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April is “National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month and throughout the year, the Klamath County District Attorney’s Office and the Oregon Department of Justice encourage all individuals and organizations to play a role in making Klamath County a better place for children and families. By ensuring that parents have the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to care for their children, we can help promote the social and emotional well-being of children and youth and prevent child maltreatment within families and communities.

For some helpful ideas check out the National Child Abuse Prevention Month Resource Website.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/

Invite your friends and family to wear blue with you and share a photo on social media using the hashtags , and .

For more information about child abuse prevention programs and activities during the month of April, and throughout the year, contact Marci Bryant or Colleen May at our local Department of Human Services.

If you suspect a child is being abused, please call Oregon’s Abuse Reporting Hotline at 1-855-503-SAFE (7233). You will be connected to a Child Welfare screener. Please be ready to provide identifying information and where the child is if known.

Child Abuse Prevention Month recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect.

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02/26/2022

PRESS RELEASE:

On February 24, 2022 the Honorable Judge Marci Adkisson sentenced Kenneth Charles Juttner to 350-months in the care, custody, and control of the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC), based on his pleas of guilty to four counts of S*x Abuse in the First Degree.

In 2020, Juttner was being investigated by Naval Criminal Investigation Services (NCIS) in Seattle, on an unrelated case involving juveniles. During this investigation, Juttner disclosed his abuse of several victims in Klamath County. Juttner consented to an interview with NCIS investigators and disclosed that he had s*xually abused at least five (5) different children between March 2007 and January 2011. The children ranged in age from 3 through 9 years during the time of their abuse.

Sergeant Kaber, of the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office, conducted the local investigation and was able to confirm the identities of the victims in Klamath County. During the sergeant’s subsequent investigation three victims were willing to proceed with prosecution. While none of them had previously disclosed their abuse, they all indicated they had struggled emotionally and psychologically throughout their lives and continued dealing with the trauma.

Juttner was charged in Klamath County with one count of So**my in the First Degree and four counts of S*x Abuse in the First Degree, based on his admissions and the statements of three separate victims. Judge Adkisson acknowledged the victims for their strength in their willingness to come forward and hold Juttner accountable for his actions.

The victims in this matter were courageous. The trauma remains their struggle. We hope the conclusion of the criminal matter provides a degree of closure.

02/14/2022

On February 11, 2022, the honorable Judge Alycia Kersey sentenced Joseph Elmer Woods to the care, custody, and control of the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) for a period of 350 months, based on pleas to charges involving Wood’s s*xual abuse of an unrelated, 9-yr old child. The court made the specific finding that Woods is a drug-dependent person and recommended that DOC offer treatment. Woods will be eligible for programs only after he serves the first 100-months of the sentence under Ballot Measure 11. Upon release, Woods will be subject to post-prison supervision and will be required to register as a s*x offender. The Mother of the victim participated in the settlement conference and reaching the resolution. Klamath County District Attorney extends gratitude to Klamath Falls Police Department and specifically Detective Loudermilk who conducted initial interviews and obtained corroborating evidence. Detective Sergeant Gregg Wheat, now Lieutenant with the Klamath County Sheriff's office, did a follow-up investigation to solidify our capacity to prosecute and bring justice. The materials uncovered were particularly disturbing. Law enforcement weathers exposure to such matters on a regular basis as they seek resolution for victims and their families. We appreciate their dedication always and thank them for it in this case particularly. With respect, Eve Costello, Klamath County District Attorney

01/29/2022

The following is a press release from the office of Klamath County District Attorney, Eve Costello.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On January 11, 2022, the Honorable Judge Alycia Kersey sentenced Henry Antonio to the care, custody, and control of the Oregon Department of Corrections for a total of 500-months. The sentence was rendered after a jury found Antonio guilty on four counts of Unlawful S*xual Pe*******on in the First Degree and four counts of S*x Abuse in the First Degree.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Cole Chase presented facts to the jury establishing beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Antonio had s*xually abused one of his children over a period of years.

The Klamath County District Attorney thanks the jury members for their service.

“We realize how disturbing and emotionally traumatizing this can be,” said Klamath County District Attorney Eve Costello. “Klamath County support staff, including Special Agent Elliott and Victims Advocate Salazar provided witness location services and support for the victim throughout the process. The victim was courageous and can now move forward with her healing. We wish her the best.”

