Former BYU baseball starter from Blackfoot charged in two counties for alleged sex abuse of children
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ST. ANTHONY — A 21-year-old former Brigham Young University baseball player who is originally from Blackfoot has been charged in two counties, accusing him of sexually assaulting children.
Candon Dean Dahle is charged in Fremont County with felony lewd conduct with a child under 16 years old.
According to court documents, Dahle allegedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old on or about Jan. 1, 2022. Court documents say during the assault, Dahle “did place his hand over the victim’s mouth.”
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In this case, Dahle was given a $50,000 bond, and a no-contact order was issued for the victim. During his initial appearance on Friday, Magistrate Judge Faren Eddins ordered if Dahle posts bail, he will not be allowed to have unsupervised contact with minors.
Dahle is expected to appear for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 26. If convicted, he could face up to life in prison.
Juvenile Case
Court documents obtained by EastIdahoNews.com indicate Dahle is also charged in Bingham County for a juvenile case regarding felony lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen. According to the documents, Dahle allegedly sexually assaulted a child when he was a young teenager.
Dahle was arrested in Provo, Utah, on Feb. 7 and extradited from the Utah County Jail in Spanish Fork, Utah, to the Bingham County Jail in Blackfoot on Feb. 14.
It is not clear if or when further details will be available for the juvenile case. EastIdahoNews.com has contacted Bingham County Prosecutor Ryan Jolley, who has declined to comment while the investigation is still ongoing.
In researching, EastIdahoNews.com sent a public records request to the Bingham County courts, where we received the following documents: a motion to waive jurisdiction under the Juvenile Correction Act, an order for investigation pursuant to I.C. 20-508, a juvenile petition, and a warrant of arrest.
We also sent a public records request to the Bingham County Prosecutors Office, which was denied pursuant to Idaho Juvenile Rule 52 for closed hearings.
Court documents indicate Dahle posted bail in Bingham County on Tuesday and was released.
BYU Media Relations Manager Todd Hollingshead confirmed to EastIdahoNews.com that Dahle is no longer enrolled at BYU. He was first enrolled at BYU in 2024, after transferring from the College of Southern Idaho.
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