LOGAN — A 43-year-old man has been arrested for using artificial intelligence to produce a pornographic photo of a teenage girl, according to law enforcement. Randall Arthur Canavan was booked Wednesday into the Cache County Jail.
According to the arrest affidavit, Logan City Police officers were contacted in September by the alleged victim’s mother. She claimed Canavan had used a photo of her daughter when she was 13 and edited it onto a nude female body.
The mother also reported Canavan had given the now 17-year-old girl THC vapes several times.
Police obtained a warrant to search Canavan’s Google account. They located the deepfake image of the alleged victim. Officers also found the original picture used to make the pornographic photo, the probable cause statement described.
Law enforcement spoke to the alleged victim. She recognized the original picture and described how Canavan had also reportedly given her THC vape cartridges on multiple occasions.
According to jail records, Canavan was booked on suspicion of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and endangerment of a child. He was later released, pending arraignment of formal charges in Logan’s 1st District Court.
Individuals arrested and charged in complaints are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court.