BCSO seeks help in public indecency case

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help with a public indecency case involving a 49-year-old Junction City man.

BCSO arrested Stephen Michael Lea on June 26 after he made online arrangements to meet an undercover deputy to make a sexually explicit video near a Corvallis park playground.

Lea has been convicted of public indecency in the past and BCSO believes there may be similar cases that have gone unreported in Benton, Linn and Lane counties going back to 2021.

Anyone with information possibly related to the Lea investigation of public indecency, which includes masturbation, nudity or sexual activity in public, email BentonCoSheriff@bentoncountyor.gov or call the BCSO tip line at 541-753-TIPS (8477) and reference case #202401630.