BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) - A Bend man facing numerous child sexual exploitation and drug charges after a 2024 raid on his home fled to Florida, then to Thailand before his trial, authorities said Monday. The FBI located him, and he has been extradited to Deschutes County, where he's being held on $1.5 million bail.

Here's a news release issued Monday by Deschutes County Sheriff's Sergeant Thomas Lillenthal, who works in digital forensics with the agency's Internet Crimes Against Children unit:

Arrestee: Simon Lesley Hannes, 37-year-old Male

Charges:

2x Using a Child in Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct ORS 163.670

10x Encouraging Child Sex Abuse in the First Degree ORS 163.684

1x Luring a Minor ORS 167.057

12x Encouraging Child Sex Abuse in the Second Degree ORS 163.686

1x Failure to

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