Arrested on Sex Abuse Charges, Dec. 20

On Monday, December 17, 2018, Oregon State Police Detectives arrested Mark Christopher Boothe (50) of Josephine County. Boothe was lodged in the Josephine County Jail on 5 counts of Sex Abuse in the First Degree and 5 counts of Sodomy in the First Degree. Detectives believe there are more victims and are asking anyone that is a victim or knows someone that has been a victim of Boothe to contact the Oregon State Police Southern Command Center at 1-800-442-2068 or *OSP (677) and reference Detective Eve Thornton. Boothe has been a resident of the Merlin area since 1992.