James W. Eaton

CANYON CITY — An Ontario man has been arrested on sex crime and kidnapping charges in Grant County.

James W. Eaton, 44, is accused of three counts of first-degree kidnapping, three counts of first-degree sodomy, three counts of first-degree sexual abuse, three counts of incest and three counts of coercion with a single victim younger than 12, according to an indictment Grant County District Attorney Jim Carpenter filed Tuesday, July 6, in circuit court.

The state in the indictment accuses Eaton of secretly confining a minor relative to forcibly engage in oral intercourse while instilling a fear he would otherwise engage in anal intercourse on three occasions in June.

Eaton is scheduled to enter a plea July 29 in Grant County Circuit Court.

In 1997, Eaton was accused of five sex crimes including incest in Jefferson County, according to court documents that list his city of residence at the time as John Day. He pleaded not guilty to the charges but was found guilty except for insanity on one count of first-degree rape and was placed under the jurisdiction of the Oregon Psychiatric Security Review Board for a maximum of 20 years, according to court documents.