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Utah Daycare Worker Charged with Producing CSAM; Complaints Date Back to 2017

3/30/2024

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At some point in time, I will have the resources to do some proper legal research.  Get me an intern and squander the opportunity to bully and harass them.  Just waste it having them do research.  Meantime, I have to live with the infuriating way things get reported now. 

KUTV:
"OGDEN, Utah — A daycare employee in South Ogden was arrested Tuesday after allegedly taking a 5-year-old girl away from a group activity and sexually assaulting her, according to a police affidavit.

Tanner Wayne Dobson, 30, is listed was listed on the daycare's website as a support staff member and substitute teacher. His name has since been removed.
A South Ogden Police Department officer's report noted that the alleged assault happened while Dobson "on probation or parole, or while free on bail awaiting trial on a previous felony charge."
The affidavit also stated Dobson was also a suspect in a separate, but similar, case.
"As of this date (Jan. 10, 2024) a separate case with similar allegations was being reported to South Ogden Police Department," the affidavit states.

Information on the other allegations or Dobson's parole, or probation status was not included in the probable cause statement. Court records showed only traffic offenses in Utah prior to his arrest. [Emphasis added]

According to the probable cause statement, the victim reported that Dobson instructed her to remove her clothes. He is accused of using his phone to take videos of the girl as well as touching her inappropriately.
The child's parents reported the alleged abuse to South Ogden police on Monday.
The victim was interviewed at the local Children's Justice Center, where investigators learned the details of what happened. Dobson reportedly later admitted to the victim's claims.
The officer reported Dobson had taken two videos of the girl, which he ultimately deleted from his phone before initiating a factory reset, wiping evidence of the chid pornography off the device. He also admitted to inappropriately touching the child.
The daycare owner terminated Dobson's employment after becoming aware of the allegations against him, according to the probable cause statement.
Dobson was arrested at his Ogden home at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
He was booked into the Weber County Jail just after 9:30 p.m. on suspicion of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a child, first-degree felony aggravated sexual exploitation of a child, and second-degree felony obstruction of justice."

Okay, I have so many questions.

  1. The linked video says there are complaints about him going back to 2017.  Complaints to whom?  This contradicts the reporting about the court records showing nothing but traffic issues with him.
  2. There's an affidavit saying he's on probation or parole, further contradiction.  So he has clearly done something before.
  3. There's mention of another, similar complaint pending investigation as of January 10, 2024.
  4. If he was already on parole or probation, how in the hell did he get hired at a daycare center?  What is his relationship to the owners of that daycare center?  Why was he allowed to single out the child he admits to assaulting and videotaping?  Why was he allowed to remove her from the room?
What infuriates me about this is that even when kids do manage to come forward, which is such an uphill battle for them in so many ways, the adults very often don't do anything.  This case right here proves it. 

How many complaints were there dating back to 2017?  Complaints to whom?  Probation or parole about what?  JFC I can't.

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