Tim Gurrister,
TREMONTON -- Investigation
continues on accusations of child pornography against a police officer who was
arrested and booked into jail last summer but yet to be charged in court.
The arrest came in June of
Jeremy Rose, 37, a 12-year-veteran of the Tremonton force. He was booked into
the Box Elder County Jail on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a minor.
The charge can include
possession of child porn as well as its manufacture, but officials this week
declined to narrow down the allegations against Rose.
Shortly after he was arrested
and posted bail at the Box Elder jail, Rose resigned from the Tremonton
department in July, Tremonton Police Chief Dave Nance said.
Rose was arrested after an
investigation by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force operated out
of the Utah Attorney General's Office. ICAC's mission is to track child
predators online.
Misty Larsen, spokeswoman for
the attorney general's office, said she could only say the case is still
ongoing. "They are still finishing up the investigation and the charges
are still pending," she said.
Nance said the last he heard
the investigation was waiting on results from the state Crime Laboratory, and
possibly a computer forensics examination unit. He declined comment on Rose's
whereabouts or his employment status.
Meanwhile, a woman in Logan in
December filed for a protective order against Rose.
It was granted Jan. 2 by 1st
District Judge Kevin Allen.
Heidi Nestel, the woman's
attorney, said she was aware of the criminal investigation against Rose. But
Nestel said she couldn't comment on the protective order and any possible link
to the attorney general's probe out of concern for her client's
confidentiality.