While employed at Spring Gardens Senior Living in Heber City, Jaden Parker Sever, 20, allegedly performed sexual acts on two residents against their will. Sever pleaded guilty to two first degree state felonies — object rape and attempted rape — at a Heber District Court hearing Wednesday morning. Plaintiff attorney Langdon Fisher represented the state of Utah in a case against Heber City resident Jayden Parker Sever, 20. The hearing took place in Heber District Court at the Wasatch County Courthouse. Credit: Clayton Steward/Park RecordPlaintiff attorney Langdon Fisher said that between Feb. 1 and March 6, Sever was employed at Spring Gardens Senior Living. In that time, Sever performed penetrative sex on a resident, P.M., 82, who was living in a memory care unit for Alzheimer’s. On a separate occasion, Fisher said that Sever performed sexual acts on another memory care resident, W.R., 85, who was being treated for dementia. Fisher said that both residents’ illnesses deprived them “of the nature to approve of sex acts and resist sex acts” or to “appraise the nature of the relationship” with the defendant.Sever’s father, Heber City Police Chief Parker Sever, said he hopes his son can get “the counseling that he needs.”“He’s an adult and he made some choices, and now he’s working through those choices,” Police Chief Sever said. “Hopefully in the future, he can make better choices and be a productive member of society.”Defense attorney Aaron Owens represented the defendant, Jayden Parker Sever, in Heber District Court at the Wasatch County Courthouse on Wednesday. Credit: Clayton Steward/Park RecordJudge Jennifer Mabey presided over court Wednesday morning. She accepted Sever’s guilty pleas to both felony charges. Sever could face a punishment of three years to life in prison for one count of attempted rape. For a second count of object rape, Sever could be charged with a maximum penalty of five years to life in prison. Judge Mabey, defense attorney Aaron Owens, plaintiff attorney Fisher, the defendant, and representatives of the victims agreed to a sentencing date of Feb. 12, 2025, at 10 in the morning.The post Former Heber City assisted-living worker pleads guilty to felony sex charges appeared first on Park Record.