Utah man charged with sexually abusing child he baby-sat 10 years ago

Utah man charged with sexually abusing child he baby-sat 10 years ago

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SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man was charged Tuesday with sexually abusing a child he baby-sat a decade ago.

Felipe Franco, 74, is charged in 3rd District Court with two counts of sodomy on a child, a first-degree felony, and three counts of sex abuse of a child, a second-degree felony.

A teenage boy recently told authorities that about 10 years ago, when he was between 4 and 5, he was abused by Franco after his mother dropped him and his siblings off at his house to be baby-sat, according to charging documents.

There was no word Tuesday if investigators suspect there are additional victims.

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Pat Reavy is a longtime police and courts reporter. He joined the KSL.com team in 2021, after many years of reporting at the Deseret News and KSL NewsRadio before that.

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