LOGAN — A 71-year-old Logan man arrested last week for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old boy at Willow Park is facing more first-degree felony charges, including human trafficking of a child for commercial sexual exploitation, after police say he engaged in a prior sexual relationship with a minor that involved payments and the production of videos.

Randy Lamar Jensen, who remains in the Cache County Jail, was charged Thursday in Logan’s 1st District Court with a separate criminal case. He will likely be arraigned Friday morning. 

According to the charging document, Jensen is accused of two counts of human trafficking of a child for commercial sexual exploitation, multiple counts of forcible sodomy, multiple counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, one count of enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity and one count of criminal solicitation of a minor.

The 21 charges stem from an investigation by the Logan City Police Department. On Aug. 30, a complainant reported finding a video on a 17-year-old male’s phone showing the minor and an older man engaged in sexual activity. A search warrant was obtained for the phone.

Forensic examination of the device allegedly revealed multiple videos of the minor involved in sexual acts with a man later identified as Jensen. Investigators determined the two first made contact on the dating app Grindr and later continued communicating on Snapchat under the username “Mr.Randy.”

The charging document states the pair met on at least 10 occasions between January 2025 and August 2026. Some encounters allegedly occurred in a vehicle and others at Jensen’s residence. The minor was 16 years old at the time of the earliest known incidents.

Snapchat messages referenced money, and Venmo records showed Jensen sent the minor $15 on two dates that coincided with alleged meetings at his home, according to the investigator. The minor reported that Jensen made comments indicating knowledge of the teen’s high school and a friend’s name.

Jensen was originally arrested Nov. 6 after police found him with a 15-year-old boy near the baseball fields at Willow Park around 12:30 a.m. The teen told officers he had arranged to meet Jensen for sex and had communicated with him on Snapchat. Officers found messages in which the teen sent Jensen at least three nude images. Jensen later admitted meeting the boy online, knowing he was under 18, and previously having sex with him after learning the teen’s age. 

While in jail, police interviewed Jensen regarding the other case. He initially denied knowing the other minor but later admitted to the allegations after being shown the Snapchat conversations. However, Jensen said he never paid the teen for sex, claiming the Venmo transactions were for food.

Police later obtained a search warrant for Jensen’s residence. They reported the same layout and bed sheets in the suspect’s bedroom as seen in the videos on the victim’s cell phone. 

Jensen works as a substitute teacher for both the Cache County and Logan City school districts. It is unclear whether he had any interactions with the victims at their schools.

Individuals arrested and charged in complaints are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court.



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