SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A corrections officer at a Salem prison has been charged with misdemeanor sex abuse involving a child.
Patrick Tope faces charges of using a child in display of sexually explicit conduct, luring a minor and three misdemeanor counts of sexual abuse.
The 40-year-old Tope was arrested Tuesday by Salem police.
Tope works at the medium-security Oregon State Correctional Institution in southeast Salem. He was hired by the Corrections Department in 1995.
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Information from: Statesman Journal, http://www.statesmanjournal.com