LOGAN — A 62-year-old Logan man has been sent to prison for sexually abusing a young boy years ago. David M. Davis told the court he was sorry, before a judge described the crimes as “reprehensible.”
Davis was sentenced Wednesday afternoon in 1st District Court. He previously accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to five counts of sex abuse of a child, amended to a second-degree felony.
In November 2021, Logan City Police officers began investigating Davis after a man, who was then 26-years-old, described how he had been sexually abused multiple times when he was a child. He explained how Davis, a relative, raped him repeatedly from the time he was 5 to 12-years-old.
The victim described multiple incidents when Davis would expose himself and force him to engage in oral sex. During another incident, the suspect showed a pornographic video and then attempted to rape the boy.
Police interviewed the victim’s parents. They recalled a time when their son disclosed to them that he had been molested by Davis. The parents stated that they confronted the defendant at the time, but he denied doing anything.
Another family member also told investigators how the victim disclosed the same sexual abuse to her also.
During Wednesday’s sentencing, Davis said he was “very sorry” for what he did. He expressed regret for hurting the victim and hoped he could someday be forgiven.
Judge Brian Cannell sentenced Davis to one-to-15-years in prison for each of the five charges. Two of the counts will run consecutively, for a possible term of two-to- 30-years.
Davis has been in jail since January 2022, meaning he could be eligible for parole at the end of this year, if credit is given for time already served.
Judge Cannell noted that it will be up to the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole to determine when Davis is released.
This isn’t the first time Davis has been imprisoned for a sexual offence. In 1993, he was working as a respiratory therapist at a hospital in Bountiful. He was arrested and later convicted for sexually abusing an 18-year-old patient. The victim had previously experienced a brain injury and had the mental capacity of a child.
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