Skyler AJ Rose Accused Israel of Sheltering Pedophiles. Prosecutors Say He Had Hundreds of Child Abuse Images, Built Bombs and Planned to Bomb a Synagogue
Federal filings describe antisemitic threats, six functional pipe bombs and searches for a nearby synagogue, alongside hundreds of child sexual abuse images investigators say they found on his phone.
Skyler AJ Rose accused Israel of sheltering pedophiles in a social media tirade that threatened Jews, federal prosecutors say. Investigators examining his own phone subsequently found hundreds of images and screenshots depicting child sexual abuse. At his home, authorities say they recovered six functional pipe bombs and two rifles.
The 22-year-old from Ogden, Utah, was indicted on October 21, 2026, on five federal counts, including receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material and an attempted hate crime. The Justice Department described an alleged plan to attack a synagogue. The threats, home search and arrest date to December 2025, not this week.
This story came to our attention through Eitan Fischberger’s post below. Our reporting is based on the federal indictment, the prosecution’s detention filing and the Justice Department’s announcement.
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Watch the video on XPosted 23 October 2026An accusation about pedophiles, paired with threats against Jews
The detention filing reproduces several posts attributed to Rose on December 23, 2025. In one, he accused Israel of sheltering pedophiles and trafficking children, then threatened Jews with death. Other posts combined calls for Israel’s destruction with explicit threats to kill Jewish people. One praised Hitler; another described the writer as a domestic terrorist.
“I wanna blow up a synagogue,” one post read. The contrast at the center of the case comes from the prosecution’s own documents: the man accused of invoking the sexual abuse of children in his antisemitic threats is himself charged with receiving and possessing images of that abuse.
The trail from an online account to six pipe bombs
Investigators traced the posts to an IP address associated with Rose’s residence. The FBI asked Ogden police to visit the home. According to the detention filing, his mother identified the account as his and allowed officers inside on December 23, 2025.
Officers saw suspected pipe bombs in his bedroom. Authorities evacuated the home and neighboring residences while the devices were made safe. A subsequent search under a state warrant recovered six pipe bombs, an inert device, additional bomb making materials, two rifles, magazines, ammunition and a Samsung cellphone.
Prosecutors say Rose designed and made explosive pipe bombs while living with other family members. They cite the weapons and explosives, together with the threats and searches for a synagogue, in arguing that he posed a danger to the community.
A nearby synagogue and hundreds of abuse images on the phone
After obtaining a federal warrant to examine the phone, investigators found searches for an Ogden synagogue dating to November 2025. The device had also been used to look up a particular synagogue approximately three miles from Rose’s home on Google Maps, the filing says.
The same examination revealed hundreds of cached images and screenshots depicting child sexual abuse, prosecutors say. The files were discovered on the seized phone.
The five count indictment covers receipt and possession of child sexual abuse material, possession of an unregistered destructive device, an explosive threat against people and property, and an attempted hate crime. The last count alleges an attempt to cause bodily injury using an explosive device because of protected characteristics, including religion.
Synagogue members asked that he remain detained
Prosecutors told the court that the synagogue requested Rose’s detention and that members were uneasy about what he might attempt if released. They argued that release conditions would not adequately protect the community.
The detention filing also describes an earlier Utah case involving Rose firing a homemade shotgun in a public place. It says he pleaded no contest to charges in that case and entered an 18-month plea-in-abeyance arrangement. Prosecutors say the December conduct occurred while that arrangement was in effect.
The filing is the government’s request for pretrial detention, not a verdict or a detention order. Rose is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
