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LEHI, Utah (ABC4) — A Provo man has been arrested and charged for allegedly speaking with an undercover officer whom he believed to be a mother about meeting with and sexually abusing her two young children.

Kenneth Christopher Barquero, 29, has been charged with six counts of enticing a minor with first-degree felony sexual activity.

According to court documents, an officer with the Lehi Police Department began posing as a mother with two young children on an online chat room. On Sept. 2, 2025, an adult man, later identified as Barquero, made contact with the account, asking about the children.

Through the conversation, the undercover officer stated that the mother had two daughters, five and eight years o

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