A suspect in the shooting of a Woods Cross motel clerk pleaded not guilty Tuesday in 2nd District Court to two charges that he had sex with a 14-year-old girl days after the slaying.

Scott J. Johnson, 18, Bountiful, is charged with sodomy upon a child, a first-degree felony, and sexual abuse of a child, a second-degree felony, in the Nov. 4 incident.The victim reported the incident to police after she saw Johnson's picture after his arrest in the Oct. 29 robbery of the Woods Cross Motel 6. Clerk Matthew John Whicker was shot and killed during the robbery, which police say netted less than $500.

Johnson and his co-defendant, Scott Rettenberger, face aggravated murder and aggravated robbery charges from the motel incident.

Rettenberger, along with four other men, is also charged with entering a 20-year-old jail inmate's room March 11, stripping off the victim's clothing and jumping on him.

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Investigators believe the incident was a sort of initiation. The five inmates are charged with aggravated kidnapping, a first-degree felony, and forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony.

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