Two people are facing criminal charges following the latest Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) child luring investigations.
LCSO deputies conducting ongoing online child luring investigations posing as underage children on various social media platforms were contacted by two adult males who engaged in sexually explicit conversations and attempted to arrange in-person meetings for illegal sexual encounters.
On July 31st, 2025, a Lincoln County detective traveled to Albany, Oregon, and arrested 75-year-old Gary Stitzel, of Albany, on charges of Luring a Minor and Online Sexual Corruption of a Child in the Second Degree…