BREAKING: Utah Mormon youth leader, 47, arrested for allegedly attempting to meet a 13-year-old girl (undercover cop) at an LDS church to sexually assault her. Full report:. Jacob Fisher (Jake Fisher) - Mormon ward young men's leader - Eagle Mountain, UT

East Idaho News article, including full video of the sentencing:. @EastIDNews.

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Former BYU baseball pitcher Candon Dahle sentenced to 180 days in jail for sexually assaulting young girl for 5 years. Her statement at today’s sentencing moved us to tears. #byu #mormon #idaho #latterdaysaints

Candon Dahle from Blackfoot, Idaho gets sentenced in Fremont County on Monday, Aug. 25 @ 2:00 pm. He’s the former BYU pitcher that was arrested in February 2025, for sexual abuse of minors. The hearing is open to the public and the media. #mormon #lds

Walker is listed as a co-author of a biography of deceased Mormon apostle Russell Ballard, Anxiously Engaged (2021).

At the time of the charges against Walker in 2025, he was a communications director for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT).

In 1993, Walker was second counselor in the Bountiful Utah Orchard stake presidency, according to the Mormon church’s 1993 directory of officials (Floodlit owns a copy, thanks to your donations).

Walker was a Mormon bishop in the early 1990s in the Bountiful area of Utah. Floodlit is trying to determine the name of the ward of which Walker was bishop.

“Minor made it abundantly clear that her age was 14. Despite this, WALKER, believing that Minor was 14-years-old continued his actions to engage in sexual activities,” the affidavit stated.

The minor was an undercover persona of a 14-year-old female created by a detective with the Layton Police Department in Layton, Utah.

Walker, 70, allegedly "engaged in several sexually explicit conversations within which he sought or attempted to seduce, lure, and entice [a 14-year-old girl] into engaging in multiple sexual acts," per a police affidavit. Floodlit got a copy, thanks to your donations.

Walker was previously the faith section editor for the church-owned Deseret News:.

Joseph Brent Walker (Joseph Walker / Joe Walker) is a former Mormon bishop, stake presidency counselor and LDS Public Affairs employee in Utah. Walker has been charged with three third-degree felony counts related to child sexual exploitation.

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Mallard allegedly asked other app users for CSAM videos “many times with many different users,” according to Kik chat logs, the affidavit says. Mallard also sent dozens of CSAM files to other Kik users, most of them depicting “prepubescent children,” the statement says.

Describing one video, the affidavit stated that “Orem Detectives turned off the audio for the remainder of the video due to it being so egregious and unbearable to listen to.”.

According to the probable cause statement, Mallard allegedly uploaded multiple videos containing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to the Kik messenger app.

Another letter noted that Mallard “decided to serve an LDS mission and returned home with distinction.”. Floodlit obtained a copy of a police affidavit in Mallard’s case, thanks to your donations.

In Jensen’s letter, he called Mallard “a deeply religious man” and “a tremendous volunteer.”. Mallard was a Boy Scout leader for a couple of years alongside Jensen, the letter said.

One letter came from Grant Jensen, dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at Brigham Young University (BYU), which is owned by the Mormon church.