Payson High assistant wrestling coach arrested on suspicion of several child sex crimes

An assistant wrestling coach at Payson High School was arrested on suspicion of several child sex crimes, most involving student athletes. Loveless, 28, was pulled over and taken into custody on September 18 following a months-long investigation. The FBI received a CyberTip alleging that Loveless had groped student athletes and solicited nude photographs from minors. They forwarded that tip to the Payson Police Department on July 29. MORE | Child Sex Crimes Southern Utah man going to prison for possessing sexually explicit AI photos of children BYU professor arrested on suspicion of various child sex crimes Davis Technical College welding instructor, assistant arrested for felony child sex crimes Investigators identified several victims, who were all minors at the time of the alleged crimes.

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WilluChill News DeskPayson High School, Utah · Published Friday, September 18, 2026 at 11:26 PM UTCUpdated Sunday, September 20, 2026 at 3:23 AM UTC

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Most of the victims were student wrestlers, with at least one student victim not associated with the team, police said. They obtained probable cause to arrest Loveless, pulled him over, and booked him into the Utah County Jail on ten counts of forcible sexual assault from a person of special trust, all third-degree felonies, and four counts of enticing a minor, all second-degree felonies.

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