Show n V'rW' Suspect in Child Abuse Fired From S Ik alti’akc A man accused of sexually abusing two young boys at a Salt Lake City center worked as a substitute in another center until day-car- Thursday William Kuhnhoffer 39 310 E 200 South No 316 was fired from the center where he worked as a substitute Thursday afternoon after the center's owner learned about the charges against the man Mr Kuhnhoffer pleaded innocent in a Feb 2 arraignment before 3rd District Judge Michael R Murphy to two charges of sexual abuse of a child He was released to Salt Lake cirilmiu Friday Morning March Section C fi 1987 Page e day-car- County Pretrial Services while 1 awaiting trial April 21 The criminal complaint against Mr Kuhnhoffer is one of two complaints filed against a worker in a center in reSalt Lake City day-car- e cent months Derek S Meik 23 7676 S 2375 East Sandy was ordered bound over Tuesday for arraignment in 3rd District Court on charges of sexual abuse of a child and sodomy upon a child Fifth Circuit Judge Sheila McCleve ordered Mr Meik bound over after a preliminary hearing on the charges Mr Meik remained free on $2500 bail after the hearing The charges against Mr Kuhnhoffer stem from separate alleged incidents between Sept 1 1986 and Oct in which the man purportedly two boys while working' at Tutor Time Child Care 8 1986 fondled Learning Center court records said 346 S East 500 The charges against Mr Meik stem from alleged incidents between Aug 11 1986 and Sept 4 1986 in which he purportedly fondled and sodomized a child at Wasatch Community Day School 2139 S Foothill Drive (2000 East) according to court records Mr Kuhnhoffer left Tutor Time on Sept 19 ant worked as a substitute in e center until Thursanother day-car- day when the center’s owner learned of the charges against him The owner said he had not known about the charges until then Mr Kuhnhoffer later telephoned The Tribune to heatedly deny that the charges against him were true He said the charges should have been dropped after he passed a polygraph test Moreover a witness changed the location of the alleged s abuse during testimony at Mr preliminary hearing he said "When my trial comes I will fill that courtroom with parents and their children who are just as outraged as 1 am about the charges "My life my reputation and my career have been trashed because the charges are completely erroneous" Mr Kuhnhoffer said center The owner of the where Mr Kuhnhoffer worked said Mr Kuhnhoffer filled out an employment application which the owner checked He and other center operators contacted by The Tribune said they check applicants with a register of child abusers known to America’s Leading day-car- Antenna Manufacturer TV police agencies kept by the ITuh Division of Family Services But the operators said the division doesn't perform that service for checking substitute employees Jean Nielsen the director of the division said the agency's policy recenter operators quires that check every employee who works at a center with the division’s Register within 24 hours of hiring them She denied assertions bv1 one daycare center operator that the agency actually has no access to people's criminal files The Division of- Family Services has access to a nationwide criminal records bureait nd keeps its owt Record of chilfj abusers found by ptilice case agencies and the division's worker Ms Nielsen said jtjf-She speculated that Mr name may not hayfe appeared on the register became She was innocent his case had y£t to be resolved or the owner hadn't checked the reg- : ister dav-car- Kuhn-hoffer’- day-car- I Center Day-Ca- re e Kuhn-hoffer'- e full-tim- e s Electrical Fire Injures Utahn Mr Calacino was listed in stable condition Thursday night in the hospital's burn unit a nursing supervisor said Chief Hill said the fireball burst out of the panel for an unknown reason when Mr Calacino attempted to switch it on about 8:30 a m The fire was virtually out when firefighters arrived five minutes later he added Two other employees Steve Kutu-la- s and Dan Elkins no ages or addresses available were transported to Holy Cross Hospital for smoke inhalation They were treated and released a nursing supervisor said - One man was hospitalized with burns following an electrical fire Thursday morning at American Laser Corp 1832 S 3850 West Pier Calacino 30 no address available suffered second- - and burns over 30 percent of his body when a fireball erupted from an electrical panel in which he was attempting to replace a circuit breaker said Salt Lake City Fire Department Battalion Chief Don Hill The man was transported by helicopter to University Hospital suffering from burns on his face neck chest and arms third-degre- e Lot Under Fire Park-and-Ri- de Replace Your Salt Lake About 100 east-sid- e County residents packed an auditorium in the Whitmore Library Thursday evening to protest plans for a commuter parking lot near the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon Utah Department of Transportation officials hope to build a lot on 10 acres of Salt Lake County-owne- d land on an extension of 6200 South at 3000 East — just east of an Interstate 215 interchange The lot would provide parking for 500 cars and room for Utah Transit Authority buses which would shuttle commuters to nearby ski resorts Another 500 parking spaces could be added by the year 2000 The estimated cost of the lot — along with a terminal building restrooms and lighting — is $11 Antenna Today! 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