Matthew Gregory Shepard

Matthew Gregory Shepard was a Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah. Shepard was the former ice skating president and tried to set up a sexual encounter with a 13 year old girl he met online, while using the online name “fundaddy.” That 13-year-old was a persona that a Child Exploitation Task Force set up.

Shepard was charged in 3rd District Court with a count of criminal solicitation, a first-degree felony; five counts of enticing a minor, a second-degree felony; and a count of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, a third-degree felony. Accepted a plea deal and pleaded guilty to 3 counts of ENTICE A MINOR BY INTERNET OR TEXT – 2nd Degree Felony. He was sentenced to 1-15 years in prison for each count, but they were to run concurrently.

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3RD DISTRICT COURT
SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH
STATE OF UTAH vs. MATTHEW GREGORY SHEPARD
CASE NUMBER 191912012 State Felony
CHARGES

Charge 1 – 76-4-203 – CRIMINAL SOLICITATION – 1st Degree Felony
Offense Date: October 30, 2019
Location: Salt Lake County
Disposition: November 01, 2021 Dismissed w/ Prejudi

Charge 2 – 76-4-401(4)(A)(I) – ENTICE A MINOR BY INTERNET OR TEXT – 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: October 30, 2019
Location: Salt Lake County
Plea: November 01, 2021 Guilty
Disposition: November 01, 2021 Guilty

Charge 3 – 76-4-401(4)(A)(I) – ENTICE A MINOR BY INTERNET OR TEXT – 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: October 30, 2019
Location: Salt Lake County
Plea: November 01, 2021 Guilty
Disposition: November 01, 2021 Guilty

Charge 4 – 76-4-401(4)(A)(I) – ENTICE A MINOR BY INTERNET OR TEXT – 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: October 30, 2019
Location: Salt Lake County
Plea: November 01, 2021 Guilty
Disposition: November 01, 2021 Guilty

Charge 5 – 76-4-401(4)(A)(I) – ENTICE A MINOR BY INTERNET OR TEXT – 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: October 30, 2019
Location: Salt Lake County
Disposition: November 01, 2021 Dismissed w/ Prejudi

Charge 6 – 76-4-401(4)(A)(I) – ENTICE A MINOR BY INTERNET OR TEXT – 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: October 30, 2019
Location: Salt Lake County
Disposition: November 01, 2021 Dismissed w/ Prejudi

Charge 7 – 76-5B-201 – ATTEMPTED – SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR – 3rd Degree Felony
Offense Date: October 30, 2019
Location: Salt Lake County
Disposition: November 01, 2021 Dismissed w/ Prejud

SENTENCE PRISON
Based on the defendant’s conviction of ENTICE A MINOR BY INTERNET OR TEXT a 2nd Degree Felony, the defendant is sentenced to an indeterminate term of not less than one year nor more than fifteen years in the Utah State Prison.

Based on the defendant’s conviction of ENTICE A MINOR BY INTERNET OR TEXT a 2nd Degree Felony, the defendant is sentenced to an indeterminate term of not less than one year nor more than fifteen years in the Utah State Prison.

Based on the defendant’s conviction of ENTICE A MINOR BY INTERNET OR TEXT a 2nd Degree Felony, the defendant is sentenced to an indeterminate term of not less than one year nor more than fifteen years in the Utah State Prison.

COMMITMENT is to begin immediately. The court will accept payment tendered on the date of sentencing for any amount the defendant owes arising from this order. The court hereby transfers responsibility for collection of any remaining balance of the criminal accounts receivable to the Office of State Debt Collection.

To the SALT LAKE County Sheriff: The defendant is remanded to your custody for transportation to the Utah State Prison where the defendant will be confined.

SENTENCE PRISON CONCURRENT/CONSECUTIVE NOTE
sentences to run concurrent to each other