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Ashton Kealii Domingo, 30, faces rape and sodomy charges for an alleged sexual relationship with a teen.

Domingo, a manager at the Smoked Taco, allegedly started the relationship in August 2024.

Prosecutors request Domingo be held without bail due to an alleged pattern of behavior.

BOUNTIFUL — A restaurant manager was charged Thursday with engaging in an illegal relationship with a teen employee.

Ashton Kealii Domingo, 30, of South Salt Lake, was charged Thursday in 2nd District Court with rape and forcible sodomy, first-degree felonies.

Domingo, a manager at the Smoked Taco, 245 W. 500 South in Bountiful, is accused of engaging "in unlawful sexual activity with an employee while she was 17 years old and continuing after she turned 18," starting in August of 2024, accor

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