Overview
- Aaron Jacob “Jake” Bunch, 47, an Aurora police sergeant and former school resource officer, is charged with sexual exploitation of a child for sell/publish, possession, and video—extraordinary risk.
- An arrest affidavit says investigators tied National Center for Missing and Exploited Children tips to a Kik account sharing child sex abuse material and to a payment app used in an attempted solicitation in January 2024.
- The affidavit describes uploads that included six images and three videos involving a child younger than 12 and states Bunch paid a minor $300 during the alleged grooming attempt.
- The FBI believes Bunch may have sought out minor victims while in a position of trust from 2005 to October 2025 and is directing potential victims or witnesses to a confidential online form.
- Bunch was arrested Oct. 8, released on a $50,000 cash-only bond on Oct. 17, placed on unpaid leave as Aurora police conduct an administrative review, and is set for a Nov. 5 preliminary hearing in Denver District Court.