Jay William Toombs

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1. Accused Child Molester Tells Court He Wants to Withdraw Guilty Plea, Salt Lake Tribune, October 29, 2000.
2. source 2, , October 3, 2025.
3. Former Benson resident imprisoned for sex abuse faces new charge, HJ News [Cache Valley, Utah], July 27, 2012.
4. Jay TOOMBS, Utah Department of Public Safety, July 30, 2025.

• 1. Accused Child Molester Tells Court He Wants to Withdraw Guilty Plea

  • 29 Oct 2000
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  Accused child molester Jay Toombs pleaded guilty in August to sexually fondling two young boys in Cache County and was to be sentenced to prison on Monday.

  But Toombs' attorneys have asked 1st District Judge Clint Judkins to allow their client to withdraw his guilty plea. The lawyers have filed briefs arguing the statute of limitations, a four-year legal deadline for filing criminal charges, had expired before Toombs was charged. They contend Toombs told his Mormon stake president who was also a Cache County prosecutor about the incidents with the boys in 1994, which meant charges had to have been filed by 1998. State law requires "prosecution of a felony within four years of the crime," they point out. Cache County Attorney Scott Wyatt disagrees.

  Withdrawing a guilty plea is a "privilege, not a right," Wyatt countered. Toombs has no legitimate reason, Wyatt claims, to change his mind. does not claim that he has now discovered evidence unknown to him prior to entering his plea," Wyatt wrote in his responding brief. "Toombs admits guilt He could have filed a motion the statute of at any. time prior to entering his Wyatt also argues the evidence does not show his office missed the deadline for filing charges.

  He said he believes Toombs', stake president did not learn of the molestation until 1998. And even if it were earlier, Wyatt said, state law protects confessions to religious leaders as confidential. A Nov. 9 hearing has been scheduled to review Toombs' evidence. Toombs, 43, of Cache County, was charged with four counts of first degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a child.

  Each count carried a penalty of up to life in prison. In a deal with prosecutors, however, Toombs pleaded guilty to one firstdegree felony count, which included crimes against two victims. The incidents occurred in the early 1990s but just recently came to light. The cases have been spotlighted by the media because three bishops of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints, including the prosecutor Toombs confided in, apparently knew of allegations against Toombs but didn't report him. Religious leaders are not required 1 to report abuse they learn directly from a perpetrator in a confessional setting, but must report it if the knowledge comes from any other source.

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• 3. Former Benson resident imprisoned for sex abuse faces new charge

  • 27 Jul 2012
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  [from updated version May 4, 2015]

  Allegations of sexual abuse have been chasing a former Benson man since the 1990s and have resurfaced again, just before the already imprisoned man goes before the parole board.

  Jay W. Toombs, now 55, is scheduled for his second hearing in front of a Utah Department of Corrections parole board on July 31.

  In 2000, Toombs was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a child for fondling a 10-year-old boy in 1993-94. He was sentenced to between five years and life in prison.

  At the time, representatives from both the Logan City Police Department and the Cache County Attorney's Office said there were far more victims than the one involved in the conviction.

  One person has now come forward saying he was abused by Toombs. On July 18, new charges were filed in 1st District Court based on reported events from 1998.

  Toombs has been charged with five counts of sodomy on a child and five counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.

  At the time of his first arrest, Toombs had been a former Scoutmaster and popular clogging instructor. His arrest stirred up controversy in and out of Cache Valley.

  Many said they simply did not believe he would have molested a child, and others freely forgave him and placed their support behind him.

  There was also a great deal of debate over charging the three clergymen who reportedly knew of the abuse but did not report it.

  At the time, former County Attorney Scott Wyatt said he was so agitated over their failure to report the abuse that he considered filing charges against them, but in the end he did not.

• 4. Jay TOOMBS

  • 30 Jul 2025
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  Name: Jay TOOMBS Registration #: 5061
  Aliases: J Ay William TOOMBS
  Jay W TOOMBS
  Jay William TOOMBS
  Status: Incarcerated

  Physical Description
  • Age: 68 (DOB: [redacted by FLOODLIT]/1956) • Height: 5'10''
  • Sex: M • Weight: 160lbs
  • Race: White • Eyes: Blue
  • Hair: Blonde
  • Scars/Tattoos: Scar on L_calf (BURN) , Scar on abdomen (SURGICAL)

  Address
  [redacted by FLOODLIT] LOGAN, UT 84321
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  Offenses
  • Description: 76-5-404.1 - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD/1ST DEGREE FELONY
  • Date Convicted: 12/20/2000
  • Conviction State: Utah
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  • Counts: 1
  • Description: 76-5-404.1 - SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD-ATTEMPTED/3RD DEGREE (attempted)
  • Date Convicted: 03/26/2014
  • Conviction State: Utah
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  • Details:
  • Counts: 3