A Scappoose woman turned herself in to the police after a grand jury indicted her for crimes related to child exploitation.
Scappoose resident Carter Hamilton Pace, 20, was indicted by a Columbia County grand jury on eight counts of first-degree encouragement of child sexual abuse, according to a press release from the Scappoose Police Department.
The charges came after the Scappoose Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force officer received a tip alleging Pace had child sexual abuse material in her possession. Pace’s residence was searched Oct. 17 and multiple items of evidence were seized, including digital devices that investigators also searched later on…