| by Danielle MacKimm, KUTV | | Sat, July 19th 2025 at 8:33 AM | BALLARD, Utah (KUTV) — A registered sex offender from Uintah County is facing 18 felony charges after allegedly exchanging explicit photos and videos with an 11-year-old boy over text. A Duchesne County Sheriff's deputy was assigned to investigate a case involving 23-year-old Jacob Kimball Bates on July 12. Family members of an 11-year-old boy reportedly reached out to law enforcement after finding texts on the

by Travis Uresk 6-3-25 | Duchesne County | May 28th, 2025 | The week of May 19, Detective Hunter with the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office received a cyber tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force for investigation. Several images of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) had been sent out by the user and were attached to the cyber tip. Detective Hunter submitted a warrant to KIK on Friday, May 23, 2025, for the subscriber information as well as all informa

By Travis Uresk 3/22/25 | Vernal, Ut. | March 20th, 2025 | Detective White with the Vernal Police Department started working on this case on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025, when the department received a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) Cybertip regarding a MediaLab/Kik user having uploaded material to a user account, which depicts Child Sex Abuse Material (CSAM). MediaLab/Kik reported that they had become aware of a user uploading contraband to thei

By Travis Uresk 12/25/24 | Vernal, Ut. | December 23rd, 2024 | While Detective Gardenheir was investigating another case involving...

By Travis Uresk 6/14/24 | Duchesne County | June 14th, 2024 | On 5/5/24, Deputy Duncan was investigating a possible rape that had...

By Travis Uresk 8/25/23 Roosevelt, Ut.-On 1/4/23, Duchesne County Sheriff's Office received a referral from the National Center for...