Eugene Police Violent Crimes Unit and Federal Bureau of Investigation received a report of a man who had found a female in her mid-teens online and then paid her for sexual relations. This had been going on for more than a year.

Investigators did not know the suspect’s identity but after an investigation by Eugene Police VCU, FBI, and with the assistance of EPD’s Street Crimes Unit, William Cantu Hamann, age 37, of Creswell, was arrested Friday, July 26, at 2:30 p.m. after he arrived at a local school to meet the teen.

Hamann, a teacher at Spring Creek Elementary School, was charged with Prostitution, Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree, Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree, and Sodomy in the Third Degree. Hamann also operated a Haunted House business, The Frightuary, at Lane Events Center, 796 W.13th, in October.

The victim was not a former student of Hamann, and there is no indication any children at Spring Creek Elementary School were victimized. However, Eugene Police and FBI remain concerned there could be additional victims.

Parents or guardians who have a child who has come in contact with Hamann should let their child know that he has been arrested for inappropriate behavior with a child. Parents and guardians should tell their child that if Hamann did, or said, anything inappropriate to them to let them know. If a child discloses an incident that did happen to him or her, or that they observed happen to someone else, the parent should not ask the child detailed questions about the incident. Instead, please contact Detective Jed McGuire at 541.682.6308 or the FBI in Eugene at541.343.5222.