School councilor arrested on suspicion of sharing child pornography

Photo of Ivan Gabriel Cardona-Davila (Courtesy: Facebook) LOGAN — A 27-year-old school councilor has been arrested on suspicion of downloading child pornography, and possession of drugs and firearms. Ivan “Gabe” Cardona-Davila was booked Wednesday into the Cache County Jail, where he is being temporarily held without bail. According to arresting documents, Logan City police officers began investigating Cardona after receiving a tip from SnapChat, claiming he had been sharing child pornography with other individuals. The social media account and computer IP address were traced to Cardona’s Logan apartment, near 100 N. 500 East. Detectives were provided with 47 files allegedly shared by Cardona. Many of the images were of young girls, between 5 and 12-years-old. The children were in various stages of undress. On July 14, police served a warrant to Cardona’s apartment, seizing all electronic devices. A forensic scan of his cell phone showed over 16,000 pornographic images, most were of children. There was also evidence that he had recently downloaded a program to hide his internet identity. Detectives report that some of the files on Cardona’s phone were of children being raped by adult men. The alleged victims appeared to range in age from 18-months to six-years-old. During…
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