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- AKA Jake Bunker, Jake Owen Bunker, Owen Bunker
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Jacob Bunker was a Mormon in Provo, Utah.
Bunker was charged in November 2025 with one count of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor 1st degree and three counts of enticing a minor in the 2nd degree.
An investigation against Bunker began in May 2025 when an FBI task force arrested another man for allegedly enticing a child. As investigators searched that man’s electronic devices they found social media chats with Bunker. In one of the conversations Bunker stated that he wanted to sexually abuse a preschool classroom and wanted to a calling in LDS primary over seeing young children. According to charging documents, Bunker stated, ” I would molest every kid.”
The charges also state that Bunker sent the other man a video of “what appears to be a self produced video of child sexual abuse material”
Law enforcement also discovered that Bunker had established a group chat on a social media application where he and other discussed their sexual interest in children, a d Bunker “discussed how he has ‘watched a lot of toddler porn.'”
According to charging documents FBI agents attempted to arrange a meeting with Bunker during undercover operation but the meeting never happened.
After his arrest Bunker “admitted to using social media to talk to others to make arrangements to sexually abuse children, though claimed he would then delete the account. (Bunker) admitted to using social media to find, view, and distribute child sexual abuse material” but he “claimed to have never abused a child himself”
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FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT – PROVO DISTRICT COURT
UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH
STATE OF UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL vs. JACOB OWEN BUNKER
CASE NUMBER 251404645 State Felony
CHARGES
Charge 1 – 76-5B-201.1(2)+(3A) – AGGRAVATED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR -1st Degree Felony
Offense Date: May 20, 2025
Location: Utah County
Attributes: Child.
Mandatory Appearance
Charge 2 – 76-5-417(2)+(3B) – ENTICING A MINOR – SECOND DEGREE FELONY SEXUAL ACTIVITY – 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: May 20, 2025
Location: Utah County
Attributes: Child.
Mandatory Appearance
Charge 3 – 76-5-417(2)+(3B) – ENTICING A MINOR – SECOND DEGREE FELONY SEXUAL ACTIVITY – 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: May 20, 2025
Location: Utah County
Attributes: Child.
Mandatory Appearance
Charge 4 – 76-5-417(2)+(3B) – ENTICING A MINOR – SECOND DEGREE FELONY SEXUAL ACTIVITY – 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: November 20, 2025
Location: Utah County
Attributes: Child.
Mandatory Appearance
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1. Provo man accused of collecting, distributing child sex abuse material
PROVO — A Provo man was charged Tuesday with collecting and distributing child sex abuse material and engaging in disturbing online conversations with others about sexually abusing children.
Jacob Owen Bunker, 25, is charged in 4th District Court with aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, a first-degree felony, and three counts of enticement of a minor, a second-degree felony.
The investigation began in May when the FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking task force arrested a man for allegedly enticing a child. As investigators searched that man’s electronic devices, they found social media chats with another man, later identified as Bunker, according to charging documents.
Some of the conversations found by investigators included Bunker stating that he wants to sexually abuse a preschool classroom and also wants a calling in his church overseeing young children. “I would molest every kid,” he stated, according to the charges.
Bunker is also accused of sending the other man a video of “what appears to be a self-produced video of child sexual abuse material, commonly referred to as child pornography,” the charges state. “In addition to these conversations, law enforcement also discovered that (Bunker) had established a group chat on a social media chatting application wherein he and others discussed their sexual interest in children,” and he “discussed how he has ‘watched a lot of toddler porn.'”
During an undercover operation, FBI agents attempted to arrange a meeting with Bunker under the guise of molesting a young child, but the meeting never happened, the charges state.
After he was arrested, Bunker “admitted to using social media to talk to others to make arrangements to sexually abuse children, though claimed he would then delete the account. (He) admitted to using social media to find, view, and distribute child sex abuse material” but “claimed to have never abused a child himself,” according to charging documents.
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