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Weber County man charged with alleged grooming, sexual abuse of 2 children

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WEBER COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — A Weber County man is behind bars after allegedly sexually abusing two children. Hunter Blunt, 22, has been charged with two counts of rape of a child (first-degree felony), two counts of object rape of a child (first-degree felony), and two counts of sodomy on a child (first-degree felony).

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