BEND, OR -- Investigators believe a 32-year-old Bend man tried to lure children online, for the purpose of sexual gratification. Talon Daniel Arnold was identified as a suspect during an investigation by the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office that began on July 17. 

Arnold was arrested on an unrelated charge on August fourth. The Digital Forensics Unit analyzed his phone. The Sheriff's Office says they confirmed Arnold had control of his phone at the time sexually explicit images and texts were sent to a child under the age of 16. 

He's charged with Luring a Minor, Attempting to Use a Child in the Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct and Online Sexual Corruption of a Child.