A Kane County woman will spend up to 30 years in the Utah State Prison after she pleaded guilty to the sexual abuse of children in Tooele and Kane counties.
Gwendolyn Ames, 36, pleaded guilty to two amended counts of second-degree felony sexual abuse of a child in Third District Court Tuesday morning. She was sentenced at the same court hearing, with each conviction for one to 15 years in prison with the terms served consecutively.
Through the plea deal with the state, a charge of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a child and three charges of third-degree felony dealing in materials harmful to a minor were dismissed, as well as three charges of misdemeanor lewdness involving a minor.
Gwendolyn Ames’ husband Glen Ames was sentenced to 12 years to life in prison in the Utah State Prison in August. Glen Ames was convicted of two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual abuse of a child and one count of second-degree sodomy on a child.
The Ames’ charges stemmed from the repeated abuse of three children, two female and one male. According to a Tooele City Police Department report, the couple lived in Tooele County between 2006 and 2014.
In reports from the Kane County Sheriff’s Office and Kanab City Police Department, the Ames were accused of molestation, forcing the children to watch pornography and performing oral sex.
In an interview with police, Gwendolyn Ames admitted to performing oral sex twice on one of the children and was aware of her husband’s abuse but did nothing to report or prevent it.