A 25-year-old man has been arrested for alleged sexual crimes involving a 13-year-old girl, Lebanon police reported today.
According to police, on Sept. 1 of this year, the Police Department received a report expressing concerns about the girl, a Lebanon resident.
According to police, the girl had disclosed that she had engaged in sexual contact with Zachary Nitschke Sanderson, 25, also a Lebanon resident. The girl was known to Sanderson; the Lebanon Police Department has had no
previous contact with Sanderson, police said.
Sanderson was cooperative and taken into custody without incident. As of Friday morning, Oct. 31, he was being held without bail at Linn County Jail.
Lebanon police launched an investigation with support from the Tehama County Sheriff’s Office in California. Based on the investigation, authorities determined that Sanderson had
maintained ongoing sexual contact with the minor throughout the summer of 2025.
On Thursday, Oct. 30, Sanderson was interviewed and was ultimately arrested for the following crimes: second-degree rape, second-degree unlawful sexual penetration, second-degree sodomy, second-degree ncouraging child sexual abuse, and using a child in display of sexually explicit conduct.
The investigation is continuing; anyone with information regarding the case is asked to contact Detective James Glover at (541) 258-4326 or Detective Sgt. Jeremy Weber at (541) 258-4342.