PPS Teacher Arrested for Luring a Minor (Photo)

August 23, 2024 10:56

A teacher with Portland Public Schools is in custody and facing one felony charge of Luring a Minor following a weeks-long investigation.

On Thursday, July 18, 2024, a detective with the Yuba City (California) Police Department contacted the Portland Police Bureau's Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit regarding an undercover chat operation. During this operation, the detective, posing as a 13-year-old child, communicated with a Portland man. The conversations, initiated by the Portland man, were sexual in nature and involved discussions on how to meet. The undercover detective, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents in Sacramento, identified the suspect as Craig Douglas-Meyers, 38, of Portland.

On Friday, August 23, 2024, at approximately 7:00 a.m., PPB's ICAC Unit, with assistance from PPB's Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT), HSI agents in Portland, and the Milwaukie Police Department's Electronic Storage Device Detection K-9, served a search warrant at Douglas-Meyers' home in Northeast Portland. Douglas-Meyers was arrested and ultimately transported to the Multnomah County Detention Center where he was lodged on the following felony charge: Luring a Minor.

Due to Douglas-Meyers' brazen conversations with who he thought was a child, and his employment as a teacher at Hosford Middle School in Southeast Portland, detectives fear there could be additional children with who he has had inappropriate contact. PPB is releasing Douglas-Meyers' photo in an effort to identify potential victims.

Anyone with information about Douglas-Meyers or this case is urged to contact Officer Aaron Rizzo at [email protected] and reference case number 24-803066.

Photo description: Craig Douglas-Meyers
Photo description: SERT member outside home
Photo description: HSI agent outside home
Photo description: Milwaukie PD's Electronic Storage Device Detection K-9 outside home

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