Police arrest Philomath man in sex abuse case involving 15-year-old girl, Snapchat – KMTR

by News Staff Thu, August 20, 2026 at 1:01 PM (File/Corvallis Police Department) CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Corvallis Police Department has arrested Gabriel A. Cleveland, 24, of Philomath, following an investigation involving the sexual exploitation and abuse of a 15-year-old girl, the department said Thursday. Investigators learned Cleveland became acquainted with the victim through another juvenile and subsequently connected with her on Snapchat, police said. During their communications, Cleveland sent the victim sexually explicit photographs and videos and asked for sexually explicit images of herself, the report said. According to police, the victim said Cleveland threatened to harm her if she did not comply with his demands. Cleveland later arranged to meet the victim at a Corvallis park, where he provided her with marijuana and committed sexual offenses against her, investigators said. As a result of the investigation, Cleveland was arrested and lodged at the Benton County Jail on the following charges: Unlawful Sexual Penetration in the First Degree Using a Child in Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree Sexual Abuse in the First Degree Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree Online Sexual Corruption of a Child
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