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AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) -- A former Boy Scout leader in Utah County has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a boy in his troop.
Court records show Gary Wade Brown, 42, pleaded guilty in 4th District Court on Tuesday to four counts of sex abuse of a child and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, all second-degree felonies. Eight other charges were dismissed.
Prosecutors say that between 2005 and 2006 Brown, of Orem, touched a 13-year-old boy's genitals and made the boy touch him on at least four occasions.
Brown will be required to register as a sex offender, which prosecutor Julia Thomas says is important because she says Brown abused his position as a Scout leader.
Sentencing is set for July 28.
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Information from: The Daily Herald,
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