4129

TRAIL, Ore. – The Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team (SOCET) joint inter-agency task force served a search warrant this morning at a licensed marijuana farm in the 4700 block of Highway 227 in Trail. SOCET served the warrant after discovering numerous images of child exploitation were uploaded from a residence on the property. Detectives are interviewing possible witnesses and involved parties, and investigations are ongoing. Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) deputies, Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team (IMET) detectives, and Southern Oregon High Tech Crimes Task Force (SOHTCTF) investigators assisted with the warrant service.

During the warrant investigators seized digital devices which will be forensically examined by SOHTCTF for further evidence of child exploitation. SOHTCTF consists of high-tech crime detectives from JCSO, Oregon State Police, Homeland Security Investigations, and Medford Police Department.

Several tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) started the investigation, which led to subpoenas, followed by the search warrant at the residence. This case included more than a dozen separate cyber tips over the last few years. The case originated in Portland, Oregon before being transferred to SOCET investigators in Jackson County. 

SOCET is a joint inter-agency task force that started in June of 2020 to combat child exploitation and human trafficking. The task force consists of investigators from JCSO, Grants Pass Police Department, and HSI; as well as prosecutors from our local, state and federal law enforcement partners in Jackson and Josephine County.

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