WINSLOW, Arizona – March 10, 2023 Former Winslow High School wrestling coach Daniel Scott Larsen, 40, pleaded guilty to a sex crime involving a minor child in Navajo County Superior Court after pleading guilty to 6 He was sentenced to a year in prison and 15 years of supervised probation. .

Larsen pleaded in February to a class 2 felony charge of having sex with a minor over the age of 15 while in a position of trust. Attempted sexual intercourse with a minor over the age of 15 while in a position of trust, a third-degree felony. 3 counts of public indecency against a minor, class 5 felony.

Larsen’s most recent offenses included the frequent sexual assault of a high school student over a four-year period beginning in 2014, when the high school student was 15 years old. Her three other victims included in the case were her extended family of Larsen, who was a girl at the time who was victimized from the 1990s. The youngest was 5 years old.

Superior Court Judge Pro Tem Jon H. Saline, along with the Arizona Department of Corrections, handed down the prison sentence. Saline imposed a sex offender condition on his Larsen probation, registered as a sex offender, refrained from contact with victims without court approval, and kept his 18-year-old son, except for his own children and grandchildren. We asked them to refrain from contact with minors. He must also undergo community supervision and perform 300 hours of community service upon release from prison.

Citing the ongoing impact that Larsen’s actions may have suffered on the victim, the court ruled Larsen’s probation period should the victim incur additional counseling and other medical expenses. Larsen is also being assessed for various fines, court and probation fees.

The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigation Division investigated the first reports of sexual abuse allegations against Larsen, and on October 18, 2022, he was indicted by a Navajo County Grand Jury.

“These crimes affected children ages 5 to 15 for decades, when the abuse to each of the four minor victims began,” said the Navajo County attorney. said Brad Carlyon of “It takes courage to come forward even hours, years and decades after the crime happened. I am pleased that we were able to achieve the result of pleading guilty and having some degree of justice served.”

Carlyon concludes: Crimes against children cannot go unsolved. I hope there will be greater healing for the victims and their families. ”

Information provided by the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office.