Jackson County Sheriff’s Office deputies with the Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team joint inter-agency task force, arrested a suspect Monday, May 9th, for attempting to use a local victim to create child exploitation images.
The Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team served a search warrant at the location earlier in the year on April 28th, after the Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare division received a report of a possible sex abuse of a local juvenile girl. During the warrant detectives located evidence, and further investigations led to the arrest.
Jesse Ray Hawkinson
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office arrested 62 year old Jesse Ray Hawkinson, of White City, at approximately 7:00am Monday morning, at his residence in White City, and has been charged with two counts of attempting to use a child in the display of sexually explicit content.
Due to Hawkinson’s previous contact with children, investigators believe he may have other victims. If anyone has additional information on the suspect, please call the JCSO tip line at (541) 774-8333.
