A man arrested in April 2025 on seven charges related to sexual assault of a child will appear in court April 27 for a plea sentencing hearing.

Silverthorne Police arrested Adam Dayer LeBaron, 49, on April 14, 2025, according to court records. The 5th Judicial District Attorney’s Office later that month brought seven felony charges against LeBaron — one count of sexual assault, three counts of sexual assault of a child by someone in a position of trust and three counts of sexual assault of a child by someone in a position of trust as part of a pattern of abuse.

Court records show LeBaron posted a $40,000 surety bond after his arrest and that the conditions of his release on bond included GPS monitoring. At a March 23 hearing, the prosecution and defense informed 5th Judicial District Judge Reed Owens that they had reached a plea agreement and asked for more time to complete paperwork, according to court records.

Joanna Ray, who wrote in an email that she is LeBaron’s sister-in-law, expressed concerns about LeBaron’s case ending with a plea agreement. She wrote that a plea agreement could lead to LeBaron receiving a lighter sentence. 

As of April 21, no plea agreement had been filed with the court, according to court clerks.

Law enforcement’s investigation into the charges against LeBaron started in January 2023. Members of a fundamentalist Mormon sect in Mexico reported LeBaron had sexually abused a child in their family, according to an arrest affidavit. They also told police LeBaron spends time in Mexico and Silverthorne and has two wives, who were both pregnant in Silverthorne in August 2022.

The reporting parties stated relatives of the pregnant women came from Mexico to Silverthorne to help them with their pregnancies, according to the affidavit. While the relatives were in Summit County, according to what the reporting parties told police, LeBaron sexually assaulted one of them who was a minor.

Police interviewed the victim of that assault, and a summary of the interview in the affidavit stated the victim told police LeBaron had assaulted them previously when they were in Mexico. 

The affidavit stated that several people, in separate interviews with law enforcement, said LeBaron had been sexually assaulting children in Mexico for as many as 10 years, but his actions came to light in January 2023, when one of the victims told family members about his actions and other victims followed suit. 

LeBaron fled Mexico with his wives and children after victims started talking about his actions, according to what several parties in the affidavit told law enforcement.

The affidavit indicates three victims told law enforcement LeBaron had assaulted them in Silverthorne and Mexico. It stated that the charges of sexual assault as part of a pattern of abuse come from LeBaron committing sexual assault “numerous times with more than one child.”

The April 27 plea sentencing hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Judge Owens’ courtroom.