Utah Child Exploitation Law
<h2> <center> Jeffrey Christensen v. Courtney Jessica Christensen </h2> <center>
Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce action. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> After some twelve years of marriage, Jeffrey Christensen and Courtney Jessica Christensen divorced. They were able to agree on the terms of their separation, and these terms w... More...
$ (07-13-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Johnston Blackhorse </h2> </center>
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. In February 2025, while serving a lifetime of supervised release for prior child sex crimes, two probation officers conducted a home visit where Johnston Blackhorse, 42, lived alone in Aneth, Utah.. Pursuant to Blackhorse’s supervised release conditions, the officers conducted a... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> State of Utah v. Damien Michael Draughon </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, one count of obstruction of justice, and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor. Damien Michael Draughon married a woman who had two children from a prior relationship. He subsequently developed what he acknowledged was an inappropriate relati... More...
$ (04-07-2026 - UT)State of Utah v. Matthew Elton
Manti, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse with serious physical injury. ¶1 Matthew Elton was charged with child abuse with serious physical injury, aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, and violating a protective order. Elton pleaded guilty to those charges and was sentenced to prison. While those charges had been pending, the court had issued a ... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Austin Riley Jensen
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r producing and receiving child sexual abuse material involving a 15-year-old victim. Law enforcement found communications between Austin Riley Jensen, 33, of Hurricane, Utah, and an individual on federal supervised release in Las Vegas, Nevada, which occurred between October 2022 and December 2022, containing ima... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Bryce Lucas Stimka
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing child pornography, receiving child pornography, and enticement to engage in illegal sexual activity. n July 2024, Stimka (who was twenty-three years old) began an online relationship via Snapchat with a fourteen-year-old girl in Utah. Over roughly the next nine months, Stimka and the girl exchang... More...
$ (11-28-2025 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Bryce Lucas Stimka
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing child pornography, receiving child pornography, and enticement to engage in illegal sexual activity.<br> <br> In July 2024, Stimka (who was twenty-three years old) began an online<br> relationship via Snapchat with a fourteen-year-old girl in Utah. Over roughly the<br> next nine months, Stimka and the gi... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Charles Errill Lavadie
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with negligently operating a vehicle resulting in serious bodily injury for taking a painkiller and subsequently crashing his truck into a home, pinning a 10-year-old beneath his vehicle.<br> <br> On July 3, 2020, South Salt Lake Police were called to investigate a vehicle that crashed into a home near 3300 South and ... More...
$0 (10-20-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Shae Golden Langston
St. George, utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and possession of child porn.... More...
$0 (09-09-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Richard Jacobs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child exploitation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Utah Gymnastics Coach Sentenced to 10 Years' Imprisonment for Child Sex Crimes</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Adam Ri... More...
$0 (08-19-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Richard Jacobs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sex Crimes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Utah Gymnastics Coach Sentenced to 10 Years' Imprisonment for Child Sex Crimes</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Adam Richard Jac... More...
$0 (08-18-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Richard Jacobs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sex Crimes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Utah Gymnastics Coach Sentenced to 10 Years' Imprisonment for Child Sex Crimes</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Adam Richa... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Richard Jacobs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Exploitation and Harassment Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Oahu Basketball Coach Sentenced to 405 Month in Prison for Child Exploitation and Harassment Offenses Involving Ten Charged Victims</h2></center></b></b></center></><br... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Bryce Lucas Stimka </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multiple Child Sex Crimes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Indictment Unsealed Charging a U.S. Navy Sailor Stationed in Georgia with Multiple Child Sex Crimes After Enticing a Teen Via Social Media</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </fon... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Kendrick Aristotle Eastes
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with distributing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(A). <br> <br> The Defendant entered into a plea agreement with contained an appeal waiver.<br> <br> <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (07-18-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Andy Naikai
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of abusive<br> sexual contact with a child while within Indian country, 18 U.S.C. § 2244(c) & 1153,<br> and one count of abusive sexual contact with a child age 12-16 while within Indian<br> country, 18 U.S.C. § 2244(a)(3) & 1153. <br> <br> The Defendant moved to suppress statements made by him to... More...
