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FBI seeking additional victims of former Aurora school resource officer

The FBI, in partnership with the Denver Police Department, is looking to identify additional victims of a former Aurora school resource officer charged with the sexual exploitation of a child.

Former Sgt. Aaron “Jake” Bunch, who had worked as a school resource officer and SRO supervisor in multiple Aurora schools since 2005, was arrested by authorities on Oct. 8 for allegedly exchanging child exploitation material using the internet, according to a previous news release from the Aurora Police Department.

Bunch has been charged with sexual exploitation of a child (sell/publish), sexual exploitation of a child (possession) and sexual exploitation of a child (video) — extraordinary risk, the FBI said in a news release Wednesday morning. In addition to the current charges, authorities are looking to identify more of Bunch’s potential victims.

Anyone who knows someone who was victimized by Bunch or has information relevant to the investigation is asked to fill out a short FBI form at https://forms.fbi.gov/victims/AaronBunchVictims/.

The FBI is required by law to identify the victims of federal crimes it investigates, and those victims may be eligible for certain services, restitution and other rights under federal and/or state law, according to the release. Based on the responses to the form, authorities may contact responders and ask for additional information. All identities of the victims will be kept confidential.


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