A Stayton, Oregon man is facing child sex abuse charges after investigators say he groomed a child through online gaming and used Roblox gift cards as bait to build trust and pressure the victim for explicit images.
The case started with a cyber tip and quickly grew into a multi-jurisdictional investigation that stretched from Virginia to Oregon. According to the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office, 36-year-old Robert Lee Allen Jr. of Stayton was identified as a suspect and arrested on Thursday. He faces Oregon charges of unlawful conduct with a child and encouraging child sex abuse in the third degree.
The sheriff’s office said Investigator Brittany Robinson received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children on June 30, 2025. That tip reportedly led detectives to Allen, who is accused of posing as a 14-year-old and using Roblox gift cards to groom the child. According to the sheriff’s post, officers seized and forensically examined devices belonging to the child, then transferred the resulting evidence to the Stayton Police Department for prosecution…