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Ogden, Utah — A northern Utah man was arrested on Monday after allegedly sharing child sex abuse material through the messaging app Kik. Ned Brady Hansen, 54, was taken into custody on eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, each a second-degree felony. According to court documents, Hansen’s Kik account was used to distribute explicit content on eight separate occasions in November 2024. The investigation began when Kik submitted a CyberTipline report to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding the illicit material. In response, the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force, working under the…

KAYSVILLE, Utah — A 31-year-old Kaysville man was arrested Wednesday after he was intercepted by police on his way to meet with a 14-year-old girl he had been communicating with online. Anthony Anderson is facing multiple charges, including kidnapping, child endangerment, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. According to Kaysville Police, Anderson first met the victim, a 14-year-old girl, about two weeks before his arrest. On January 21, Anderson allegedly picked the victim up from her school, where he gave her marijuana and provided her with a…