- LDS positions: Ministering/home teacher, Primary teacher,
- Criminal case: Convicted, Pleaded guilty,
- Civil case: No civil case,
Case report
Ray Gibbons, a retired police officer and LDS member, was sentenced in 2000 to up to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing a 14 year old girl and her 16 year old sister for 4 months. He pleaded guilty to two charges of forcible sex abuse. His victims were two girls from a family he home taught.
It has been reported to FLOODLIT that he was a primary teacher for the girls when they were younger too.
In 2018, Thomas Gibbons was arrested in Utah for a sex offender violation because he was caught at a public pool.
FLOODLIT’s investigative efforts suggest that Gibbons was released from prison in Utah sometime between 2000-2006.
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06-06-2019
CASE NUMBER 181702006 Other Misdemeanor
CHARGES
Charge 1 – 77-27-21.7 – SEX OFFENDER VIOL – IN PROTECTED AREA – Class AMisdemeanor
Offense Date: October 10, 2018
Location: Davis County
Plea: June 06, 2019 Guilty
Disposition: June 06, 2019 Guilty
Sentenced to 364 days in prison; sentence suspended
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10-31-2000
CASE NUMBER 001700714 State Felony
CHARGES
Charge 1 – 76-5-404 – FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE – 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: January 01, 2000
Plea: October 31, 2000 Guilty
Disposition: October 31, 2000 {Guilty Plea}
Charge 2 – 76-5-404 – FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE – 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: January 01, 2000
Plea: October 31, 2000 Guilty
Disposition: October 31, 2000 {Guilty Plea}
Charge 3 – 76-5-404 – FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE – 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: January 01, 2000
Plea: October 04, 2000 Not Guilty
Disposition: October 31, 2000 Dismissed (w/o prej)
Charge 4 – 76-5-404 – FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE – 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: January 01, 2000
Plea: October 04, 2000 Not Guilty
Disposition: October 31, 2000 Dismissed (w/o prej)
Charge 5 – 76-5-403(2) – FORCIBLE SODOMY – 1st Degree Felony
Offense Date: January 01, 2000
Plea: October 04, 2000 Not Guilty
Disposition: October 31, 2000 Dismissed (w/o prej)
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- AKA Ray Gibbons
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Born: 1952
- LDS mission: unknown
- During alleged crime/failure: Ministering/home teacher,
- When accused: Ministering/home teacher,
- Lived in: Utah,
- During alleged crime, lived in: Utah,
- Victims: 2 victims, Multiple victims,
- Crime scenes: Unknown crime scene,
- Crime years: 1990s,
- Convicted in: 2000, 2000s,
- Latest update: 2023: lives in Kaysville, Utah
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Ex-officer gets prison term
Publisher: Deseret News
Date: 27 Dec 2000
Archive.org
Source type: News articleDespite recommendations to the contrary, a judge Tuesday sentenced retired Layton police officer Thomas Ray Gibbons to serve up to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl earlier this year.
pleaded guilty in November to two counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse. In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors dismissed two other charges of forcible sex abuse and one count of forcible sodomy, a first-degree felony.
Gibbons, who retired more than five years ago after 16 years as a school resource officer for the Layton Police Department, was the girl's Primary School teacher and also the family's home teacher for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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