Utah substitute teacher charged with kidnapping, sexually exploiting teen

LOGAN, Utah (KSL) — A 71-year-old man from Logan who works as a substitute teacher was arrested early Friday after he allegedly met up with a 15-year-old to have sex.

Randy Lamar Jensen was charged in 1st District Court with aggravated kidnapping, two counts of forcible sodomy, aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and criminal solicitation, first-degree felonies; three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and enticing a minor, second-degree felonies; and distributing materials harmful to a minor, a third-degree felony.

Logan police said they approached a vehicle just after midnight on Friday morning because it was trespassing at a city park after hours. Inside the vehicle were Jensen and a 15-year-old boy.

“The victim told officers he was meeting with Randy to have sex. He stated he communicated with Randy to meet up on Snapchat,” the charges state.

Jensen was taken into custody for further questioning while police transported the boy home. The victim’s parents told police they did not know their son had left the house.

Police searched the boy’s phone and located several Snapchat conversations between Jensen and the boy which included at least three explicit photos the boy had sent to Jensen, the charges allege.

Police also located a video on the victim’s phone that had been taken earlier that night showing Jensen performing a sex act on the boy, the charges state.

Jensen told police he had met the victim online. The charges allege Jensen admitted to police that he had sent and received explicit photographs from the victim and “admitted to soliciting the victim to have sex with him tonight.”

“He admitted to previously having sex with the victim at his house in Logan. He admitted this occurred after being made aware the victim was under the age of 18,” the charges state.

According to the charges, Jensen is employed as a substitute teacher with both the Cache County and Logan City school districts.