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TOOELE — A Texas man was charged Wednesday with making arrangements to travel to Utah to sexually abuse a 9-year-old girl.
Jordan Christopher Hagen, 23, of Denton, Texas, is charged in Tooele County's 3rd District Court with two counts of human trafficking for sexual exploitation, a second-degree felony.
In August, a Tooele police officer was posing online as a father who was offering his 9-year-old daughter for prostitution. Hagen "began making arrangements to come to Utah" to engage in sexual activity with the fictitious child, according to charging documents.
In October, he told the undercover officer "that he was planning to visit Utah between Christmas and New Year's Day 2023 to have sex with (his) daughter," according to the charges.
His initial court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 20.
