Man calls police after reportedly finding child porn on friend’s tablet
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AMMON – A 45-year-old Ammon man was arrested after a friend reportedly turned him in after finding child pornography on his tablet.
Jonathan Mohr was charged with 10 felony counts of willfully possessing or accessing child sexually exploitative material.
According to a news release from the Idaho Attorney General’s Office, investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested Mohr on Monday.
Court documents say on or around July 16, 2023, a man reported seeing child sexual abuse images at his friend’s house.
The man told Bonneville County deputies that on July 3, he was at Mohr’s home when he asked Mohr if he could use his tablet.
Mohr said yes and went to take a shower. When the friend opened the tablet, he reportedly saw a video of an adult man raping an infant.
The man says he closed the video and saw at least 10 more videos in a folder also showing sexual abuse of a child.
According to the man, the tablet was not an Apple device and was connected to a media server.
Mohr returned to the room and realized his friend had seen the videos. He reportedly told the friend, “You’ll get me in trouble,” and took the tablet back as the friend left the home.
On Monday, around 8:40 a.m., the ICAC task force, assisted by the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office and Idaho Falls Police Department, executed a search warrant at Mohr’s home.
Mohr was detained and transported to the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Ammon Field Office for an interview, where he declined to speak to investigators and asked for an attorney.
During the search of the home, deputies found the tablet in the bedroom, which reportedly contained over 1,000 images and videos of child pornography of children as young as infants being raped and abused by adults.
Also on the tablet were alleged photos and videos of bestiality involving children.
Deputies also found a “bag of white crystal-like rocks” in a dresser drawer in the master bedroom, according to court documents.
The rocks later tested presumptive positive for methamphetamine. There are no current charges for methamphetamine possession.
Mohr was booked into the Bonneville County Jail with a bond set to $500,000. He is expected to appear for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 7.
If convicted, he could face up to 100 years in prison and over $100,000 in fines.
Though Mohr has been charged with these crimes, it does not necessarily mean he committed them. Everyone is presumed innocent until they are proven guilty.
Anyone with information regarding the exploitation of children is encouraged to contact local police, the Attorney General’s ICAC Unit at 208-947-8700, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678.
The Attorney General’s ICAC Unit works with the Idaho ICAC Task Force, a coalition of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, to investigate and prosecute individuals who use the internet to criminally exploit children.
Parents, educators, and law enforcement officials can find more information and helpful resources at the ICAC website, ICACIdaho.org.