Eugene Man Receives 12 Years in Prison for Enticing Minors to Send Explicit Images

A Eugene, Oregon, man was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in federal prison for enticing a minor and the father of another minor to send sexually explicit images, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon announced.

The defendant, identified in the Justice Department release as an Eugene resident, faces lifetime sex offender registration requirements after his release. He will also serve five years of supervised release following the prison term. The case was prosecuted in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

The sentence concludes a federal prosecution that charged the man with using online communications to solicit sexually explicit material from at least one minor and from the parent of a second minor. The scope of the conduct involved direct targeting of minors for production of child sexual abuse material.

The 12-year term replaces what would have been unrestricted liberty. Sentencing occurred on June 4, 2026. The conviction activates standard federal collateral consequences that include restrictions on internet use, proximity to schools, and employment involving minors during the supervised release period.

Downstream, the sentence requires the Bureau of Prisons to designate a facility and begin the term immediately. Upon release the defendant must report to a probation officer who will enforce the supervised release conditions. The U.S. Marshals Service and local law enforcement will add the defendant to sex offender registries in Oregon and any future state of residence.

Federal law also bars the defendant from possessing firearms for life.

This sentencing is one of multiple child exploitation cases handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon in 2026. The Department of Justice has pursued such online enticement prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b), which carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison.