Hillsboro Gymnastics Coach Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

Today, Wednesday February 9th, detectives from the Interagency Child Exploitation Prevention Team (INTERCEPT) served a search warrant in the community of Aloha and arrested a gymnastics coach named Jeremy Waldridge  for possession of child pornography. Detectives are asking the public to speak up if Waldridge has been inappropriate with any of this students through Top Notch Trampoline, Tumbling, and Cheerleading, the business he runs in Hillsboro.

Mr. Waldridge has been the focus of a child pornography investigation since they received information that he was downloading explicit child pornography from the Internet.

During the investigation detectives became exceedingly concerned when they learned that Mr. Waldridge runs a private company geared for young children and teens. Detectives learned that Mr. Waldridge and members of his staff have visited local grade schools in the Hillsboro School District and put on demonstrations for the children. According to the Top Notch Facebook page, Waldridge attends sleep away retreats and all nighters with his students, who are mostly female and well underage.

At this time, detectives have no evidence that Mr. Waldridge has done anything inappropriate with any of his students at Top Notch or at the schools he has visited.

Because of the graphic nature of the child pornography found during this investigation, detectives want the parents of Mr. Waldridge’s students to be aware of his behavior and to call if they have any concerns about his contact with any of their children.

This investigation is ongoing and if you have any information regarding this case, please call Washington County Sheriff’s Detective Wright at 503-682-0452.