IDAHO FALLS – A man was sentenced to a minimum of 11 and a half years and a maximum of 25 years in prison on Wednesday, June 15th, after being convicted of felony lewd conduct with a child. David Sherill, 30, of West Valley, Utah, is a former employee of Happy Orchard Daycare in Idaho […]
Former Idaho Falls daycare employee arrested in Florida after allegations of molesting 5-year-old
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David Sherill | Bonneville County Jail
IDAHO FALLS Police say a former employee of an Idaho Falls daycare is behind bars for allegedly molesting a 5-year-old girl.
The Idaho Falls Police Department arrested David Sherill, 29, of West Valley, Utah, when they found him in Kissimmee, Florida, on April 9. According to an IFPD news release, Sherill fled Idaho after learning of the investigation that opened on Aug. 11 after someone not in law enforcement posted about the investigation on social media.
Police say that a daycare employee contacted detectives when the girl said Sherill had sexually abused her. In June 2020, the daycare fired Sherill after staff repeatedly told him to stop asking the children at the daycare for hugs and to sit on his lap.
Man arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under 16
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David Sherill
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Idaho Falls Police detectives apprehended David Sherill on April 9 in Kissimmee, Florida, for felony lewd conduct with a minor child under 16, a crime that was committed in Idaho Falls. Sherill, a 29-year-old resident of West Valley, Utah, was arrested on a felony warrant for that offense and was held in a Florida Jail until Wednesday when he was transferred to the Bonneville County Jail.
On August 11, 2020, the Idaho Falls Police Department received a report from a daycare employee that a 5-year-old child had disclosed to their parent that a former employee of the daycare had sexually abused them. The daycare reported the employee in question, Sherill, had been fired from the daycare in June of 2020 for failing to comply with repeated directions from staff to stop asking the children for hugs and asking them to sit on his lap.