Rexburg man accused of buying second cell phone to look at child porn after police seize his first one

REXBURG – An 18-year-old was arrested aft constabulary opportunity they seized his telephone aft uncovering kid pornography connected it. Days later, he allegedly purchased a 2nd telephone to look astatine much kid sexually exploitative material.

Kyle Jefferey Allan was charged pinch 10 counts of felony possessing aliases accessing kid sexually exploitative material.

Court documents opportunity successful October, detectives pinch nan Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force were assigned to a lawsuit regarding a man, later identified arsenic Allan, who allegedly uploaded images and videos of naked children to nan Discord application.

According to constabulary reports, nan children successful nan images and videos scope betwixt 3 and 14 years old. Detectives opportunity they besides recovered reflector selfies of Allan connected nan Discord account.

On June 25, nan ICAC Task Force, Madison County Sheriff’s Office, and Rexburg Police Department executed a hunt warrant astatine Allan’s location successful Rexburg.

They reportedly seized and examined aggregate devices, and constabulary opportunity Allan admitted to having viewed images of kid pornography.

According to tribunal documents, Allan was not arrested then, “as much forensic introspection of his devices needed to beryllium done.”

Officers later obtained a 2nd hunt warrant, which tribunal documents opportunity was “unusual” but was “per nan petition of nan magistrate judge.” Court documents do not opportunity who nan judge was.

Once nan 2nd hunt warrant was obtained, forensics detectives began searching nan devices, wherever they reportedly recovered much images and videos of kid pornography.

Through nan investigation, detectives discovered a caller compartment telephone accessing Allan’s Google relationship connected July 22, aft nan hunt of his location and seizure of his devices.

On Thursday, detectives executed different hunt warrant astatine Allan’s home.

During nan location search, detectives reportedly recovered a Cricket smartphone successful a furniture adjacent to Allan’s bed, pinch his Google relationship logged into it.

Afterward, he was detained and taken to nan Madison County Sheriff’s Office for an interview. During nan interview, Allan reportedly admitted to buying a caller telephone conscionable aft nan hunt warrant successful June.

The aforesaid images of kid pornography from nan first compartment telephone were besides reportedly recovered connected nan caller compartment phone.

According to constabulary reports, Allan was besides investigated successful 2022, for akin allegations.

Snapchat reported that a man, identified arsenic Allan, had uploaded 3 images of kid pornography to their exertion successful November 2021 successful Coeur d’Alene, which constabulary opportunity is wherever Allan lived astatine that time.

Court documents opportunity nan lawsuit was closed because “it was aged and location wasn’t overmuch accusation astatine nan time.”

Allan was booked into nan Madison County Jail pinch a enslaved of $100,000. He is expected to look for a preliminary proceeding connected Sept. 4.

If convicted, he could look up to life successful prison.

Though Allan has been charged pinch these crimes, it does not needfully mean he committed them. Everyone is presumed guiltless until they are proven guilty.