Former Utah law enforcement officer arrested for child sex crimes

FARMINGTON — A 58-year-old Utah man, arrested on suspicion of sex crimes involving a minor, is a Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office administrator. He is also a current mental health counselor and is a retired law enforcement officer, court documents state.

According to an affidavit of probable cause, Mitchell McKee was arrested Wednesday. He is suspected of human trafficking of a child, sexual exploitation of a minor, enticing a minor, dealing in materials harmful to a minor and forcible sodomy.

McKee was immediately placed on leave from his role as the administrative director at the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office. He was working there at the time of his arrest, according to the office. He was booked into the Davis County Jail after an investigation involving a teen. The teen reportedly told police he was abused by an adult man in exchange for vape pens.

The affidavit of probable cause states that McKee is also a mental health counselor at a practice in Provo.

“Agents also learned the suspect is in a special position of trust and employed as a mental health counselor,” the document states as factors calling for his continued detention. It also states that he is a retired law enforcement officer and knows where the juvenile victim lives.

The Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office said he was working as the administrative service director, a civilian, non-certified position. The office was not aware of the allegations against McKee until the time of his arrest. He was arrested by investigators with the Utah Attorney General’s Office. The Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office suspended McKee, pending the results of a formal administrative investigation.

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