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LEVEL 3 SEX OFFENDER, RELEASED FROM PRISON IN JUNE, CHARGED WITH TWO NEW CRIMES
August 8, 2019
Chelsea Deffenbacher
Register-Guard
A Eugene man and Level 3 sex offender, released from prison in June after serving 24 years for the kidnapping and rape of a child, has been charged with two new crimes.
Christopher Ray Lipska, who also goes by the last name Hare, was charged Wednesday in Lane County Circuit Court with unlawful contact with a child and second-degree encouraging child sexual abuse.
Lipska pleaded not guilty to both charges. He is due back in court for a hearing Sept. 11.
According to the indictment, Lipska unlawfully and knowingly