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ST. GEORGE — A man allegedly found to have sexually explicit images of minors on his cellphone that were exchanged using Snapchat is in custody, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said.
Tyler Justin Pitt, 26, of South Ogden, was arrested on Sept. 4 and booked into jail in Washington County on a warrant issued in August.
Pitt has been charged with 25 second-degree felony charges that include 20 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and five counts of enticement of a minor, the sheriff's office said. He also faces five third-degree felony counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor, the sheriff's office said.
The charges were filed following a monthslong investigation that opened in May when a Washington County sheriff's deputy, who also serves as an FBI task force agent, was following up on a report alleging that Pitt was requesting and sending sexual abuse material to an underaged person in southern Utah using Snapchat, according to the sheriff's office.
