A former St. George teacher serving up to life in the Utah State Prison for abusing students is now facing new allegations in Salt Lake County.
and was sentenced to four consecutive terms of 15 years to life in the Utah State Prison.
In his latest charges, Payne is accused of sexually abusing a girl under the age of 10 multiple times between 2014 and 2017 in Salt Lake County. In some of the incidents, the girl was threatened or actually cut with a knife, and in other incidents Payne used a ventriloquist doll to abuse her, according to charging documents.
" stated that Payne used his 'Chucky doll' and 'Danny doll' to touch her," the charges state. "Payne would use voices for the dolls and say things like, 'let me touch you,' 'let me hurt you,' 'come play with me,' and 'I'll kill you.'"
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