A Port Angeles woman is facing five felony counts after investigators alleged she covertly photographed two minors and transmitted the images to a man already charged in a related child exploitation investigation. Clallam County prosecutors filed the case against the 38-year-old on October 1 in Superior Court, alleging sexual exploitation of a minor, second-degree dealing in depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, second-degree possession of such depictions, and two counts of first-degree voyeurism.
The allegations emerged from a search of a phone belonging to a Port Angeles man, which investigators say revealed photos and communications linking him to the woman. The man was charged in September with four felonies in the same inquiry.
A release order signed by Judge Simon Barnhart on October 1 set bail for the woman at $500,000. She remained in custody when she appeared in court on October 5. At that hearing, Barnhart appointed attorney Lane Wolfley to represent her and rescheduled her arraignment for 9 a.m. on Friday, October 9.
The inquiry began with a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children that included images and chat logs provided by the messaging application Kik, according to an arrest report filed by Clallam County sheriff’s Detective Nicholas Cannady.
Detectives seized the man's phone when they arrested him on September 15, the report states.
Cannady wrote that a review of the phone uncovered Snapchat exchanges in which the man sent images and video of a child in a bathroom to an account under the woman's name during August and September 2026. On September 25, Cannady obtained a warrant expanding the search of the phone to records dating back to January 2020. The detective reported finding Facebook Messenger exchanges in which the woman sent photographs of two other girls between December 2022 and September 2024.
The report describes images of one girl changing clothes in a bedroom and a younger girl bathing. Cannady wrote that a photograph sent in December 2022 matched an image in the original CyberTipline report.
Cannady also described sexual discussions about minors and methods for photographing them. His October 1 report said the full digital forensic examination remained pending.
Detectives arrested the woman on September 30 after she arrived at the parking lot of her Port Angeles apartment, according to Cannady’s report. He wrote that he advised her of her rights and conducted recorded interviews that evening.
According to Cannady, the woman initially denied photographing one girl changing in her bedroom but later acknowledged taking the photographs. She said both girls were unaware they were being photographed and that she sent the images only to the man, the report states.
The woman also told investigators she had received shower photographs of a child from the man and knew the girl’s age, according to the report. Cannady wrote that she denied any physical sexual contact involving the two other girls.
The man separately described his sexual communications as fantasy and denied acting on them during his September 15 interview, Cannady wrote.
Cannady reported that detectives seized phones and other electronics from the woman and her residence. He wrote that a bedroom and bathroom in the apartment were consistent with the settings in the photographs investigators had reviewed.
Prosecutors allege that between December 13, 2022, and September 30, 2024, a local woman committed five distinct offenses. Two of these counts involve voyeurism, asserting that two separate minor girls were observed, photographed, or recorded without their awareness or permission while in situations where they reasonably expected privacy.
Following an October 1 release order, the defendant is prohibited from interacting with any individual under the age of 18, a restriction that includes her own biological children, as well as a specific co-defendant. The court further limited her travel to the state of Washington, banned her from owning firearms or other deadly weapons, and restricted her use of electronic devices that possess internet capabilities or can capture still images and video. Additionally, the judge issued separate no-contact orders to safeguard four minors.