Popular Oregon bubble performer accused of child sex abuse
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon man known for delighting families by creating huge bubbles is now facing multiple charges of child sexual abuse.
The Springfield Police Department arrested 62-year-old Patrick Corey O’Neill on Tuesday after receiving a report of sex abuse involving two minors.
O’Neill was a known “bubble performer” in Eugene and Springfield and had regular access to children, according to police. He performed in local parks and events such as the Eugene Country Faire and babysat for several families.
For the hundredth time, please don't use male babysitters. Men have no business babysitting other people's children.
According to court documents reviewed by KOIN 6 News, the alleged incidents occurred with two children under the age of 14 between January 2023 and June 2026 in Lane County.
O’Neill has been charged with two counts of first-degree sodomy, first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, and four counts of first-degree sexual abuse. He’s currently lodged at the Lane County Jail and his trial is set for Aug. 19.
Repeat Sex Offender Sentenced to 27 years for Victimizing Minors Online and Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material
AKIMA – United States District Judge Mary K. Dimke sentenced Corbett Lloyd Craig, age 42, of Goldendale, Washington, to 324 months in prison to be followed by a lifetime period of supervised release after pleading guilty to two counts of Enticement and Attempted Enticement of a Minor and one count of Possession of Child Pornography.
According to court documents and information presented at sentencing, from early in 2022 up until his arrest in June 2025, Craig, utilizing social media, contacted two minor girls for the purpose of coercing them to provide him with sexually explicit videos and images. Craig enticed one of the minor girls by offering her money via gift cards and on-line payments. It was clear from the online communications that the defendant knew these were minors and intended to elicit and did obtain child sex abuse material victimizing these minors online. Based upon that investigation, a search warrant was executed at Craig’s home that resulted in the discovery of thousands of additional images of child sex abuse material.
As noted by District Court Judge Dimke, what makes this case even more aggravated supporting this substantial sentence, is Craig’s prior history of engaging in the same and similar conduct. In 2017 Craig was convicted of Encouraging Child Abuse in the Second Degree, Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree, and Contributing to the Sexual Delinquency of a Minor in Clackamas County Superior Court, Oregon. Child abuse images from this previous case and the child he victimized, were found on his computer by federal investigators in this case.
First Assistant United States Attorney Pete Serrano stated, “This recidivist sex offender has continued to harm minor victims in our community. Despite court intervention and treatment, this sex offender has continued to victimize children and made it clear he will not stop. I commend the dedication and work from our law enforcement partners and the commitment of this office to bring justice to these victims. Removing this defendant from our community and ensuring he can’t have access to children is the only way to ensure its protection. Our office is committed to hunting down these offenders and holding them to account.”“Mr. Craig was fully aware that his actions were not just extremely immoral, but illegal as well,” said acting HSI Seattle Special Agent in Charge April Miller. “This sentence will keep this predator off the streets and keep our children safer. HSI will continue to investigate these crimes against children. We owe our communities nothing less.”
This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations with assistance from the Klickitat County Sheriff’s Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael Murphy.
Jury convicts Sun Valley man of child sex-related crimes
A jury has convicted a 24-year-old Sun Valley man on several child sex-related charges.
The Washoe County District Attorney's Office says Gerson Rax-Pop tried to have sex with what he thought was a 14-year-old at a local park, after messaging a decoy Facebook account operated by the Washoe County Human Exploitation and Recovery Operations (HERO) team last December.
Rax-Pop was found guilty of Attempted Kidnapping of a Minor, Lure or Attempt to Lure Child with Use of Computer Technology to Engage in Sexual Conduct, Attempted Child Abuse or Neglect Involving Sexual Abuse, and Attempted Statutory Sexual Seduction by Person Over 21.
Sentencing is set for August 13th.
Snap sued over rape of minor who connected to adult attacker on Snapchat
The parents of a girl who was raped when she was 12 years old by an adult stranger she met on Snapchat have sued its parent company, Snap, and the attacker in Missouri state court.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday claims the social media company has refused to disable dangerous features in its app or warn parents about potential harms it may cause.
According to the lawsuit, the girl began using Snapchat in 2021, when she was 11, without her parents' knowledge. While the app requires users to be 13 to sign up, the lawsuit says the girl does not remember what birth date she entered and that children knew they could easily bypass the minimum-age requirement.
About a year after she began using Snapchat, the lawsuit says the app recommended her and teen girls from nearby high schools as friends to defendant Gabriel Joel Valentin-Rios, an adult who had no real-life connections to them. It did not warn the children that connecting to strangers might be dangerous.
After the girl and Valentin-Rios connected, Valentin-Rios began sending her unsolicited nude photographs, the lawsuit says. The girl "did not want these photographs and, at first, did not reciprocate but Snapchat’s product design made it impossible for (her) to avoid such explicit content,” it says.
As part of its Snap Maps feature, the app also provided Valentin-Rios with the girl's home address without her knowledge, according to the lawsuit. Valentin-Rios then groomed the girl, convincing her that he was a 17-year-old local high school boy, not a 25-year-old man. Eventually he got her to meet him in person and raped her.
Valentin-Rios pleaded guilty to statutory rape and is currently serving an 18-year prison sentence in Missouri.
The lawsuit claims Snapchat knew that Valentin-Rios had multiple accounts — even though it is against the app's policies — including one he used to lure teen girls.
“We care deeply about the safety and well-being of all Snapchatters, and our teams have worked for years to build safeguards, launch safety tutorials, partner with experts, and work with law enforcement to help prevent the misuse of our platform,” Snap said in a statement.
The girl has been diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety and depression, according to the lawsuit.
The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages and are asking the court to compel Snap to stop practices that harm children.
“This assault did not happen in a vacuum — it happened because Snapchat’s product design made it easy for a predator to reach and manipulate an unsuspecting child,” said Matthew Bergman, founder of the Social Media Victims Law Center, which brought the suit on behalf of the plaintiffs. “Snap executives have long known that their features create a perfect environment for predators to exploit children, yet they have repeatedly failed to make the platform safe.”
This is not the first such lawsuit against Snap. New Mexico sued the company in 2024, saying the platform's design features foster sextortion, sexual abuse and unwanted contact from adults to minors. According to the lawsuit, Snap was well aware, but failed to warn parents, young users and the public that “sextortion was a rampant, ‘massive,’ and ‘incredibly concerning issue’ on Snapchat.” A judge denied the company's motion to dismiss last year.
There are also individual lawsuits pending against the company, including one in Vermont on behalf of two 12-year-old girls who were sexually assaulted by an adult they met on Snapchat.
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