In the News
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Friday, May. 15, 2009
Alpine Academy Employee Accused Of Raping Student
A Kaysville man who worked as a resident supervisor at Alpine Academy in Erda has been charged with raping one of the school’s female students. Jonathan Carver, 29, was a house parent at the residential counseling program, which specializes in helping girls with behavioral or emotional issues. He was responsible for the daily tracking, well-being and safety of the 17-year-old victim, who lived at the academy for several months during 2008. … Curtis Crittenden, the former head of 4-H in Tooele County, was arrested in June 2007 after a young Latino boy confided to his soccer coach that he had been molested by Crittenden while attending a sleep-over at Crittenden’s Tooele home earlier that month. An investigation that was later launched revealed six victims, all Spanish-speaking boys from Wendover, who were abused during similar circumstances. During a parole hearing recently, Crittenden also admitted to abusing eight more boys while serving as a missionary for the LDS Church and while attending Utah State University in Logan. Crittenden is currently serving out a six- to 30-year prison sentence.