Former BYU baseball star Candon Dahle receives tiny slap-on-the-wrist after sexually assaulting a young girl for 5 years and won't have to register as a sex offender
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2025 3:15 pm
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IDAHO - A former college baseball star will serve some time in an Idaho jail, but avoided a lengthier prison sentence for felony injury to a child after being accused of sexually assaulting a young girl over a five-year period.
Candon Dean Dahle, a 22-year-old ex-BYU pitcher, was sentenced by to a minimum of five and a maximum of 10 years in prison by Idaho Judge Steven Boyce, only for Boyce to suspend the sentence and place the defendant on probation for eight years.
Dahle did get a 180-day jail sentence that was set to begin last week, as well as 200 hours of community service.
The lighter sentence was the result of a plea agreement between Dahle and prosecutors in Fremont County, Idaho in exchange for a dismissal of similar pending charges in Bingham County and a recommendation of probation. Furthermore, the deal means Dahle won't be forced to register as a sex offender, according to EastIdahoNews.com.
Dahle was arrested in February in Provo, Utah, where he'd pitched for the Cougars over the 2024 season, before being extradited to his native Idaho.
His 15-year-old accuser recently told a St. Anthony, Idaho courtroom of the years of abuse she suffered from the age of 7 to 12, when Dahle was in his mid-to-late teens. In courtroom statements, she and three members of her family also voiced their regrets for agreeing to the plea deal that will have him back on the streets in early 2026.
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