On Friday, December 20th, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Detectives made an arrest in a child pornography case first reported in 2018.
According to a Jackson County Sheriff’s Office press release, the investigation began in September 2018 with a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The initial report was that child pornography was being downloaded at a residence near Jacksonville, OR
The investigation led to a search warrant being served at the home of the suspect. Subsequently, evidence belonging to the suspect was analyzed by the Southern Oregon High Tech Crimes Task Force. Seven hundred images of child pornography were found along with over fifty images of animal sexual abuse.
Detectives arrested 61 year old Gary Lee Watts at his home Friday morning and lodged at the Jackson County Jail.
61 year old Gary Lee Watts is facing twenty counts of Encouraging Child Sex Abuse I and ten counts of encouraging Sexual Assault of an Animal.
