Utah
Utah County man charged with child sex abuse now faces child porn allegations
A Payson man already charged in two counties with committing intercourse crimes towards kids is now being held for investigation of kid pornography. (Spaxiax, Shutterstock)
Estimated learn time: 1-2 minutes
PAYSON — A Payson man already dealing with quite a few prices of sexually abusing a number of women is now being held within the Utah County Jail for investigation of kid pornography.
Jonathan Allyn Babb, 56, is presently charged in two circumstances in Salt Lake and Utah counties with a complete of 17 first-degree felonies, together with 13 counts of aggravated intercourse abuse of a kid, aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, sodomy on a baby, and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
The fees characterize abuses that police say had been dedicated towards seven victims courting again to 2007, and a few as younger as 6 years previous.
On the time of his arrest in July, police seized Babb’s cellphone and different digital units from his Payson residence, in addition to reminiscence playing cards present in hidden cameras, and despatched them to a lab for evaluation.
“Because of the forensic examination 488 pictures of kid pornography had been recognized on Babb’s digital units,” a police reserving affidavit filed Wednesday states. “The pictures of kid pornography found on Babb’s digital units appeared to have been seen or downloaded from the web.”
A few of the extraordinarily graphic footage embody pictures of bestiality, the affidavit states. Along with Babb’s prison prices, he’s now being held within the Utah County Jail for investigation of three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
Babb’s subsequent courtroom listening to in Utah County is scheduled for Monday. His subsequent listening to in Salt Lake County is scheduled for March 17.