Attorney General Investigators Arrest Ada County Man for Alleged Sexual Exploitation of a Child

(Boise) – Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested a Meridian man Thursday, May 3, for alleged Sexual Exploitation of a Child.

36-year-old Lijun Yang was booked into the Ada County Jail following his arrest.

The Ada County Prosecutor’s Office, Meridian Police Department, Boise Police Department, Department of Homeland Security and the United States Postal Inspection Service assisted in the investigation.

Anyone with information regarding the exploitation of children is encouraged to contact local police, the Attorney General’s ICAC Unit at 208-334-4527, 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.

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