Charles Edward McCall booking photo from the Cache County Jail.
LOGAN — A 44-year-old Logan man has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for trying to download child pornography from an undercover police officer. Charles Edward McCall was ordered to have no access to the internet, after a judge called his actions “awful and disgusting.”
McCall was sentenced Wednesday, Jan. 24, in Logan’s First District Court. He previously accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to enticing a minor, a second-degree felony; and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, a third-degree felony.
According to prosecutors, McCall began messaging the undercover Ogden City Police officer on a popular social media app March 9. He expressed interest in seeing who he thought was the officer’s 12-year-old daughter having sex with other men.
The undercover officer created a fake corrupt video file and sent it to McCall by text and email. Another undercover officer also began posing as the 12-year-old daughter.
McCall reportedly tried to open the file but told officers it wouldn’t play. He then began graphically describing how he wanted to rape the officer, who was posing as the young girl.
Police located McCall at his workplace and questioned him. He reportedly admitted to communicating with the officers about having sexual relations with who he thought was a 12-year-old girl. He also acknowledged to receiving the video files and trying to open them.
During Wednesday’s sentencing, McCall apologized for wasting the court’s time and expressed sorrow for what his actions had done to his family. He said, “I want to learn from this and move on with my life.”
Judge Brian Cannell said crimes like this are “happening way too often in our community.” He ordered McCall to serve 270 days in jail but gave credit for the 307 days already served. He also placed the defendant on probation, prohibiting him from having any internet access and completing sex offender therapy.