A 24-year-old Springville man is facing multiple felony charges after police say he arranged to meet someone he believed was a 15-year-old boy for sex, only to be arrested by detectives near the agreed meeting spot. Yuskelvin Garcia Orozco was booked into the Utah County Jail following the sting, which investigators say began with a conversation on a social media chatting app.
According to ABC4, a Springville Police Department detective with the Utah Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was posing undercover as a 15-year-old male on the app when Garcia Orozco began chatting with the account. Springville police identified the detective in a statement on the department's Facebook page as Detective Foley, a member of the task force who conducted the undercover operation.
Police say Garcia Orozco, a Springville resident, suggested meeting to engage in sexual activity with who he believed was a 15-year-old boy and sent the undercover account multiple sexually explicit photos of himself, per the department's Facebook statement. Detectives say he was then arrested near the previously agreed upon meeting location, the station's report notes, and taken into custody without further incident described in the available reporting.
Charges Filed Against Garcia Orozco
Garcia Orozco is facing three counts of enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity, one count of attempted unlawful sexual activity with a minor, and two counts of distributing material harmful to minors, the same account states. Those charges are allegations at this stage, and no court disposition has been reported. Utah's enticement statute, per the Utah State Legislature, addresses soliciting, seducing, luring, or enticing a minor — or attempting to do so — to engage in sexual activity that violates state criminal law.
In its statement, Springville police said predators are targeting children through everyday apps, games, and social media, and urged parents and guardians to stay vigilant, stay involved, and take active steps to protect children online.
Part of a Broader Statewide Push
The case comes amid what Utah officials describe as a sharp rise in enforcement activity targeting online predators. Data reported by KUER show the Utah Attorney General's Office recorded 179 prosecutions involving internet crimes against children so far in 2025, compared with 71 the year before. The state's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which now has roughly 130 agents spread across Utah, also logged more than 9,500 CyberTipline tips so far this year, up from about 6,800 in 2024, according to the same report.
The task force's workload has grown substantially over the years. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that in 2018, the ICAC task force handled 916 referrals, conducted 1,268 investigations, and made 226 arrests statewide. A separate three-month stretch highlighted in that 2019 report showed 807 referrals, 512 investigations, and 104 arrests in just that window alone.
Not an Isolated Case in Springville
Garcia Orozco's arrest is not the first time a Springville resident has faced similar allegations. ABC4 previously reported that Robert Jacob Rodriguez, 28, was accused of messaging an undercover officer in an attempt to meet with and sexually abuse a 12-year-old boy. Court documents in that case indicated an undercover officer, a West Valley City Police officer and member of the FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, posed online as an adult man with access to a 12-year-old child. The evidence does not show any connection between that case and Garcia Orozco's arrest.
Utah County has also seen larger coordinated operations target this kind of activity. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that a 2019 undercover sting in the county resulted in 13 arrests over a single week on charges tied to attempts to lure minors online for sexual contact. Then-Attorney General Sean D. Reyes said at the time that no children were involved in catching those 13 suspects, underscoring how undercover decoy accounts have long been central to these investigations.
