Iona man arrested a second time for allegedly having child porn

Luke William Hughes | Bonneville County Jail IONA — An Iona man was charged with allegedly having child pornography after a cybertip led police to arrest him near his home. Luke William Hughes, 38, was charged with felony transportation of child porn and felony possession of child porn. According to court documents, Hughes emailed images of child porn to himself on at least three different occasions. The emails contained a total of six photos. The documents state that the children involved were prepubescent. These photos were first received by Hughes on Feb. 24, 2024. On Feb. 4, 2025, Yahoo! Inc. submitted a cybertip regarding user Luke Hughes to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. On March 18, the cybertip was provided to an agent with Homeland Security for investigation. On April 3, the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office detained Hughes after leaving his house and executed a pre-obtained search warrant on his person and vehicle for electronic devices and media. Court documents state Hughes admitted to being the owner of the email account but stated that the email hadn’t worked in a while. Hughes denied distributing or receiving child pornography using the email account. According to information provided to law enforcement, Hughes is a registered sex offender in Idaho. He was previously convicted of sexual exploitation of a child in 2017 for possessing child pornography. He was sentenced to a one-year rider program, and finished his probation in 2022. RELATED | Idaho Falls man arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of a child For the latest crime, Hughes could face a minimum of five years or up to 30 years in federal prison. Hughes will have a pretrial conference on June 12 at 4 p.m. before Senior U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. Though Hughes has been charged with these crimes, it does not necessarily mean he committed them. Everyone is presumed innocent until they are proven guilty.The post Iona man arrested a second time for allegedly having child porn appeared first on East Idaho News.
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