SPRINGVILLE, Utah — In a case of mistaken identity, a Springville High School teacher finds himself under attack for an alleged assault at a West Valley City concert that he had nothing to do with.

For Jacob Shelley, an agriculture and animal sciences teacher, the past several days have been anything but ordinary.

"I don’t know all the details, but I've been getting threats and stuff like that, because I am Jacob Shelley," he shared Thursday.

For the record, Shelley is 30 years old and his middle name is Austin. But it turns out, a similarly named man, Jacob David Shelley, was arrested on aggravated child abuse charges on Saturday after police claimed he punched a 17-year-old girl until she was unconscious at a concert at the Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre.

Since then, people

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