CARL HOLLAN (15164) Assistant Attorney General SEAN D. REYES (7969) ATTORNEY GENERAL Attomeys for the Plaintiff 5272 S College Drive, Suite 200 Murray, Utah 84123 Telephone: 801-281-1287 Email: crhollan@agutah.gov IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT — SALT LAKE DEPARTMENT. IN AND FOR SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF STATE OF UTAH, we IN SUPPORT ¢ Plaintiff, vs. MARCUS STREBEL, Case No.: 211902041 FS Defendant Judge: Heather Brereton STATE OF UTAH ) ) ss. COUNTY OF SALT LAKE ) I, Detective Cori Biggs, Sandy City Police Department, have personal knowledge of and swear to the following: 1. Lam the investigating officer in the above case. 2. The Attomey General’s Office has informed me it has filed an Information in the above case with this Court charging the defendant with Sexual Exploitation of a Child in violation of Utah Code § 76-5b-201 3. ‘The defendant was charged with the above offenses because of the following: a. On December 2, 2019, Google filed a CyberTip, reporting that one of their users had uploaded child pornography to their account. On December 7,2019, Google filed a second CyberTip that the same user had uploaded child pornography to their account. The user account was identified as Kadence Pinder 1 reviewed the uploaded images and confirmed they are child pomography. Logins to the Google account were traced to a cell phone number 385-401-7111 in the name of Kadence Pinder. A search warrant was executed on the two suspected Google e-mail accounts. I located child pomography within the accounts, Further investigation revealed an individual named Kadence Pinder was the suspect ina possible child sexual abuse case with a reported address of 9194 Benson Way, Sandy, Utah. linterviewed STREBEL at the residence. STREBEL stated he and PINDER hhad come across child pornography depicting children as young as three or four-years-old, while browsing Tumblr for pomography in the past year. STREBEL stated he had clicked on links and seen child pornography but had not downloaded anything questionable. STREBEL stated he and PINDER had seen child pornography images while using both of their phones but had not downloaded anything. I asked both STREBEL and PINDER if they would consent to a search of their phones. They both agreed initially and went back in the residence to retrieve their phones. After more than thirty minutes, STREBEL returned and refused to provide their phones. I prepared and obtained search warrants for both phones belonging to PINDER and STREBEL. On November 7, 2020, I retuned to the residence and seized both phones. Forensic analysis revealed child pomography on4, 5, both phones. The counts charged were representative of images found on Mareus Strebel’s phone. STREBEL and PINDER were released from custody on the conditions that: a. b. Thave furthered my investigation and discovered the followin, a ‘The Defendant not access the internet by any means; ‘The Defendant not have any contact with anyone under the age of 18; and, ‘The Defendant not be present at any place public or private where minors are known to frequent. On July 19, 2021, I received a CyberTip from Google about the apparent upload of child pornography to an account. I reviewed the video file and confirmed that it was child pornography. Further investigation revealed that this account was accessed from the address of 9194 Benson Way, Sandy, Utah. Upon discovering this information, your affiant and other detectives conducted surveillance on the above-listed residence and were able to observe STREBEL and PINDER at the residence during business hours for the daycare. A black Fork Explorer (691NTW) is parked in the driveway of the residence. The vehicle is registered to Kelly Strebel, but Marcus has been known to drive that vehicle. An electrical cord runs from the house to the vehicle. Both PINDER and STREBEL have been seen going to and from the vehicle and the residence. On December 6, 2021, pursuant to a search warrant, I responded to the Benson Way residence to perform a search of Defendant's electronicdevices. I was able to determine that STREBEL and PINDER have been living at the Benson Way address in violation of their conditions of release. d. A search of STREBEL and PINDER’s devices uncovered that they have been accessing the internet, in violation of their conditions of release and I was able to find what appears to be adult pornography on their devices. 6. Based on the above information, I request this Court order a Warrant of Arrest for the defendants. Detective Cori Biggs Sandy City Police Department Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of December, by Detective Cori LutrAndnn NOTARY PUBLIC