A former Tooele City police officer is facing a felony charge after he admitted he had sex with a federal parolee.

Derik L. Dudley, 24, was charged with custodial sexual relations, a third-degree felony, in 3rd District Court.

According to court documents, Dudley “admitted to engaging in sexual acts with the federal parolee" in December 2017, when he was employed as a Tooele City officer. He also admitted he knew the man was on federal parole at the time. The parolee told Tooele police had had informed Dudley “numerous times” that he was on federal probation “before the sexual contact occurred.”

Dudley worked as a Tooele officer from December 2017 to April 2018, when he resigned. In February 2019, Dudley interviewed for a job with the Salt Lake City police and “admitted … that he had engaged in sex with the federal parolee while employed as a TCPD officer,” according to a probable cause statement.