A teacher with Portland Public Schools is in custody and facing one felony charge of Luring a Minor following a weeks-long investigation.
On Thursday, July 18, 2024, a detective with the Yuba City, California Police Department contacted the Portland Police Bureau’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit regarding an undercover chat operation. During this operation, the detective, posing as a 13-year-old child, communicated with a Portland man. The conversations, initiated by the Portland man, were sexual in nature and involved discussions on how to meet. The undercover detective, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents in Sacramento, identified the suspect as Craig Douglas-Meyers, 38, of Portland.
Friday morning, police arrested Douglas-Meyers at his home. Douglas-Meyers was arrested and ultimately transported to the Multnomah County Detention Center where he was booked for Luring a Minor.
Police say that due to Douglas-Meyers’ brazen conversations with who he thought was a child, and his employment as a teacher at Hosford Middle School in Southeast Portland, detectives fear there could be additional children with who he has had inappropriate contact.
Anyone with information about Douglas-Meyers or this case is urged to contact Officer Aaron Rizzo at aaron.rizzo@police.portlandoregon.gov and reference case number 24-803066.