ROOSEVELT — A Uintah County man accused of abusing his family for years is facing additional charges.
Emmette Cordell Cesspooch, 37, was charged Tuesday in 8th District Court with child torture, a first-degree felony; witness tampering, a third-degree felony; and making a threat of violence, a class B misdemeanor.
According to charging documents, from about 2018 until his arrest in May, Cesspooch "intentionally and knowingly" abused one of his boys "in an exceptionally cruel or exceptionally depraved manner and as part of a course of conduct over a prolonged period of time by repeatedly striking the child with pliers, a socket wrench extension, a crescent wrench, a torch, and other objects, causing contusions to the left shoulder, upper arm, and back, a black eye, split lip, and head lacerations with bleeding."
Cesspooch also "threatened to kill the child and the child's family if the child spoke to law enforcement or if Emmette were arrested," the charges state.
The charges are the latest for Cesspooch, who also faces charges in four other cases all filed in May. Cesspooch, who has two sons and a wife, was charged in 8th District Court in those four cases with child torture, a first-degree felony; witness tampering and two counts of aggravated assault, third-degree felonies; two counts of assault, a class A misdemeanor; and three counts of making a threat of violence, a class B misdemeanor.
He is scheduled to be back in court on July 21.
Domestic violence resources
Help for people in abusive relationships can be found by contacting:
- Utah Domestic Violence Coalition: Utah's confidential statewide, 24-hour domestic violence hotline at 1-800-897-LINK (5465)
- YWCA Utah Survivor Services: 801-537-8600
- Utah's statewide child abuse and neglect hotline: 1-855-323-DCFS (3237)
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
