06/19/09

AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) _ A former Boy Scout leader in Utah
County has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a boy in his troop.

Court records show Gary Wade Brown, 42, pleaded guilty in 4th
District Court on Tuesday to four counts of sex abuse of a child
and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, all second-degree
felonies. Eight other charges were dismissed.

Prosecutors say that between 2005 and 2006 Brown, of Orem,
touched a 13-year-old boy's genitals and made the boy touch him on
at least four occasions.

Brown will be required to register as a sex offender, which
prosecutor Julia Thomas says is important because she says Brown
abused his position as a Scout leader.

Sentencing is set for July 28.
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Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldextra.com

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