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Provo man faces 15 felonies for requesting, downloading child sexual abuse material

By ABC4 · November 2, 2026 · 1 min read
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A Provo man has been jailed for seeking out and downloading sexually explicit images and videos of children. Samuel Bryce Peterson, 33, has been charged with one count of enticing a minor and 14 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, all second-degree felonies.

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