The Oregon Department of Corrections calculates Antonio’s earliest possible release date to be November 20, 2062. Upon his release, Antonio will be required to register as a s*x offender and will be on Post-prison Supervision (PPS) for the remainder of his life.

https://www.klamathfallsnews.org/news/klamath-falls-man-sentenced-to-500-months-in-prison-for-s*x-crimes-with-minor?fbclid=IwAR365df9skEVSdoBC7hQYszWfaJRgYm-NhPH_qFIztp02bjykQYjEyITlnM

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On January 11, 2022, the Honorable Judge Alycia Kersey sentenced Henry Antonio to the care, custody, and control of the Oregon Department of Corrections for a total of 500-months. The sentence was rendered after a jury found Antonio guilty on four counts of Unlawful S*xual Pen

01/12/2022

A Klamath Falls man was sentenced Jan. 4 to more than 45 years in prison for his role in a series of kidnappings and assaults over the period of several months.
Harland Joseph Wright, 34, received a 550-month sentence in the Oregon prison system from Judge Alycia Kersey. Wright, along with co-defendant Elliott Donald Parker, 33, also of Klamath Falls, was charged with crimes related to the horrific torture of numerous victims in the Klamath Falls area.
While Wright has been convicted and sentenced, Parker still has three open cases related to the tortures filed with the Klamath County Circuit Court, records showed.
Some of the gruesome details of Wright’s crimes were shared during the two-day bench trial.
June 2020
One victim was terrorized by Wright and Parker in June 2020.
Wright was upset that the individual was wearing a sweater that was stolen from him, according to the Klamath County District Attorney’s Office. The two men kidnapped and then beat the victim, including with a gun that went off during the beating, almost killing the victim.
Aug. 15, 2020
According to the Klamath County District Attorney’s office, Wright, with the help of others, lured another victim to a residence on the 900 block of Lincoln Street. The victim arrived in the evening of Aug. 15, 2020, with his puppy.
When the man tried to leave, he was then threatened with a firearm and forced to sit in a chair. Parker is accused of taking the victim’s money and phone. About two hours later, Wright arrived with a large, machete-like knife and a silver revolver that he used to beat multiple victims.
Wright threatened to kill one man, and later killed the puppy. Wright and Parker then forced the victim to strip naked and to use his clothing to clean up the dead puppy’s remains.
Wright then took out a body bag and ordered a victim to get inside. Wright and Parker then sealed him in and began to repeatedly kick him.
At one point, the victim could not breath through the bag and began yelling for help, so Wright stabbed a knife through the bag, slicing the victim’s wrist.
Hours later, at about 5:30 a.m. on Aug. 16, Wright and the Parker unzipped the victim from the bag and ordered him to put on clothes. He was then forced into Wright’s car and driven to a compound at the 2800 block of Frontage Road, where he was forced to skin the dead puppy and then leave.
Sept. 1, 2020
Another victim was lured to the same house on Lincoln Street on Sept. 1, 2020. Wright and the same Parker suspected the victim of making insulting statements about Wright and cooperating with police in a drug investigation.
Once the victim arrived at the house, Wright and Parker started to beat him. Wright took out his silver revolver and began hitting the victim with it. The victim was then forced to strip naked and the beating continued.
At some point, Wright opened the revolver, slid a bullet into the cylinder, which he proceeded to spin and then point at the victim’s head. Wright pulled the trigger, but the chamber was empty. Wright did this at least three more times, each time finding an empty chamber
Afterward, the kidnappers locked the victim into a box designed to be affixed to the roof of a car. The victim was then driven to the same compound on Frontage Road.
While he was locked in the box, the victim overheard his kidnappers planning to kill him.
Once they removed the victim from the box, they continued threatening him. The victim begged for his life.
At this point, Wright decided the victim’s only way out of this was to choose from one of three punishments. The punishments included: cutting off his own finger, walking home after getting shot in the p***s, or to “hang out,” slang for when someone is hung from rafters and beaten. The victim agreed to chop off his own finger, and was provided with the machete-like knife Wright used to threaten his other victim.
The victim chopped his own finger off and then in an attempt to stop the bleeding, pressed a pair of heated plyers into the wound.
After getting cleaned up, the victim was ordered back into the box and transported to a third location. Six hours after being released, the victim went to the emergency room at Sky Lakes Medical Center where he was treated for a fractured foot, numerous lacerations to his face and head, and the severed finger.

https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/wright-sentenced-to-45-years-for-kidnappings-torture/article_a9e65192-c50a-58d0-8701-1eac794d0a98.html?fbclid=IwAR2snjRKMnLudtNtfeKd2dF8C9HaRMRdceYiV5b1VIvh_Z4t9M7qfrd7cQ0