ANCHORAGE – An Oregon man was arrested by the FBI this week in Portland after a federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging him with transporting a minor with the intent to have the child engage in criminal sexual activity.
According to court documents, in 2019, Steven Fox, 59, moved from Pendleton, Oregon, to Anchorage, Alaska. At some point that year, Fox allegedly presented himself as a long-lost “uncle” to a family with two minor daughters and began caring for the minors.
Court documents further allege that in January 2020, Fox transported the minors from Alaska to Oregon. Fox started sexually abusing one of the minors, who was nine years old, almost immediately after leaving Alaska.
Fox is charged with one count of transportation of minors. If convicted, he faces between 10 years to life in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The FBI Anchorage Field Office and Anchorage Police Department investigated the case as part of the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, with assistance from the Pendleton Police Department and FBI Portland Field Office.
If anyone has information concerning Fox’s alleged actions, contact the FBI Anchorage Field Office (907) 276-4441 or anonymously at tips.fbi.gov.
