Wasatch County Sheriff’s employee faces 10 felonies for sex crimes against minor
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — An employee of the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office was arrested on March 20 for alleged sex crimes against a minor, according to the Utah Attorney General’s Office. New details, including 10 felony counts against the suspect, have been released in the case.
Mitchell McKee, 58, of Heber, is facing two counts of human trafficking of a child (first-degree felony), two counts of forcible sodomy (first-degree felony), forcible sexual abuse (second-degree felony), and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor (second-degree felony), among multiple other sex-related offenses.
On Jan. 4, Heber Police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle and found an adult male with a 15-year-old juvenile male. According to police, the adult male admitted to police that he was with the juvenile for the purpose of sex, having promised the juvenile nicotine vape pens in exchange for sex acts.
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Police interviewed the juvenile and found that he met up with an adult “approximately every other week” to exchange vapes for sexual acts. He reportedly told police he met these adults through a phone app.
According to court documents, the juvenile told police he had met up with both the man from the traffic stop as well as a man that goes by the name “Doug,” later identified as McKee.
The juvenile allegedly told police he had sent McKee child sexual abuse material, and that McKee would pick him up and drive to multiple locations in Wasatch County to engage in sex acts. The juvenile provided police with a description of the man he had known as “Doug,” as well as the vehicle “Doug” drove.
Police then discovered the conversation between the juvenile and McKee on the juvenile’s phone, including sexual images and indications of meetups between the two. Police then obtained a search warrant for McKee’s residence.
Police allegedly found a hard drive in McKee’s garage containing multiple photos of “age-difficult” sexual content.
At around 3 p.m. on March 20, investigators arrested Mitchell McKee for alleged sexual crimes involving a minor. At the time of arrest, McKee was reportedly working as the administrative services director of the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office. This is a civilian and “non-certified” position, officials said.
McKee’s job responsibilities included overseeing the work of three civilian employees, “setting appointments, processing citizen requests for reports and other office related responsibilities,” according to WCSO.
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The sheriff’s office was reportedly “unaware of allegations involving McKee” until the time of arrest, according to the release. McKee was immediately suspended pending the results of a formal administrative investigation.
“The severity and seriousness of the alleged offenses cannot be overstated,” WCSO stated. “We understand the Attorney General’s investigation to be ongoing and the Sheriff’s Office will continue to fully cooperate.”
McKee was booked into Davis County Jail on the charges previously stated.
No further information is currently available.
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