Logan man arrested on allegation of sharing child porn

Booking photo for Jacob Rudd (Courtesy: Cache County Jail)

LOGAN — A 29-year-old Logan man has been arrested on suspicion of sharing child pornography over the internet. Jacob R. Rudd was booked into the Cache County Jail Monday.

According to arrest documents, Logan City Police Officers received a cyber-tip last year, describing how Rudd was allegedly sharing child pornography over a popular messaging app.

The tip was submitted by SnapChat, describing two files that were uploaded from a user account and shared to others. The files contained two females between the ages of 8 to 12-years-old, in various stages of undress.

Officers tracked the SnapChat user account to a phone number registered to Rudd. They also traced an IP address that was used to upload the files to the suspect’s residence.

Investigators questioned Rudd, who admitted to creating the SnapChat account. He explained how he was a member of several messaging groups which exchanged and shared pornography. He stated that he would “mass download” files from a different messaging app and share them to SnapChat.

Jail records show Rudd was booked on two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony. Formal charges are pending the completion of officer’s investigation.

Individuals arrested and charged in complaints are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court.


[email protected]

Free News Delivery by Email

Would you like to have the day's news stories delivered right to your inbox every evening? Enter your email below to start!

2 Comments

  • Geoff May 4, 2021 at 9:19 pm Reply

    How come cache valley daily only reports on stories of rape and kiddy porn? Every day 3 or 4 mug shots of men for didiling kids! Makes all of cache valley look bad

    • KA May 5, 2021 at 8:44 am Reply

      So it’s Cache Valley Daily’s fault we have so many pervs and sexual predators in the valley?

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

For security, use of Google's reCAPTCHA service is required which is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

I agree to these terms.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.