Dual press releases from the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office and the Winslow Unified School District have confirmed that former WUSD employee Daniel Scott Larsen, 40, of Winslow has been indicted by a Navajo County grand jury on 21 counts, including one each of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and solicitation of child molestation, two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child, three counts of molestation of a child and 14 counts of sexual misconduct with a minor. When the initial investigation began in 2021, Larsen was put on administrative leave from WUSD where he was a wrestling coach and a member of the information technology department. He returned to work at the district at the start of the 2022 school year, but was terminated on Oct. 20. The crimes Larsen was indicted for were allegedly committed both between the years of 1993-1999 and the years of 2013-2017. In the earlier charges, Larsen was between the ages of 11 and 17 and his victims were identified as younger family members. Those women, three in total, reported the incidents to law enforcement beginning in August 2021. In June 2022, a fourth victim came forward and reported being sexually abused by Larsen while a student athlete at Winslow High School while Larsen was a wrestling coach and employed by the district. According to the indictment handed down on Oct. 18 in Navajo County Superior Court, Larsen allegedly intentionally or knowingly engaged in sexual conduct with that a student athlete on several occasions, including more than one that occurred on the Winslow High School campus. At least one of the earlier victims reported being under the age of 14 when the abuse began. Larsen is set to be arraigned in the Navajo County Superior District III Court on or around Nov. 7. According to the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office, no arrest has been made at this point and it is unclear whether Larsen will be booked into the county jail prior to his arraignment. No additional information was provided by the Navajo County Attorney’s Office as of press time.
