Altice expected to enter pleas for felony sex charges Thursday
Brianne Land Altice was booked back into the Davis County Jail on no bail after a preliminary hearing on Jan. 15, 2015.
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Brianne Altice, 35, was taken into custody and ordered to stand trial in 2nd District Court after Judge John R. Morris refused to set bail, Thursday, January 15, 2015. Altice, is facing a total of 14 felony charges for allegedly having sexual relationships with three male students: five counts of first-degree felony rape, two counts of first-degree felony forcible sodomy, three counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse, along with three counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor and one count of dealing harmful material to a minor, all third-degree felonies.
FARMINGTON — The former Davis High School English teacher accused of having sex with three of her students is expected to be in court on Thursday for an arraignment hearing.
Brianne Altice, 35, of South Weber, was booked back into the Davis County Jail on no bail after a preliminary hearing on Jan. 15. An 18-year-old man who was a former student testified they had a sexual relationship that started after she was arrested in October of 2013.
Altice is charged in the 2013 case with five counts of rape, three counts of forcible sexual abuse and two counts of forcible sodomy, all first-degree felonies. Prosecutors filed additional charges in January. She is charged with three counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor and dealing in harmful material with a minor, all third-degree felonies in the new case.
At the hearing on Thursday before Judge Thomas Kay, Altice is expected to enter pleas to the charges.
The teenager who testified at the preliminary hearing last week appeared in 2nd District Court on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to two class A misdemeanors. He entered guilty pleas to attempted tampering with a witness and attempted retaliation against a witness. Text messages show the teen threatened to kill a witness if the teen didn’t recant his story, according to court documents. Investigators said he had threatened one of the victims before a preliminary hearing held in September of 2014.
Part of the Snapchat message sent to the teen stated (vulgarities edited): “I know yur lying and Im gonna prove it only I wud ruin my life is by killing w… of a girlfriend in front of yur b… a… and killy yu next.”
It is the policy of the Standard-Examiner not to publish the names of people who are considered victims of sex crimes.
Altice has had three preliminary hearings in total. At each one, each teenage boy, who are now adults, testified about having sexual relationships with her.
The first preliminary hearing was held in February 2014. The first student who spoke with police about having a sexual relationship with Altice testified at that hearing.
A preliminary hearing where a second former student described his relationship with Altice as a ”teacher with benefits” was held in September.
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