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WASHINGTON — A retired Utah Highway Patrol trooper was charged Tuesday with aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
Kevin Lee Davis, 60, was arrested and booked into the Washington County Jail Monday for investigation of aggravated sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14, Ed Kantor with the Washington City Department of Public Safety said.
Davis was subsequently charged Tuesday in 5th District Court with five counts of sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony.
Davis' son discovered the abuse and the alleged victim reported that the abuse had gone on for three years, the charges state.
After the abuse was discovered, Davis "threatened to harm himself" and was taken to an area hospital for treatment. He later admitted to inappropriately touching the victim, according to the charges.
A spokesman for the Utah Department of Public Safety confirmed Davis is a former trooper and said the man ended his employment in 2004. He did not elaborate as to why.
A family member reported that Davis later resisted arrest and barricaded himself in a shed, but was arrested without incident following the standoff. Kantor would not confirm the report, saying such information was "not relevant" to the case.
Davis is being held in the Washington County Jail on $100,000 bond.
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Written by Emiley Morgan with contributions from Alex Cabrero.
