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Jared Kelly White is pictured here in February 2016, after his arrest for molesting a foster child. White was sentenced to 17 years on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, for molesting a total of four children. (Multnomah County Sheriff's Office)

A 24-year-old Portland man who molested four Oregon foster children -- starting when he was 15 years old -- was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years in prison.

Jared Kelly White targeted the children while they were living at his grandmother's Portland-area foster home -- where he also lived -- between the years of 2007 to 2012, according to court papers. The children ranged in age from 5 to 14, said Deputy District Attorney Amber Kinney.

White was 15 to 19 years old when he abused the children, according to court papers. White's molestation of the children came to light after one of the children was placed in a new home and revealed the abuse.

During a September hearing in Multnomah County Circuit Court, White pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree sodomy, unlawful sexual penetration and sexual abuse of the children.

Investigators originally were concerned that White might have targeted children through the Outdoor School program run by the Multnomah Education Service District, because he had volunteered or worked at the camps as a teenage student and an adult from fall 2008 to fall 2015. Those Outdoor School programs were at camps called Sandy River, Namanu, Arrah Wanna and Adams.

At the time of White's arrest in February 2016, authorities publicized their concerns. No potential victims have come forward.

White had no previous criminal history.

-- Aimee Green

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