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LOGAN — A former northern Utah social worker has been sentenced to prison for having sex with a teenage client.
Donavan D. Faucette, 35, was sentenced last week to five years to life in prison after pleading guilty to forcible sodomy, a first-degree felony.
An additional forcible sodomy charge as well as individual counts of rape and object rape, first-degree felonies, were dropped in exchange for the plea.
A clinical social worker who had worked for Bear River Mental Health for about seven years, Faucette admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old girl he had been working with through the clinic.
The incident is alleged to have occurred on a Friday last May, prompting Faucette to call his boss at Bear River Mental Health the following Sunday to report what happened and resign, the company reported at the time.
Faucette's employer then called police, who arrested him. Faucette surrendered his license last year after charges were filed.
Faucette worked in both Cache Valley and Rich County, providing therapy for elementary school-age students. The girl in this case did not go to any of the schools to which Faucette was assigned but had contracted privately with him.
