Oregon Man Gets 12+ Years for Sexually Abusing Minors on Snapchat

A 42-year-old La Grande, Oregon man has been sentenced to over 12 years in federal prison for sexually abusing two minors he met through Snapchat.

Albert Wayne Johnson, 42, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison and 10 years’ supervised release.

According to court documents, Johnson met the two minors on Snapchat in August 2022 and drove them from Washington State to Oregon, where he sexually abused them during the trip.

Johnson stopped at a motel in Othello, Washington, and a campground near La Grande, where he continued to abuse the children. After arriving in Boring, Oregon, Johnson left the children at a campsite in Barton Park and never returned.

On August 30, 2022, officers from the La Grande Police Department, Union County Sheriff’s Office, Union County Probation Department, and Umatilla Tribal Police Department located Johnson at his residence in La Grande and arrested him on an outstanding parole violation warrant.

Johnson was charged by criminal complaint with coercing and enticing a minor and transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. A federal grand jury later indicted him on three counts, including traveling across state lines to engage in a sexual act with a minor.

Johnson pleaded guilty to transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity on January 24, 2024.

The case was investigated by the FBI Pendleton Resident Agency 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.

It was prosecuted by Cassady Adams, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon.

Anyone with information about the physical or online exploitation of children is encouraged to contact the FBI at (503) 224-4181 or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.