Jeffrey Lee Hardin

Summary

09/09/91 Idaho

LDS Jeff Hardin pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child at Camp Lemhi Boy Scout camp.

From Pedophiles At Scout Camp by Peter Zuckerman:

“August to April, 1987:

Jeff Hardin attends Ricks College in Rexburg (BYU-ldaho registrar). He was pursuing
a degree in counseling. (Chubbuck Police report)

1990:

Hardin, another waterfront instructor at Camp Little Lemhi, befriends a Scout he later
molests. (Chubbuck Police report)

Sept. 9, 1991 :

Between 4:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. Hardin molests a child he met at camp at the child’s
home.

Oct. 24, 1991:

Hardin is charged with lewd conduct with a child under 16, which he later pleads
guilty to committing. Hardin is released from jail on his own recognizance.

Dec. 15, 1991:

Hardin is sentenced. He is put on felony probation as a sex offender. (Criminal case)
Jan. 3, 1996:

Hardin is placed on unsupervised probation. (Criminal case)

July 21, 1997:

Hardin’s probation ends and the felony molestation conviction is reduced to a
misdemeanor. (Criminal case)

May 23, 2005:

Hardin molestation case unsealed.

Sources: Unless otherwise noted, the events described in this graphic were
described by sworn testimony, exhibits and records in Bonneville County civil case
CV-99-3416, Bonneville County civil case CV-03-1877, Bonneville County Criminal
case CR-97-2659, Bannock County civil case CV-05-812OC, Bannock County
criminal case C-5548-B and Utah County, Utah criminal case 911400153; Post
Register archives; and record-keepers from the Idaho Department of Correction and
the Utah Department of Corrections. When records contradicted one another,
information from the criminal case was used and the source is noted.”

PEDOPHILES AT SCOUT CAMP By PETER ZUCKERMAN