In May of 2025 the Sheriff’s Office began an investigation involving an adult male communicating with a minor on-line.  The resulting investigation revealed, Frank Dylan Hendricks, a 39-year-old male, engaged in illicit sexual conduct with the minor child on-line.  On June 25, 2025, the Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Cottage Grove Police Department, served a search warrant at the 2300 Block of East Main Street in Cottage Grove.  Frank Hendricks was contacted and arrested for:  Using a Child in Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct (ORS: 163.670); Online Sexual Corruption of a Child in the second degree (ORS 163.432); Luring a Child (ORS 167.057); Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the second degree (ORS 163.686).  Hendricks was lodged at the Lane County Jail.  The investigation is ongoing.  There are no further details available at this time.  Thank you to the Cottage Grove Police Department, who is a member of the Lane County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.  This arrest is part of an ongoing effort by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to combat child exploitation and protect vulnerable members of our community. Thanks to the many agencies who participate in the Lane County ICAC Task Force and collaborate to make this work possible.  If anyone has information regarding this case or additional victims, please contact the Lane County Sheriff’s Office at 541-682-4141 and reference case #25-2889.