EUGENE, Ore. – A Gold Hill resident has been arrested in a sting operation targeting online predators. According to the Eugene Police Department, 25-year-old Kaleb John Francis Altman was apprehended in Medford after he engaged in inappropriate communications with a detective posing as a teenager.
Altman allegedly sent explicit material to the undercover detective, believing her to be a minor. He was charged with luring a minor and online sexual corruption of a child in the second degree.
Detectives from multiple agencies, including the Eugene Police Department, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Oregon Department of Justice, collaborated to make the arrest. The operation was part of a broader effort by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force to combat cybercrimes targeting children…