Provo man accused of collecting, distributing child sex abuse material

PROVO — A Provo man was charged Tuesday with collecting and distributing child sex abuse material and engaging in disturbing online conversations with others about sexually abusing children.

Jacob Owen Bunker, 25, is charged in 4th District Court with aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, a first-degree felony, and three counts of enticement of a minor, a second-degree felony.

The investigation began in May when the FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking task force arrested a man for allegedly enticing a child. As investigators searched that man’s electronic devices, they found social media chats with another man, later identified as Bunker, according to charging documents.

Some of the conversations found by investigators included Bunker stating that he wants to sexually ab