A Nov. 1 trial date has been set for a Sandy man charged with raping a fellow camper and sexually molesting a child July 5 at Defa's Dude Ranch in Hanna, Duchesne County.
Nicholas R. Parsons, 24, was arraigned in 8th District Court on one first-degree felony charge of rape and one second-degree felony charge of child sexual abuse on Aug. 4, immediately following a preliminary hearing in which he was bound over for trial.The Duchesne County Sheriff's Department says Parsons sexually abused a 12-year-old girl staying in a camp trailer where he had been invited for dinner and then entered the nearby tent of a 28-year-old woman and raped her.
Parsons is free on $10,000 bail with the provision that he remain in the custody of his mother or girlfriend pending his trial.