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CARBON COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — A former Helper, UT city council member has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman in her home in 2022. This comes after he pleaded guilty in another sexual assault case in 2019.

Darren Cloward, 56, pleaded guilty to three counts of forcible sexual abuse, charges that were amended to be third-degree felonies (rather than second-degree) as part of a plea deal.

Cloward previously pleaded guilty to burglary and forcible sexual abuse for an incident that occurred while he was a city council member in 2019, for which he paid a $750 fine and did not serv

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