Men to face trial on sex abuse charges

Jeremy Michael Reznick and Justin Eugene Ladd of Sisters will face trial on sex abuse charges on April 25.

A third Sisters man, Jonathan Taylor White, has already pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree sex abuse, according to the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office. White, who was 19 at the time of the offense, faces mandatory sentences of 75 months in prison on each count under Measure 11 sentencing guidelines.

According to the DA’s office, the judge could make the sentences concurrent.

Reznick and Ladd will have a hearing on a bid for release from jail on March 24, the DA’s office reported.

The charges stem from a November 13 arrest made by sheriff’s office detectives after an incident that occurred on the night of November 12 and in the early morning hours of November 13.

According to the sheriff’s office, the men were in the company of an adult female who was “incapable of consent at the time.”

The sheriff’s office reported that Reznick and Ladd had sexual intercourse with the victim. The three men reportedly left the residence and White returned to the scene later.

White then allegedly had sexual intercourse with the victim while she was still incapable of consent.

Under Oregon law, a person commits the crime of first-degree rape if he has intercourse with a victim who is incapable of consent by reason of mental defect, mental incapacitation or physical helplessness.