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A former Tremonton police officer was sentenced Monday to 270 days in jail in connection with creating a fake pornography email account and convincing a teenage girl to send him nude photos.
Jeremy Rose, 37, pleaded guilty in October to seven charges: two counts of second-degree felony sexual exploitation of a minor; second-degree felony communications fraud, two third-degree felony counts of stalking, third-degree felony dealing in materials harmful to a minor, and class A misdemeanor stalking.
He faced up to 30 years in prison on Monday, but Judge Scott Hadley suspended the prison sentence in favor of the jail time and 36 months probation.
The sentence includes that Rose will obey a permanent criminal stalking injunction, which bars him from any future interaction with the victim. He also must complete an intensive inpatient intensive sex offender therapy program, if accepted into the program, and complete 60 hours of community service, according to the court docket.
The case was transferred to Ogden's 2nd District Court because the judge in Box Elder County recused himself from the case, noting he is acquainted with Rose through his police employment.
According to a probable cause statement filed in court, Rose told a then-15-year-old girl that she could make some money by submitting photos to the pornography website Brazzers.
Rose then told the teen to send nude and partially nude photos to an email address that he said belonged to a Brazzers employee named "Tom." But prosecutors allege that the email account was fake — created by Rose to solicit the photos from the teen.
The teen told investigators later that she sent about 150 nude photos of herself to "Tom," who told her that the pictures would not be posted online, but would be purchased in private by individuals. She did receive some money from the photos from Rose, according to prosecutors, under the guise that Rose was the go-between for the teen and "Tom."
Investigators later found 197 nude or partially nude images of the girl in an online file hosting site, Drop Box. The Drop Box account was registered under the email address Rose is accused of creating, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors said Rose had thousands of images of the teen that had been surreptitiously taken of her while she was in her bedroom after a shower or bath.
Rose was arrested in June 2013 on suspicion of one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, but charges were not filed until April 2014.
Tremonton police officials said Rose has not been employed by them since July 2013.
Rose was initially charged with 15 charges: nine counts of second-degree felony sexual exploitation of a minor, two counts of third-degree felony voyeurism, one count of third-degree felony dealing in materials harmful to minor, one count each of third-degree felonies obstruction of justice and communications fraud, along with one count of misdemeanor stalking.