$0 (06-09-2025 - UT)United States of America v. James Weston Fawcett
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.<br> <br> In 2023, Fawcett pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. The Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) calculated a total offense level of 34 under § 2G2.2 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G. or the Guidelines), a criminal history category of I... More...
$0 (04-21-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Jonathan Isaac Dew
Farmington, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with thirteen counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. <br> <br> In October 2018, an agent (Agent) working for the Internet Crimes Against Children task force (ICAC) was alerted that a particular IP address had connected to an online peer-to-peer file-sharing network and that someone at the IP address had offered to distr... More...
$0 (02-21-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Glenn Raymond Breeden </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engage in sexual activity with someone he believed was a minor. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Child Sexual Predator Sentenced to Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Glenn Raymond Breeden, 56, of Orlando, Flori... More...
$0 (01-13-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Stephen Rippey
West Jordan, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a child and one count of object reape of a child.<br> <br> The State charged Rippey with five first-degree felonies- three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and two counts of object rape of a child-for acts that allegedly occurred between January 2005 and July 2008. Rippey pled g... More...
$0 (12-27-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Anthony Monsen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Collecting Disability Benefits </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Man Sentenced to Prison After Fraudulently Collecting Over Half a Million Dollars in Disability Benefits</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <b... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - UT)Sara Ward v. Meredith McGarry
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a child support dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> This case involves a child support award in a paternity action. In an earlier appeal of this case between Sara Ward and Meredith McGarry, this court vacated the district court's child support award and remanded the matter to the district court for additional factual findings. See... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - UT)In the Matter of the Adoption of K.R.S., a person under 18 years of age
<h2><br> Manti, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a parental rights termination and adoption action.<br> </h2><br> <br> Father is the biological father of K.R.S. (Child), who was born in January 2019. For a time, Father cohabited with Child's mother, M.L. (Mother), but they never married; in October 2019, Mother married G.L. (Stepfather). Child has resided with Mother since birth,... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - UT)State of Utah v. Martin Garcia-Cardiel
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child.<br> </h2><br> <br> Martin Garcia-Cardiel appeals his convictions on nineteen counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. First, he argues the trial court plainly erred and his trial counsel (Counsel) was ineffective for permitting an expert to testify about delayed reporting in c... More...
$0 (11-29-2024 - UT)Megan Lunt v. Drew E. Lunt
Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented wife and husband in divorce involving minor children and child support.<br> <br> <br> Drew E. Lunt challenges alimony and child support awards entered in Megan Lunt's favor as part of their<br> divorce action. He argues that the trial court erred as a matter of law when it determined the parties' financial needs and gross incomes. He also challen... More...
$0 (10-18-2024 - UT)State of Utah v. Phillip Mason King
Ogden, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault and commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child.<br> <br> A jury convicted Phillip Mason King of aggravated assault and commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child. King now appeals those convictions, asserting that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing certain te... More...
$0 (10-24-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Jordan Alan Neves Brewer </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Predator </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Child Predator Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jordan Alan Neves Brewer, 37, of Ogden, Utah, was sentenced today to 10 years' impriso... More...
$0 (07-22-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. James Weston Fawcett </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of Child Pornography </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> South Jordan Man Sentenced to 168 Months' Imprisonment for Distribution of Child Pornography </h2></center><br> <br> James Weston Fawcett, 43, of South Jordan, U... More...
$0 (05-09-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. James Edgar Conner </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Child Pornography Charge.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> St. George Man Sentenced to 72 Months' Imprisonment for Child Pornography Charge </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> James Edgar Conner, 42, of St. George, Utah, was sent... More...
$0 (04-03-2024 - UT)State of Idaho v. Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt
St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with child a abuse. <br> <br> <br> Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to four counts of secRond-degree aggravated child abuse in December, 2023, several months after being charged with six counts of felony child abuse. <br> <br> "The two were arrested in August 2023 after police found one of Franke's sons ema... More...
