Oregon man charged with sexually abusing 2 children he met on Snapchat

An eastern Oregon man has been charged after federal prosecutors say he sexually abused two minors he met on Snapchat and took them across state lines. He now faces up to life in prison. The Department of Justice said Albert Wayne Johnson, 40, of La Grande is charged with coercing and enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity and transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual conduct. The investigation started on Aug. 8 when, according to DOJ, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of two minors abandoned at Barton Park in Boring. The children allegedly told deputies they met Johnson on Snapchat and that he had taken them from Washington State through Idaho and into Oregon. They children allegedly claimed that Johnson abused them both multiple times during the trip. RELATED: Bend Police posing as minors arrest 28 in four-month sex crimes sting RELATED: Terrebonne man arrested for child sex abuse; Police say more victims possible Stops along the way included a motel in Othello, Wash., and a campground in La Grande, the DOJ alleges. Johnson then allegedly left he children at a campsite in Barton Park and did not return. During…
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