Kyle Clinton Foster of North Bend was sentenced to 27.5 years in prison after pleading guilty in Coos County Circuit Court to 15 child exploitation and luring charges, with Oregon law requiring him to serve at least 25 years without early release.
NORTH BEND, Ore. - A North Bend man was sentenced to 27.5 years in prison for sharing sexual images of children online, including photos he took of a 7-year-old child.
Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced the sentencing. "The facts in this case are unspeakably heinous," Rayfield said. "Nothing can undo the harm of these crimes, but our team will work every day to stop perpetrators from continuing to hurt children."
Kyle Clinton Foster pleaded guilty in Coos County Circuit Court. The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force at the Oregon Department of Justice investigated and prosecuted the case.
The case started with a tip from the messaging app Kik. Apps like Kik must report child sexual abuse material when they find it on their platforms. Kik flagged an account that was sharing it and sent the tip to ICAC.
Investigators traced the account to Foster. They found he had sent more than 90 files containing sexual images of children to other users on the app. Some were photos he had taken himself of a 7-year-old child. He also sent material to, and had sexual conversations with, a 15-year-old in the United Kingdom Oregon law requires Foster to serve at least 25 of those years in full because of the seriousness of the crimes. He will have no time off for good behavior and no early release. Foster pleaded guilty to 15 charges. Those include two counts of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct, 11 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse and two counts of luring a minor.
The ICAC Task Force has grown from 5 ½ full-time members to 20 during the last two years. This statewide task force has agents stationed across Oregon and has executed more than 90 search warrants involving child predators in the last year and half.
Special Agent Steven Bohn of the Oregon Department of Justice led the investigation. Senior Assistant Attorney General Elijah C. Michalowski prosecuted the case.