A Helper City councilman was arrested recently after a neighbor said he came into her home and groped her.
Darren Cloward, 49, was booked into the Carbon County jail for investigation of forcible sexual abuse and burglary, both felonies. He’s also being investigated for misdmeanor charges of trespassing, intoxication and making a false statement.
Helper is a town of about 2,100 residents located approximately 110 miles southeast of Salt Lake City and 7 miles northwest of Price.
According to a probable cause statement, Cloward’s neighbor told police that on June 10, he came into her house “uninvited” — purportedly to check on his daughter, who was playing in the neighbor’s yard — sat down next to her on the couch “and made some suggestive statements about her and her swimsuit.