{"id":1413600,"date":"2022-03-31T16:44:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T20:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1413600"},"modified":"2022-03-31T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T20:45:00","slug":"police-oregon-teacher-arrested-for-attempted-rape-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-oregon-teacher-arrested-for-attempted-rape-of-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Police: Oregon Teacher Arrested for Attempted Rape of Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-oregon-teacher-arrested-for-attempted-rape-of-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1413600&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Officials announced Monday the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redmond.gov\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=897&#038;fbclid=IwAR2b9dDyfGpNdYnWUX2c9DutIFL28AuepmGGVS1OcNyvaOY4Jnk02UceFUM\">arrest<\/a> of an Oregon elementary teacher \u201cfor communicating with minors for immoral purposes\u201d and allegedly trying to rape a child.<\/p>\n<p>Washington\u2019s Redmond Police said detectives performed an undercover operation with decoy profiles on social media and dating apps to make contact with and meet the suspect in the case.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RedmondWApolice\/posts\/301359582105307\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100066938030404\/posts\/301359582105307\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Redmond Detectives arrested an Oregon elementary teacher on Friday, March 25 for communicating with minors for immoral\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RedmondWApolice\">Redmond WA Police<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100066938030404\/posts\/301359582105307\/\">Monday, March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The operation initially began in October when Andrew Hammond, 50, was told he was chatting with a 14-year-old girl, and he eventually communicated with another Redmond detective, believing the person to be 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe continued to engage in sexually motivated conversations with the investigators, believing they were minors.\u00a0Hammond is a fourth-grade teacher in an elementary school in McMinnville, Oregon,\u201d the news release continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>After months of sexually motivated communications, Hammond proposed meeting with the minors at a hotel in Redmond on March 25 to engage in sexual activity. He was arrested after checking into his hotel room. Redmond police executed a search warrant on his vehicle and located additional evidence indicating Hammond was planning to engage in sexual acts with the minors, including condoms, lubricant, handcuffs, and duct tape.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fox 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kptv.com\/2022\/03\/28\/police-mcminnville-elementary-teacher-arrested-attempted-rape-washington\/\">contacted<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msd.k12.or.us\/about_us\/\">McMinnville School District<\/a> regarding Hammond\u2019s case and the district said in a statement it was aware an employee had been arrested in Washington.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, it had no information about illegal activity in the area, adding officials were working with authorities and Hammond had since been put on administrative leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The district noted, \u201c[Hammond] is a first-year elementary teacher in our district and has not been involved in any district after-school activities or other student contact positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 A 4th grade teacher at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McMSchools?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@McMSchools<\/a> was arrested and charged with attempted rape of a child after communicating for months with what he thought were minors- in an attempt to engage in sexual activity. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u2Sd1DN4Zm\">pic.twitter.com\/u2Sd1DN4Zm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1508902508818690048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Family members in the teacher\u2019s classroom were also informed about what happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Meanwhile, the suspect was charged with four counts of communication with a minor for immoral purposes, attempted rape of a child in the second degree, and attempted rape of a child in the third degree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Authorities were holding the man on a $100,000 bail.<\/p>\n<p>Police Chief Darrell Lowe commented,\u00a0\u201cAny time we can take child predators off the streets for such egregious crimes against children is a win for our community. The important message for parents is to monitor your children\u2019s activities on their phones and computers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Rape, Abuse &#038; Incest National Network (RAINN) website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainn.org\/statistics\/victims-sexual-violence\">said<\/a> the ages of 12 through 34 were considered the highest risk years for an individual to become a victim of rape and sexual assault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials announced Monday the arrest of an Oregon elementary teacher \u201cfor communicating with minors for immoral purposes\u201d and allegedly trying to rape a child. 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