SALT LAKE CITY — A U.S. Navy service member was charged in federal court with manipulating a minor via social media for months and exchanging sexually explicit photos.
Bryce Lucas Stimka, 24, currently stationed in Augusta, Georgia, was arrested last week. His indictment was unsealed the next day, charging him with production of child sexual abuse material, coercion and enticement for illegal sexual activity, and receiving child sexual abuse material, all federal felonies.
Between July 2024 and March 2025, Stimka began communicating with a 14-year-old girl on social media, the charges state…