3 arrested for alleged sex abuse crimes against children in Yamhill County
Three people were arrested for alleged sex abuse crimes against children in Sheridan, Oregon this week.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Three people were arrested for alleged sex abuse crimes against children in Sheridan, Oregon this week.
According to the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office, the first pair of arrests was made on Monday based on a child’s report. Then a separate arrest occurred Wednesday at a different residence thanks to a tip from a national organization that tracks down sex abuse crimes involving children on the internet.
The two adults who were arrested Monday were 41-year-old Kevin Kemp and 36-year-old Shannon Kemp. Their arrests were based on a tip that a 16-year-old gave to investigators saying the two of them allegedly gave the teen alcohol and marijuana and engaged in sexual contact on multiple occasions.
Based on this information, the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit executed a search warrant at the home in the 200 block of Northeast Yamhill Street. Evidence that corroborated the child’s report was seized.
The Kemps were both arrested and lodged at the Yamhill County Jail and they were both charged with multiple sex abuse-related crimes. That includes second-degree sex abuse, contributing to a minor’s sexual delinquency, providing liquor to a minor and allowing the consumption of marijuana by an underage person on private property.
The arrest that happened Wednesday was the culmination of a tip that the sheriff’s office SIU team received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children with their internet crimes taskforce. The organization had located the digital fingerprint of an individual who allegedly uploaded child sex abuse material to an online server. Investigators figured out the files that were uploaded came from a device with the phone number of someone living in Sheridan.
Using the authority of another search warrant, detectives combed a home in the 500 block of Southeast Sheridan Road. An electronic device was seized as evidence and detectives made an arrest. Brendan Haynes, 27, was booked into the Yamhill County Jail on six counts of second-degree encouraging child sexual abuse.
In a release, the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office said they wanted to raise awareness about these crimes since April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. However, it’s unclear if the two cases were at all related.