OGDEN — A 50-year-old Ogden man accused of assaulting his son for not wanting to go on a church mission is scheduled to go on trial June 6 on a pair of felony charges stemming from the August 2020 incident.

Second District Judge Cristina Ortega set the trial in a court appearance by Scott Keith Warner on Jan. 19. Warner has been out of custody, supervised by pretrial services personnel, since his arrest.

Warner earlier pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated assault and commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child, both third-degree felonies. His attorney, Randall Richards, said plea bargain negotiations with Weber County prosecutors had been unsuccessful.

In a probable cause statement, Ogden police said the 18-year-old son reported that he and Warner were arguing after he said he would not be going on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He said Warner grabbed him by the arm and they began to fight.

According to the arrest affidavit, the son reported that “he was knocked to the ground and Scott began to strike the victim’s head into the wall repeatedly as well as squeeze the victim’s neck with both hands.”

Warner told police he tried to forcibly eject his son from the home “as it was his house,” according to the affidavit. He said he grabbed his son “wherever I could” in his effort to push him out of the house. He also said the son struck him first.

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