LOGAN — A 68-year-old Logan man has been sentenced for possessing child pornography. Vern Evan Buist was ordered to serve seven months in jail and three years of probation.

According to court records, Buist was sentenced Sept. 17 in Logan’s 1st District Court. He previously accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony.

According to prosecutors, the Logan City Police Department received a cyber-tip from Google on July 2, 2024. The tip advised that a Google user had uploaded child sexual abuse material to their account.

Google submitted 10 files with the tip. Police found two of the files included images of male children, 12-14 years old, whose clothing had been edited off, so the children appeared nude. Adult male genitals

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