Oregon State Police seek more victims after Junction City arrest

Oregon State Police are asking Lane County residents and anyone else who may have been contacted to come forward after the arrest of a 56-year-old Junction City man in an internet crimes investigation. Detectives say Glenn William Norris was arrested May 27 and later booked into the Clackamas County Jail on charges of online sexual corruption of a child and luring a minor.

The appeal is broader than one arrest. Oregon State Police said investigators believe there may be additional victims, and they want those people, or anyone with information, to contact dispatch at 1-800-442-0776 or *OSP from a mobile phone and reference case number SP26165006. The investigation remains open.

Norris was identified during an Internet Crimes Against Children investigation, part of Oregon’s ICAC effort focused on investigating, prosecuting and preventing the sexual exploitation of children on the internet. In Oregon, online sexual corruption of a child in the first degree is a Class B felony when a person violates the underlying second-degree statute and intentionally takes a substantial step toward physically meeting with or encountering the child.

The case carries special weight in Lane County, where Junction City’s estimated population was 7,224 in July 2025 and the county stretches across more than 4,600 square miles. A suspect can be arrested in one place, booked in another county, and still have possible victims spread across several communities, making public tips critical to defining the full scope of the investigation.

State and national agencies say these cases are increasing. The Oregon Department of Justice says the Oregon Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force works to investigate, prosecute and prevent the sexual exploitation of children online. DOJ also reported that online solicitation and sextortion-related cyber tips rose 857% from 2020 to 2024. Nationally, the ICAC network includes 61 task forces and nearly 5,500 federal, state, local and Tribal agencies, and helped conduct about 203,467 investigations in fiscal year 2024, leading to more than 12,600 arrests.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says online enticement, including sextortion, can happen across social media, messaging apps and gaming platforms. For families, that means the warning signs can appear anywhere a child has an account, and any suspicious contact tied to Norris should be reported immediately to Oregon State Police while the case continues.