SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 38, NO. 25
SECTION A
JUNE 3, 2016
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Man gets 33 years
in child porn case
is posting illegal material
By ERIC A. HOWALD
online, or possible illegal
Of the Keizertimes
A Keizer man was material, online,” Howden
sentenced to more than 33 said. “The content he was
years in prison last week after posting was of a particularly
being convicted on 20 counts extreme nature, but we believe
of encouraging sexual abuse of all of it had been created by
others.”
a minor.
Judge Donald Abar deliv-
Edwards was renting a
ered the 33.75-year sentence bedroom from an elderly
to Larry Lee
couple that he
Edwards May
knew. They
25 in Marion “ The content
did not know
County Cir-
anything
he was posting about
cuit Court.
he
had
Edwards, 52,
been
doing,
was of a
was
arrested
Howden said.
particularly
at his Keizer
Edwards
residence
in
extreme nature” was already
November
listed on the
— Det. Ben Howden, Oregon Sex
2015
after
Keizer Police
Keizer police
Offender
offi cers served
R e g i s t r y,
a
search
stemming
warrant on his residence at from previous convictions
4090 Hennessy Lane N.E.
more than three decades
Keizer Police Department ago. In 1981, Edwards was
(KPD) received a tip that convicted
of
attempted
Edwards was posting images sodomy. In 1985, he was
of child pornography online. convicted of kidnapping and
Det. Ben Howden was the sodomy. His preferred targets
primary investigator.
are boys 12 and younger,
“Without going into too according to the information
much detail, certain internet available at sexoffenders.
service providers will alert us oregon.gov.
when one of their subscribers
There are currently fi ve
Wolverine
8th grader
wins state
title, makes
history
Submitted
Larry Lee Edwards, 52, of Keizer, was sentenced to 33.75 years
in prison last week on 20 counts of encouraging sexual abuse
of a minor.
Keizer residents on the state's
registry, but that's not out of
step for a city of its size. Of the
three cities with populations
closest to Keizer's, Grants Pass
and Oregon City both have
nine residents on the registry.
Lake Oswego has none.
Howden said it can
be diffi cult to gauge the
frequency cases similar to
Edwards’ in Keizer.
“We can end up with two
or three in rapid succession
and then go a while without
any at all,” he said. “We
know it's happening a lot
more than gets discovered,
but the frequency at which
it's discovered is increasing
because the technology for
detecting it is getting better.”
There is also a difference
between
those
suspects
with collections of child
pornography
and
those
actively engaging in sexual
abuse.
“Sometimes when we
are investigating abuse, we
discover that the suspects also
have collections of this type
of material,” Howden said.
Merely possessing material
depicting child sexual abuse is
a crime according to state and
federal laws.
Howden added that it’s
diffi cult to single out a sex
offender from the general
population. One of the things
he hasn’t seen is any sort of
trend in the type of offender.
“Whereas some other
crimes tend to be committed
by people who are dealing
with certain circumstances,
this one is committed by so
many types of people from so
many walks of life,” he said. “If
you're dealing with burglaries,
you put motion lights on your
house or eliminate hedges
that people can hide behind.
With this, it's so broad as far
as reasons, circumstances and
access that it's hard to say
Keizer girl
has the
world on
a leash
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Please see PORN, Page A2
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release new
book
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Please see ZURO, Page A2
PAGE A3
Hipsters
Nick Zuro won the state title
in middle school high jump
May 26.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
When Nick Zuro, a
Whiteaker Middle School
eighth grader, was still in the
single digits, he was given a
pogo stick for his birthday.
Nick had never used
one before but, within 48
hours, he was jumping 1,000
consecutive times – without
using his hands.
“If he wants to do
something, he works hard
until he does it. It's the way
he's always been,” said Camille
Zuro, Nick's mother.
That kind of determination
paid off in a big way May
26. Nick became the fi rst
Wolverine to win a state
title at the Oregon Middle
School Meet of Champions
(MOC). As far as anyone can
remember, he might even be
the fi rst state champ in the
school's history in any track
and fi eld event.
“I knew it was a possibility,”
Nick said. “I hoped I could do
it, and I was really happy when
Keizertimes
hires new
associate
editor
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KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Marlene Story and Sandy Beach hula hoop during the Keizer Elks Car Show Sunday, May 29. With cars of all shapes and
sizes, the event drew a crowd. For more photos, see Page A2.
Vehicle crashes into 7-Eleven
An
unlicensed
driver
drove a Jeep Grand Cherokee
through the front doors of the
7-Eleven at 4380 River Road
N., Friday, May 27.
At 11:03 a.m., offi cers from
the Keizer Police Department
responded to the convenience
store on a report a vehicle had
crashed into the business.
Offi cers
found
the
Cherokee parked almost
completely inside the store.
Several shelving units and
the cashier's station had been
toppled or moved during
the crash. Both doors to the
establishment were ripped
from the hinges.
A 7-Eleven cashier and at
least one patron were located
inside the business near the
cash register when the crash
occurred, but no employees,
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Please see CRASH, Page A2
A Jeep Grand Cherokee was driven through the front of 7-Eleven on River Road Friday, May 27.
Keizer man
fi nishes
Boston
Marathon
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