‘Things escalated and spiraled into a dark place’: Former Utah teacher sentenced to prison for bringing homemade pornography scrapbooks to middle school classroom

(Courtesy Salt Lake County jail) Michael Scott Hatfield

(Courtesy Salt Lake County jail) Michael Scott Hatfield

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