Former LifeQuest employee denied request to seal sexual assault conviction

Former LifeQuest employee denied request to seal sexual assault conviction

MITCHELL — A former LifeQuest employee convicted of sexually assaulting a residential client returned to court Tuesday seeking to have her felony record sealed. The court declined to modify Stacy Jo Johnson’s sentence to a suspended imposition of sentence (SIS), which would have sealed the conviction from public view. Judge Chris Giles noted that because Johnson is on parole rather than probation, he did not have the authority to grant the reque…