Utah Probation Officer Arrested on Charges of Soliciting Explicit Material From Woman He Supervised

Overview

• William Quinn Stickney, 37, was booked into the Utah County Jail on six counts of soliciting sexually explicit conduct from a person in custody and one count of official misconduct.
• A booking affidavit describes texts over several months, including a message where Stickney wrote that he could get in trouble for using his personal phone number.
• Detectives executed a search warrant and found explicit photos and videos from the woman on Stickney’s phone, with some messages deleted on his device but present on hers.
• Stickney told investigators he developed personal feelings and claimed he was trying to bring the woman back into custody, while denying any physical relationship.
• The Utah Department of Corrections says Stickney, employed since 2012 and assigned to the Provo Adult Probation and Parole office, is on administrative leave as detectives assess whether other victims exist.