A La Grande man is facing federal charges for sexually abusing two minors he met on Snapchat.
Albert Wayne Johnson, 40, has been charged with coercing and enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity and transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual conduct.
According to court documents, on August 8, 2022, deputies from the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of two minors abandoned at Barton Park in Boring, Oregon.
The children told the deputies they met Johnson on Snapchat and that he had driven them from Washington State through Idaho and into Oregon and had sexually abused both repeatedly during the trip.
Along the way, Johnson stopped at a motel in Othello, Washington and a campground in La Grande where he continued abusing both children.
After arriving in Boring, Johnson left the children at a campsite in Barton Park and never returned.
Johnson was arrested on August 30, 2022, at his residence in La Grande on an outstanding parole violation warrant.
He made his initial appearance in federal court today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Youlee Yim You.
Johnson was ordered detained pending further court proceedings.
Coercing and enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity and transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual conduct are both punishable by up to life in prison with 10-year mandatory minimum sentences per count of conviction.
This case was investigated by FBI Portland’s Child Exploitation Task Force (CETF) with assistance from the Othello Police Department, La Grande Police Department, Union County Sheriff’s Office, Union County Probation Department, Umatilla Tribal Police Department, and Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.
Related Federal Cases
- Albert Wayne Johnson, Online Child Exploitation, Oregon 2024 · Idaho
- No specific defendant name found in the article excerpt.
Oregon M…
· Idaho - Shabnam Dawn Pilisuk, Child Abuse, Seattle WA, 2023 · Idaho
- Trevor Smith, Attempted Child Sexual Abuse, Washington 2023 · Idaho
- Daniel Seibert, Child Sex Trafficking, California 2023 · Idaho
Key Facts
- State: Oregon
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
ðŸâ€Â’ Get the grimiest stories delivered weekly. Subscribe free →
MORE FEDERAL CRIME NEWS
Sex CrimesSex CrimesSex CrimesSex Crimes