Murray firefighter charged with 15 counts of aggravated child sexual exploitation

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MURRAY, Utah (ABC4) — A Murray firefighter has been charged with numerous counts of child sexual exploitation after chatting with undercover officer posing as a man with sexual interest in children, according to the State Bureau of Investigation.

Tyson David Green, 47, is charged in Salt Lake County with 15 counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor (first-degree felony).

Between July 31 and Aug. 27, the State Bureau of Investigation conducted an undercover operation involving an online chat room in an effort to identify child predators. A member of the FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force posed as a father with access to a 9-year-old daughter, court documents state.

The undercover officer began chatting with a user named “curLDSguy,” alleged to be Tyson Green, and the two had a conversation regarding sexual interest in children. The officer asked the user if he was “active” with kids, meaning actively abusing them, according to court documents, and the user replied, “no, I wish.”

They moved the conversation to an encrypted messaging application where the conversation escalated further, according to law enforcement. Police submitted an investigative subpoena to the chatroom page for IP data, which led them to a T-Mobile IP address.

In the new chat on the encrypted app, Green allegedly used a new username, “MrrdDad,” meaning married dad. MrrdDad told the undercover officer that he had been chatting with “pdos,” or pedophiles, and that they had sent him a picture that got him “hooked,” court documents state.

MrrdDad said they had sent him “pics of yng [young] girls.” He also mentioned that he was born in Layton, grew up in Fruit Heights, and now lived in West Layton. Green allegedly sent multiple photos of young girls, as well as a CSAM video, to the officer.

In one discussion about preferred ages, Green allegedly said while he had previously been only interested in teens, he now preferred girls as young as 9 years old.

Through subpoenaed information from T-Mobile, investigators found Green’s Layton address and conducted surveillance. On Monday, Aug. 25, shortly after messaging the undercover officer saying he had to leave, Green reportedly left his home on a bicycle.

On Wednesday, Aug. 27, Green was arrested at a fire station in Murray. He reportedly had a T-Mobile phone that was turned off prior or during his arrest. Police also executed a search warrant on Green’s Macbook computer, where they found that he had allegedly been actively distributing child sexual abuse material to multiple users.

Green’s job as a firefighter for the Murray Fire Dept. puts him in a position of special trust in the community and gives him access to children.

Green was booked into Salt Lake County Jail on the aforementioned charges, which were filed by the Utah Attorney General’s Office. No further information is available at this time.