Man arrested in sex assault of 2 Kearns girls at home
TAYLORSVILLE -- Salt Lake County sheriff's deputies arrested a man Monday in the sexual assault of two Kearns girls Sunday.Filemon Hiuzar, 27, was arrested at his residence at Summer Wood Apartments, 1900 W. 5800 South, at 9:30 p.m. He is accused of breaking into a Kearns home Sunday and sexually assaulting a 5-year-old and her 3-year-old cousin.
Interviews with family and witnesses led to the arrest, said Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy Peggy Faulkner. The assailant also left behind a jacket, she added.
Hiuzar was booked into the Salt Lake County jail for investigation of sodomy of a child, forcible sex abuse of a child, aggravated burglary and child kidnapping. Immigration and Naturalization Service also is investigating whether Hiuzar is an illegal alien. No bail was set.
4 with gang ties are accused of threatening a witness
Four West Valley men, including one who has already been indicted on federal bank robbery and firearms charges, are accused of threatening a witness in a criminal court case.
All four were charged in 3rd District Court Wednesday with one count of tampering with a witness, a second-degree felony. All of the men are believed to be gang members, court documents state.
Prosecutors allege that one of those charged, 22-year-old Mesa Rith, orchestrated the threats against another West Valley boy who was scheduled to testify against him in court.
Rith, who police say is the leader of a West Valley area gang, is in the Davis County Jail awaiting trial on federal charges that he robbed the Magna branch of the Zions National Bank in November 1998. He was indicted in January.
He also faces state charges of aggravated burglary, attempted murder and illegal firearms possession from an unrelated case. He was charged with those crimes in 1998. The three other men charged with witness tampering remain at large.