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TOOELE — A volunteer track coach at Tooele High School who pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a teenage girl on the team has been sentenced to probation.
Terrence Boone Johnson, 22, pleaded guilty in August to a reduced charge of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old, a class A misdemeanor, as part of a deal with prosecutors. He was originally charged with forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony. A second charge of sexual abuse of a minor was dismissed.
A one-year jail sentence was suspended at a sentencing hearing Wednesday and Johnson was ordered to serve 36 months of probation, including counseling, with a $500 fine.
Police reported that Johnson engaged in sexual activity with the 15-year-old girl in the basement of his Tooele home in May. He was arrested and charged in June.
"Mr. Johnson said he and the victim started 'making out' after she asked him to pick her up from school one day," the charges state.
Johnson's account to police, including details about his alleged advances, matched what the girl reported in an interview at the Children's Justice Center, according to charging documents. The teen told investigators that "she had engaged in a sexual relationship" with Johnson.
