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Report from alert Utah school officials leads to arrest in sex misconduct case
Questionable actions at a wrestling meet in Sanpete County led to the arrest of a Utah man accused of sexual misconduct with a teenage scholar, police say. (TheCorgi, Shutterstock)
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Sanpete County — A Utah man has been arrested and accused of inappropriate sexual conduct with a teenage lady.
Daniel “Danny” Leon Jackman, 44, was booked into the Sanpete County Jail on Thursday for investigation of two counts of illegal sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old, sexual battery, engaging a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The investigation started in November because of alert faculty directors. Throughout a wrestling meet involving North Sanpete Excessive Faculty, faculty directors seen Jackman sitting subsequent to a lady within the bleachers and he seemed to be performing inappropriately along with her, in response to a police reserving affidavit.
The wrestling coach was knowledgeable of what was taking place and “he had all the ladies come sit in a gaggle with him to cheer for the wrestlers that have been competing to get the scholars away from the suspect. Nonetheless, shortly after this, the suspect then moved down by the scholars once more,” the affidavit states.
The subsequent day, faculty directors contacted the lady’s mother and father. The mother and father later referred to as the college again to say that they had talked with their daughter “and she or he knowledgeable them Danny had been sensitive along with her on a earlier event,” in response to the affidavit.
Mt. Nice police have been contacted and an investigation was opened. When interviewed, the lady disclosed a number of incidents of inappropriate touching and textual content messages over a number of months, the affidavit states. The lady used phrases like “cringe” when describing to police what she felt when Jackman touched her and the way she would transfer away or inform him to knock it off, and the way one time she felt “nervous” when she knew he was close by.
When questioned by police, Jackman admitted to touching the lady at a number of places in Mt. Nice, the affidavit alleges. When advised that detectives had served warrants on his Discord account that he allegedly used to speak with the lady, police say he “admitted he requested (her) to have intercourse with him.”
Jackman was arrested after police completed questioning him.