Costs filed in opposition to former center college counselor proceed to mount in Washington County

ST. GEORGE — Costs proceed to mount for a former Mesquite center college counselor who was arrested in Nevada after which extradited to Washington County to face expenses filed in Utah.

On Tuesday, David Scott Curtis, 54, was charged with a further 12 first-degree felonies that embrace eight counts of forcible sexual abuse, three counts of forcible sodomy and one rely of sodomy of a kid. That is the third case filed in opposition to Curtis and stems from an investigation that opened April 22 when one other little one got here ahead following Curtis’ arrest in Mesquite, Nevada, on the finish of March.

On this case, police alleged a forensic interview discovered that Curtis sexually abused the kid beginning when the the kid was beneath the age of 10. The abuse occurred “lots of” of instances for a variety of years whereas Curtis, who had develop into near the household, was serving to to take care of the kid whereas the dad and mom labored, in response to a police reserving affidavit.

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