Man sentenced in Grant County to 4.8 years in prison for encouraging child sex abuse
By Logan Bagett on Thursday, December 18th, 2025 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
CANYON CITY – It’s prison time for a man who pleaded guilty to child sex crimes in Grant County Circuit Court. According to court documents, on December 16th, 2025, Benjamin Harold Monroe, 29, pleaded guilty to five counts of Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the First Degree—occurring once in 2020, three times in 2022, and once in 2024.
In total, Benjamin Monroe was sentenced to 58 months with the Oregon Department of Corrections and placed on Post-Prison Supervision for 3 years with statutory provisions. 5 counts were dismissed with no conviction.
