Cabot, ARKANSAS

School superintendent: "“The police came, he handed me his resignation, and they all walked out together.”

March 4, 2008 - Daniel Utter, 34, a middle school teacher and coach, was arrested on campus for an alleged sex crime at his previous school. He is being held on suspicion of second-degree sexual assault for allegedly having sex with a teenage girl at the Cabot School District.

Utter is alleged to have kissed and fondled a girl at Cabot Junior High and later had sex with her on three different occasions in a Jacksonville hotel room in March 2005, according to an affidavit for a warrant of arrest filed in Lonoke County Circuit Court filing.

Utter began coaching senior girls basketball at Paris in August 2007. No allegations made against Utter in the Paris School District. He also taught social studies at the middle school.

GUILTY PLEA July 17 - Utter pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree sexual assault. No sentencing date given.

LEGAL NOTE: (from the story) Under Arkansas law, a person commits second-degree sexual assault if the person engages in sexual contact with someone younger than 18, and the offender is a professional, is in a position of trust or authority, is an employee in the minor’s school or school district.