Hurley youth charged with 8 sex counts

By RICHARD JENKINS

[email protected]

HURLEY — A Hurley man is facing eight felony counts related to inappropriate contact he allegedly had with two minors.

Joshua Richard Quello, 18, faces seven counts of sexual assault of a child under the age of 16 and one count of exposing a child to harmful material, according to the criminal complaint against him filed in Iron County Court Tuesday.

Each assault charge is a Class C felony, with a potential maximum sentence of up to 40 years in prison, or a fine of $100,000, while the eighth charge is a Class I felony with a potential penalty of u...