A longtime Utah decide – who prides himself on his lively involvement with youth – allegedly despatched sexual pictures and movies to younger women on a web-based messaging platform, officers reportedly stated.
Kevin Robert Christensen, 64, was nabbed Thursday after the FBI’s Youngster Exploitation and Human Trafficking Job Pressure uncovered a number of sexually specific chat threads with younger youngsters on his KIK account, in keeping with the West Valley Metropolis Police Division, a number of retailers reported.
The Field Elder County jurist’s sick chats date again to final September, authorities stated.
He’s additionally accused of utilizing the platform to debate his “vivid” and “detailed” curiosity in youngsters with different adults, with whom he solicited graphic pictures of minors, Longview Information-Journal reported.
“The position of trust he holds in the community and the actions he undertook while in this position significantly undermine the confidence of the community in the legitimacy of the criminal justice system,” the police report learn, in keeping with Fox 13.
Authorities launched their investigation on Feb. 28 after studying that Christensen was utilizing the platform to speak about sexually abusing youngsters – later discovering a plethora of inappropriate chats with underage women.
Investigators stated the jurist allegedly engaged in “graphic sexual chats” with a person who claimed to be a 13-year-old lady on Nov. 2, 2024, ABC4 reported.
In that very same chat, Christensen despatched the minor a video of an grownup male performing a sexual act, Fox 13 reported, and later informed the kid that their obscene conversations had been “merely fantasy.”
In September, Christensen allegedly communicated with somebody who claimed they had been a 16-year-old lady – sending the minor a lewd picture in return for one he acquired from the kid, ABC4 reported.
“These actions show that the defendant is a clear danger to the community,” the affidavit states, Longview Information-Journal reported.
He was charged with two counts of engaging a minor, two counts of tried sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of dealing supplies dangerous to a minor, all felonies, jail information present.
Christensen was appointed to the Field Elder County Justice Court docket in Could 1996. He labored in personal apply earlier than being appointed to the bench, in keeping with his bio.
The deranged decide, who’s a graduate of Gonzaga College College of Regulation, was awarded the Scott M. Matheson Award for excellent service to law-related schooling in 2006.
“In addition to his judicial and family duties, Judge Christensen often speaks to various youth and civic groups about the structure and function of the court system,” his bio says.
County officers reportedly positioned the alleged perv on administrative depart with out pay following his arrest.
Christensen is being held with out bail at Davis County Jail.
