Roland Uresk pleaded "no contest" this week in Salt Lake County's justice court to one count of class B misdemeanor failure to report child abuse.

Judge Shauna Graves-Robertson imposed a $200 fee and said the charge, along with an identical count, will be dismissed in 12 months if Uresk commits no other crimes.

In September 2005 and May 2006, Uresk received information over the telephone that Brad Gale - part-owner of Gale's Office Supply & Books in Roosevelt and Vernal - was molesting a 14-year-old boy.

Although the caller mentioned Gale by name, Uresk told The Tribune he took no action because the caller had heard of the abuse from someone who had heard about it from someone else.

Uresk said he advised the caller to have those closer to the information to contact him, or for the caller to contact the Utah Division of Child and Family Services.

Utah law requires citizens to report suspected child abuse to the division or police.

Gale was subsequently charged with sexually abusing the boy in Duchesne and Utah counties, in July and September, respectively.

Earlier this month, Gale was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for photographing the boy engaging in sexual acts.

Gale is to be sentenced March 29 in Roosevelt's 8th District Court, where he has pleaded guilty to four first-degree felonies.

Another man, 76-year-old John West, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of sexual battery for watching Gale sexually abuse the boy in Utah County. West was sentenced to two weeks in jail.

On Wednesday, Assistant Utah General Michael Wims called the settlement of Uresk's case "a fair and just resolution of the matter."

Uresk was a part-time civil attorney for Duchesne County until December, when his contract expired and the county commission declined to renew it.