An 18-year-old accused of sexually assaulting a teenage minor in August pleaded not guilty after being bound over for trial on Monday.
Brenden Joseph Snider appeared in 1st District Court for a preliminary hearing to determine probable cause in the case. Cache County prosecutors presented to the court testimony from a deputy with the Cache County Sheriffâs Office and a statement from the alleged victim.
Snider was charged in November with one count of first-degree rape.
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A probable cause affidavit filed with the court states the sexual assault took place during a camping trip in Cache County. A juvenile friend of the alleged victim reported the incident and told deputies he had confronted Snider via text message. Deputies wrote