SPRINGVILLE — A Springville man is in custody after Springville police received a report accusing him of performing sex acts on a minor.

The victim, now 19, was 11 years old at the time the acts allegedly occurred. According to a Springville police report filed in 4th District court, the victim said she did not feel safe coming forward with the information until now.

In a recorded phone conversation with his ex-wife, according to the report, he said he would flee if police tried to arrest him in connection with the allegations.

His ex-wife, the victim's mother, had called to confront him about the allegations.

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He was booked into the Utah County jail on $50,000 cash or bond bail.

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