CSA in the USA > 18 y/o arrested for CSA with 13 y/o runaway in Utah; Baby rapist found guilty on PA

 

Ogden PD arrests 18-year-old for alleged sexual abuse of ‘runaway’

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 Gephardt Daily Staff

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September 21, 2025

File photo: Gephardt Daily/Nancy Van Valkenburg

OGDEN, Utah, Sept. 21, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — An 18-year-old Ogden man was arrested Saturday evening for the alleged sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl, described by police as a runaway.

The man was booked into the Weber County jail for investigation of alleged:

• Rape of a child, a first-degree felony
• Sexual abuse of a child, a second-degree felony
• Lewdness involving a child, a class A misdemeanor

According to court documents, the alleged suspect was initially questioned by a deputy of the Weber County Sheriff‘s Office in connection with another case.

Post Miranda, the deputy contacted the juvenile female’s father, “who relayed to him his concerns about the victim’s relationship with the man, who is 18 years old at the time of this affidavit.”

The alleged suspect admitted sexual involvement with the juvenile, and Ogden City Police took over the case.

“I conducted an interview with (the suspect) after he was reminded of his rights per Miranda and agreed to speak with officers.

During the interview, the suspect “initially denied ever having sex with the victim, but eventually admitted that approximately a month prior they had attempted to have sex.”

That happened by a river in Ogden, he said.

The suspect “admitted that he had been told by the victim’s family that she was 13 and told to stay away from her,” his arrest documents say.

“Nevertheless, he continued to engage in a relationship with the victim and admitted to re-engaging in sexual activity with her today.

“The victim’s parents advised me that after they took her home tonight, she stated that she would continue to ‘see'” him.

The 18-year-old was booked into the Weber County Correctional Facility.

Court records indicate he is homeless, does not have a phone number, is not from Utah, and his family lives out of state,” the arresting document says. “If he were to be released, locating him again would be challenging.”

Central Pa. man found guilty in decades-old child sexual abuse case: DA

• Published: Sep. 20, 2025, 6:29 p.m.
  
  By 

  • Madison Montag | mmontag@pennlive.com

  A 56-year-old Lancaster County man was convicted this week after DNA evidence linked him to the sexual abuse of two children over 25 years ago, according to the county district attorney’s office. During the investigation, police also found pictures of him abusing three babies.

  Eric Dorwart sexually assaulted two children, a 7-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy, outside their home in Leacock Township in April 1997. Both victims, now in their 30s, testified Dorwart offered the girl money to perform sex acts before the assault.

  
  

  It wasn’t until 26 years later that Dorwart was named a person of interest. Investigators collected the DNA evidence from the trash outside his home and matched it with semen that had been found on the victims’ clothing.

  In 2024, investigators found over 1,600 images of child pornography and related material on Dorwart’s devices while searching his home.

  Of the images found, 144 of them showed Dorwart “raping and engaging in sexual contact” with three babies. One image showed Dorwart in an unknown child’s room, with his pants removed, smelling the child’s shoes.

  On Thursday, a jury found Dorwart guilty of 16 charges, including rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child and aggravated indecent assault.

  “The evidence presented throughout this trial was extensive, damning and deeply disturbing,” District Attorney Heather Adams said. “I would also like to thank Assistant District Attorney Haverstick and the entire prosecution team for their undeterred commitment to securing this verdict, and for the many investigators over the years who never ceased in their pursuit of justice.”

  During the trial, Dorwart’s defense attempted to challenge the evidence.

  Dorwart’s attorney, who acknowledged the images depicting the sexual abuse of children were “horrible,” questioned their authenticity and the accuracy of the DNA evidence linking Dorwart to the abuse.

  However, prosecutors noted the semen found on the victim’s clothes was “a near-perfect match” to Dorwart, with approximately a one in 220 quadrillion chance it belonged to anyone else.

  One of the victims incorrectly identified Dorwart as having black hair during the abuse, but prosecutors said regardless of what the victim said, “[Dorwart’s] semen is on her dress.”

  Haverstick showed the jury pictures of Dorwart abusing and raping children while listing the crimes he was charged with committing in each image, the DA’s office said.

  “We know what he has done,” Haverstick said. “And we know that that is a man who rapes children.”

  The jury returned a guilty verdict on all counts after deliberating for less than an hour. After the verdict was reached, Judge Dennis Reinaker increased Dorwart’s bail to $3 million.

  Reinaker will sentence Dorwart at a later date.

  

  Leacock Township, PA