HILLSBORO, Ore- On December 16, 2024, Brian James Henning, age 34, pleaded guilty to four charges related to the sexual abuse of three minors and was sentenced to 35 years in prison by Washington County Circuit Court Judge Oscar Garcia. Senior Deputy District Attorney Andy Pulver prosecuted this case.

The defendant began sexually abusing two minors in August of 2023. When their mother learned of the abuse, she confronted the defendant and he admitted to molesting the children. The mother contacted law enforcement immediately. Medical experts with CARES Northwest spoke with the children and they provided additional details, including the fact that the defendant had recorded one of the victims during an act of abuse.

Hillsboro police interviewed the defendant. He again admitted to abusing the children. Investigators secured and executed a search warrant for his apartment. They found additional evidence corroborating the accounts of the first and second child victims. Investigators also forensically analyzed the defendant’s phone and recovered evidence of the sexual abuse of the third child victim.

The Washington County District Attorney’s Office acknowledges the work of the Hillsboro Police Department, CARES Northwest, and the Northwest Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory on this case. 

Mr. Henning will be transferred to the Oregon Department of Corrections to begin serving his sentence.