Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies arrest jailed Level 3 sex offender on new charges
Barney Lerten
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Level 3 registered sex offender has been arrested on new charges of encouraging child sex abuse while in the Deschutes County Jail on a probation/parole violation.
Last November, Deschutes County Parole and Probation contacted the Bend Police Department regarding Emily Fawkes, also known as Jeffrey Yaeger, 45, of Bend, being in violation of their supervision requirements, sheriff’s Sergeant Thomas Lilienthal said.
Bend Police Department Officers were able to locate Fawkes at a Bend store and took Fawkes into custody for a probation/parole violation, Lilienthal said.
While being taken into custody, Bend Police officers located a tablet in Fawkes’s possession, which is an additional violation of their probation/parole conditions.
Deschutes County Parole and Probation officers developed information that the tablet located in Fawkes’s possession was utilized to consume Child Sex Abuse Material (CSAM) while in their possession. Parole and Probation officers and Bend Police informed the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit.
ICAC Detectives wrote a search warrant to both seize and analyze the device and Fawkes was lodged at the county jail in Bend for violating probation and parole.
Over the next several months, Lilienthal said, Redmond Police Department Digital Forensics completed the analysis of data on Fawkes’s tablet, locating Child Sex Abuse Material and other information consistent with Fawkes seeking both Child Sex Abuse Material and contact with children online.
On April 29th, 2025, while still in jail, additional crimes of second-degree encouraging child sexual abuse were charged against Fawkes, the sergeant said.
Fawkes is a Level 3 registered sex offender for a child sex crime and is on post-prison supervision for a child sex crime as well.
Lilienthal wrote, “The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank Deschutes County Parole and Probation, the Bend Police Department, and the Redmond Police Department for their partnership and investment in protecting the children of our community.”