Former Reynolds High School teacher sentenced to prison for enticing, coercing minor
PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) -- Former Reynolds High School teacher Edward Hernandez-Corchado was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and 10 years supervised release on Friday, June 7, for attempting to entice and coerce a child.
The 27-year-old traveled from Portland to Bend in hopes of meeting a 15-year-old child he met online, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office District of Oregon press release.
Court records show in November 2022, as part of an ongoing investigation into online child exploitation, an officer from Bend started using a Snapchat account to pose as a 15-year-old child.
Over several days, Hernandez-Corchado engaged in sexually explicit conversations with the officer, who he believed to be the child, ultimately developing a plan to meet in Bend.
After being intercepted and arrested by officers on Nov. 11, 2022, during his trip to meet the "child" in Bend, he admitted to regularly engaging in sexually explicit conversations with underage girls online, possessing child pornography and previously meeting with two children in the Salem area to engage in sexual conduct.
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