Utah judge accused of sending obscene images, videos in ‘graphic sexual chats’ with underage girls

A longtime Utah decide – who prides himself on his lively involvement with youth – allegedly despatched sexual pictures and movies to younger ladies on an internet messaging platform, officers reportedly mentioned.

Kevin Robert Christensen, 64, was nabbed Thursday after the FBI’s Youngster Exploitation and Human Trafficking Job Drive uncovered a number of sexually express chat threads with younger youngsters on his KIK account, based on 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 mentioned.

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 place of belief he holds locally and the actions he undertook whereas on this place considerably undermine the boldness of the group within the legitimacy of the legal justice system,” the police report learn, based on 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 ladies.

Investigators mentioned the jurist allegedly engaged in “graphic sexual chats” with a person who claimed to be a 13-year-old woman 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 woman – sending the minor a lewd picture in return for one he acquired from the kid, ABC4 reported. 

“These actions present that the defendant is a transparent hazard to the group,” 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 Courtroom in Could 1996. He labored in personal follow earlier than being appointed to the bench, based on his bio. 

The deranged decide, who’s a graduate of Gonzaga College College of Legislation, was awarded the Scott M. Matheson Award for excellent service to law-related training in 2006. 

“Along with his judicial and household duties, Choose Christensen usually speaks to varied youth and civic teams in regards to the construction and performance of the courtroom system,” his bio says. 

County officers reportedly positioned the alleged perv on administrative go away with out pay following his arrest.

Christensen is being held with out bail at Davis County Jail.