Utah Child Predator Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison

ST. GEORGE, Utah – Austin Riley Jensen, 33, of Hurricane, Utah, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for producing and receiving child sexual abuse material involving a 15-year-old victim. Jensen was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release.

The sentence, imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Ann Marie McIff Allen, comes after Jensen admitted on August 25, 2025, to the production and receipt of child pornography.

According to court documents and admissions made at Jensen’s change of plea and sentencing hearings, law enforcement found communications between Jensen and an individual on federal supervised release in Las Vegas, Nevada, which occurred between October 2022 and December 2022, containing images of child sexual abuse material and conversations about sexual interactions with a 15-year-old victim. Jensen admitted he coerced the minor victim to engage in sexually explicit conduct, which he recorded and that he had received images of child sexual abuse material from the federal supervisee in Las Vegas. Pursuant to a federal search warrant executed on Jensen’s residence, FBI agents seized multiple electronic devices belonging to Jensen, that stored multiple images of child sexual abuse material.

“The safety of our community, especially child victims, is a priority of this administration and my office,” said U.S. Attorney Melissa Holyoak of the District of Utah. “Anyone who preys on the most vulnerable among us will be investigated by our federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement partners and aggressively prosecuted.”

“While no courtroom can undo the past, the sentence honors the courage and stolen innocence of the child impacted by this heinous crime,” said Special Agent in Charge Robert Bohls of the Salt Lake City FBI. "The FBI remains unwavering in our commitment to protecting the most vulnerable among us and will never stop pursuing justice for our children."

The case was investigated jointly by the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office, St. George Resident Agency and FBI Las Vegas, Nevada, Field Office.  

Assistant United States Attorney Brady Wilson of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah prosecuted the case. 

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Justice.gov/PSC.