$0 (02-20-2024 - UT)<h1> STATE OF UTAH v. ALAVINA FUNGAIHEA FLORREICH </h1>
From 1998 to 2009, Alavina Florreich was the nanny for <br> Alex and his siblings. Florreich is a Tongan immigrant, and Alex <br> and his siblings were the homeschooled children of a Jewish <br> rabbi. <br> ¶3 When Alex was eight years old, Florreich was watching a <br> movie with Alex and his younger siblings one day when Alex <br> began giving her a shoulder massage. While doing so, Alex <br> s... More...
$0 (01-24-2024 - UT)<h1> STATE OF UTAH v. DEREK RANDALL JONES </h1>
During the weekend of June 26 to 27, 2015, five-year-old <br> B.B. slept over at the home of Forbush, who is his uncle. About <br> three weeks later, B.B. was showering with his father (Father), as <br> was apparently their occasional practice, when B.B. asked why his <br> uncircumcised penis looked different from Father's circumcised <br> penis. Father replied that B.B. didn't need to worry becau... More...
$0 (01-24-2024 - UT)State of Utah v. David Hawkins
Salt Lake City, Utah defendant charged with sexually assaulting his sons ages 9 and 13.<br> <br> In November 2006, 45-year-old David Hawkins was charged with sexually assaulting two of his sons, ages 9 and 13, in Salt Lake County, Utah.<br> <br> Hawkins claimed the allegations were false and the result of pressure from his ex-wife to drive the boys away from their father but he did not testify.<br... More...
$0 (12-31-2007 - UT)United States of America v. Perry Maryboy
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawfully shot and killed another man while within Indian Country.<br> <br> In May 2023, Perry Maryboy, 59, of Bluff, Utah, unlawfully shot and killed another man while within Indian Country on April 13, 2018. Evidence presented at trial showed that Maryboy, who was parked on the side of the road at the intersection ... More...
$0 (08-23-2023 - ut)Minal Ashokkumar Patel, et al. v. Central Utah Clinic, et al
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on medical malpractice theories.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs Minal Patel and Dilipkumar Patel (collectively, "Plaintiffsâ€) bring this case on behalf of themselves and their seven-year-old child, I.P., who was born with hypoxia in Kane County, Utah. On July 30, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a complaint against De... More...
$1 (07-28-2023 - UT)Ricardo Ernesto Sanchez Mena v. Silvana Esther Gomez Paz
Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in an International Child Abduction Remedies Act action.<br> <br> <br> The International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA) is a United States federal law that implements the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Hague Convention is an international treaty that establishes procedures for the pro... More...
$0 (07-10-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Perry Maryboy
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder in Indian country.<br> <br> Perry Maryboy, age 59, of Bluff, Utah, was accused of unlawfully shooting and killing a man during a roadside argument on April 3, 2018.<br> <br> Maryboy, who was parked on the side of the road at the intersection of Country Road 443 and Summerhouse Road, escalated an ar... More...
$0 (05-19-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Landon Germaine
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with coercion and enticement of a minor and attempted sexual exploitation via production of child pornography.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/utah/news/saltlakecity/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Salt Lake City</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br... More...
$0 (01-11-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Teresa Red Bird
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with child abuse in Indian Country.<br> <br> Teresa Red Bird admitted that on numerous occasions, she knowingly and intentionally hit a 14-year-old victim who was living with her and who was under her care; that she failed to ensure that the victim ate properly; and that she caused serious physical injury to the victim. Ocianna... More...
$0 (11-09-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Landon Germiane
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with child exploitation.<br> <br> Landon Germaine, age 24, from Woods Cross, Utah, utilized social media and cellular applications such as Kik, Telegram, periscope, snapchat, and text messaging, to solicit graphic sexual photos and videos from minor children. A review of Germaine's electronic devices contained evidence of chats on... More...
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