Attorney General Labrador’s ICAC Unit Arrests Three Men for Alleged Child Exploitation in One Week

BOISE - Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested three men across multiple counties this week, September 1-5, for allegedly possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material, demonstrating the unit's expanded statewide reach in protecting Idaho's children.

On Monday, September 1st, sixty-four-year-old Vanu Barrett of Cassia County was arrested and charged with 10 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material and 1 count of possession of obscene visual representation of sexual abuse of children.

On Tuesday, the ICAC Unit arrested twenty-two-year-old Donovan Dillon in Canyon County on 9 counts of possession of child exploitative material.

On Wednesday, investigators arrested forty-seven-year-old Daniel Whiteley, also in Canyon County, on charges for both possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.

"Idaho families deserve to know that my office has investigators who act fast to protect their children from those that wish to do them harm online," said Attorney General Labrador. "Three arrests in one week are the result of the important reforms we've made to the ICAC Unit. In 2022, before I took office, the unit made only thirteen arrests for the entire year, now we are doing more than one a week on average."

The arrests involved coordination between multiple agencies including Rupert Police Department, Cassia County Sheriff's Office, Heyburn Police Department, Minidoka County Sheriff's Office, Minidoka County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Idaho State Police, Canyon County Sheriff's Office, Caldwell Animal Control, and Nampa Police Department.

Since taking office, Attorney General Labrador completely restructured the ICAC Unit, which now averages more than one arrest per week statewide through expanded law enforcement partnerships.

Anyone with information regarding child exploitation should contact local police, the Attorney General's ICAC Unit at 208-947-8700, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678. Parents, educators, and law enforcement officials can find more information and helpful resources at the ICAC website, ICACIdaho.org.

The charges listed above are accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.