7/30/2024
Jackson County, OR. – Official Release: The Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team (SOCET) joint inter-agency task force served a search warrant today, July 30 after discovering images of child exploitation were uploaded from an apartment in Talent, Ore. Detectives are interviewing possible witnesses and involved parties, and investigations are ongoing.
SOCET served the search warrant this morning just after 7 a.m. at an apartment complex in the 500 block of Talent Avenue. SOCET began their investigation after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children which led to subpoenas, followed by the search warrant at the apartment. City of Talent Police Department and Jackson County District Attorney’s Office assisted with the warrant service.
SOCET was also assisted by Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO), Medford Police Department (MPD), and Southern Oregon High Tech Crimes Task Force (SOHTCTF) investigators. During the warrant, investigators seized digital devices which will be forensically examined by SOHTCTF for further 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 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 MPD. There is no further information available for release.
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