LOGAN — A 37-year-old Logan man has been sentenced to one year in jail for sexting with two undercover officers who were posing as teenage girls. David Jonathan Elliott was originally arrested in August 2023 after police contacted him at his home.
According to court records, Elliott was sentenced June 22 in Logan’s 1st District Court. He previously pleaded no contest to two felony counts of criminal solicitation of a minor, in two separate cases.
The plea meant Elliott conceded the alleged crimes occurred without admitting guilt or offering a defense. It is still viewed as a guilty plea in court.
According to prosecutors, Elliott began messaging an undercover officer with the Logan City Police Department on July 17, 2023. The officer was posing as a 13-year-old girl on a chat app, where users post texts and photos.
Police report Elliott made several posts in a group called, “age gap relationships.” He then started messaging the officer, discussing various sexual topics and making arrangements to meet the child to engage in various illegal activities. The chats continued for several weeks.
During the same time, Elliott began messaging another undercover officer, who was also posing as a 13-year-old girl. He described how he wanted to arrange a meeting with both supposed girls together and engage in various sex acts, prosecutors report.
Elliott provided several photos of himself that matched his driver’s license and social media accounts. He also gave undercover officers his phone number, which matched a number used to call 911 dispatch during an unrelated incident.
When undercover officers went to Elliott’s home to question him, he reportedly admitted to sending the messages and made reference to other chats with minors he had engaged in. He was booked into jail and later released on $60,000 bail.
According to court records, Elliott was sentenced to one to 15 years in prison, but the prison term was suspended. Judge Spencer D. Walsh then sentenced him in both cases to concurrent terms of 365 days in jail, with credit for the 60 days he previously served, and three years of probation.