LOGAN — A 34-year-old sex-offender has been arrested for allegedly driving to Logan to have sex with an undercover police officer posing as a teenage girl. Kristopher Kent Burden of West Valley City was booked Monday into the Cache County Jail.
According to the arrest report, Burden began messaging a Logan City Police officer in September. The undercover officer was using an anonymous chat website that allows for one-on-one chats as well as group chats, and had identified themselves as a 13-year-old girl.
Burden allegedly messaged the officer and began asking about prior sexual experiences and if they could meet in person. He also described in graphic detail what he wanted to do with the officer and later said he wanted her to have his babies.
Police were able to determine Burden’s identity by tracking his phone number and personal information given in his texts. They later learned that he had been previously arrested of enticing a minor during a similar undercover police operation in Farmington. He was convicted of unlawful sexual activity with a teenager and was placed on the sex-offender registry.
Monday, Burden messaged the undercover officer that he had gotten work off and was coming up to see her. He arranged a time and place to meet, where police were waiting when he arrived, to take him into custody.
During questioning, Burden reportedly admitted to officers that he had chatted with the undercover officer with the intent to engage in sexual activity. He also downplayed his actions, claiming that he should just be issued a warning or ordered to take a class, according to the affidavit.
Burden was booked on suspicion of committing multiple felonies, including attempted rape and sodomy of a child. He is being held in jail pending arraignment on formal charges in 1st District Court.
Individuals arrested and charged in complaints are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court.
will@cvradio.com
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