- Adam Richard Jacobs, a Utah gymnastics coach, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
- He pleaded guilty to both state and federal charges of filming minors through a hidden camera.
- Jacobs will be sentenced for his state charges on Aug. 21.
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah gymnastics coach who pleaded guilty to child sex crimes in both state and federal court was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in federal prison.
Adam Richard Jacobs, 35, of Woods Cross, pleaded guilty in February to a federal charge of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. As part of a plea deal, a charge of production of child sexual abuse materials and a charge of possession of child sexual abuse materials were both dismissed.
He admitted in federal court to placing a hidden camera in a minor's hotel room and bathroom to produce child sexual abuse materials while traveling with the minor as a coach from Utah to Texas and Florida.
Also in February, Jacobs pleaded guilty in 2nd District Court to 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony, and two counts of voyeurism, a class A misdemeanor. As part of a plea deal, an additional 11 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and three counts of voyeurism were dismissed.
Jacobs is a partial owner of USA Gymnastics World in Woods Cross, where he admitted to placing a camera that looked like a USB charger in a public restroom between January 2022 and March 2023. In a plea statement, he admitted that he intended to capture images of children in various stages of undress.
"I wanted to capture these images and videos for my own sexual gratification," his plea statement said.
Police located approximately 120 videos of victims in the restroom, including 40 which show Jacobs setting up the cameras. Jacobs admitted to capturing videos of at least 15 minors and two adults, who all had an expectation of privacy, court documents state.
In addition to federal imprisonment, Jacobs was ordered to a lifetime of probation. Sentencing for his state charges is scheduled for next week on Aug. 21.
