Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
(Layton-AP) -- A Northridge High School guidance counselor has been formally charged with having sex with a 17-year-old girl who was a student at the school.
Thirty-three-year-old Curtis Scott Ward of Layton was arrested last week and charged yesterday with two counts of first-degree felony rape.
Court documents allege Ward had sex with the 17-year-old student between November 2002 and March 2003. Police are investigating the incident as a rape because of the age difference and because of the counselor's position of special trust.
Ward says he is absolutely innocent.
If he's convicted, Ward could face five years to life in prison on each count.
(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
