Portland Firefighter Accused of Sending Explicit Photos And Luring Minor – Willamette Week

A Portland firefighter arrested May 6 at a Northeast fire station is accused of sending sexually explicit photos to a minor girl and attempting to lure her. Prosecutors allege in court documents that Lt. Vincent Alvarez sent photos of his penis to a minor girl in Deschutes County in 2025, prompting an investigation by the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement traced some of the messages to Fire Station 28 in the Rose City Park neighborhood, and subsequently traced them to Alvarez. Alvarez was arrested and booked on three charges—two counts of luring a minor and one count of official misconduct in the first degree—on May 6. According to an official charging document filed by a deputy district attorney, he’s also accused of a fourth crime: attempting to use a child in display of sexually explicit conduct, a Class B Felony. Portland Fire and Rescue says Alvarez, 59, is currently on administrative leave. A probable cause affidavit alleges that Alvarez contacted a 14-year old girl on TikTok and then added her on Snapchat, where he used the name “funfiremanjim.” On that platform, the two began chatting and he made sexually suggestive remarks to her, she told the Deschutes County Sheriff’s
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