On Friday, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes announced a concentrated, week-long, statewide ‘blitz’ by Utah’s Internet Crimes Against Children’s Task Force (ICAC) resulting in 19 arrests and rescue and/or identification of six Utah victims of Child Sexual Abuse or Exploitation Material. In this past week, ICAC served 18 residential search warrants and investigated 19 separate cases including one in the Uintah Basin. “Evidence seized in the blitz includes more than 130 digital storage devices and agents conducted on-scene forensic previews of over 53 Terabytes of data during the operation,” shares the Attorney General’s Office. “The statewide blitz comes after a concentrated, cooperative effort from dedicated agents from the statewide ICAC Task Force.” Search warrants were served in Provo, Orem, Holladay, Sandy, Smithfield, Salt Lake City, Taylorsville, Roosevelt, Brigham City, Ogden, Grantsville, West Valley, Murray and Lehi. “We literally save kids and then we see the fruits of our labor,” said Supervisory Special Agent Sete Aulai. “You have the feds here, the local PD, the counties, the state, we’re all here for this one common cause.” Attorney General Reyes offered thanks to the 35 participating agencies, 15 different case agents and more than 100 agents and officers assisting with serving search warrants from the early morning hours until late evening hours throughout the week.
