Back in mid-April, 2020, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a case from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The case, from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, was regarding a report of child pornography being uploaded in in Talent, Oregon. The investigation continued over several weeks with assistance from Police Departments in Talent, Medford Police, Albany, Oregon Police Department, Southern Oregon High Tech Crimes Task Force, The Department of Homeland Security and the Montana Department of Justice.
The investigation led to the issuance of a nationwide warrant signed by a Jackson County Circuit Court Judge for the arrest of the suspect in this case.
The suspect had moved from Oregon to Montana during the case investigation and Jackson County Sherrif’s detectives traveled to Dillon, Montana and arrested 29 year old David Levi Watters, aka Levi Watters, on eight counts of Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, a Class B Felony.
Watters was arrested Tuesday afternoon at 2:30pm, October 6th, at his home in Dillon with the assistance of the Montana Department of Justice Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Beaverhead County Sheriff’s Office, and Dillon Police Department. Watters was lodged on $80,000 bail at Beaverhead County Jail pending return to Oregon.
