Utah
Man convicted of abducting young girls arrested again in southern Utah
A convicted intercourse offender who spent 9 years within the Utah State Jail for kidnapping younger women within the Sandy space practically twenty years in the past has been arrested once more and positioned on a 72-hour maintain by Grownup Probation and Parole as St. George police examine new allegations. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information)
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ST. GEORGE — A convicted intercourse offender who spent 9 years within the Utah State Jail for kidnapping younger women within the Sandy space practically twenty years in the past has been arrested once more and positioned on a 72-hour maintain by Grownup Probation and Parole as St. George police examine new allegations.
Along with having a 72-hour maintain positioned on him, Andrew James Gwilliam, 42, of St. George, was booked into the Purgatory Correctional Facility on Monday morning for investigation of two counts of violating the circumstances of being a restricted intercourse offender, in accordance with jail information. Particularly, he requested or invited a toddler to accompany him, in accordance with police.
On Friday, police have been referred to as to the Little Valley space after Gwilliam allegedly requested two women yesterday if they’d assist him clear a church, in accordance with a press release from St. George police. The ladies informed him, “No,” police stated. The one that referred to as officers stated he went again to the identical space the subsequent day and was capable of get an image of the person who had approached the women in addition to footage of his car and license plate, police acknowledged.
With that info, police have been capable of shortly observe down Gwilliam.
In 2002, Gwilliam was convicted of an amended cost of tried forcible sexual abuse and two counts of aggravated kidnapping. He was sentenced to 10 years to life within the Utah State Jail and is required to register with the Utah Intercourse Offender and Kidnap Registry. Gwilliam was paroled in 2012.
In that case, police say Gwilliam kidnapped six women and girls at knife or gunpoint over a seven-month interval within the Sandy space as they walked alone. The victims ranged in age from 12 to twenty.
When Gwilliam was sentenced in 2003, a pre-sentence report famous that he apparently started to behave unusually after struggling a extreme head damage whereas serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His protection lawyer on the time stated his neurological issues might be handled with treatment and remedy.
In 2015, he was arrested once more for investigation of two counts of kidnapping for allegedly forcing two 14-year-old women to go to a resort with him the place he sexually assaulted them. He was briefly despatched again to jail after his arrest for parole violation, however formal fees have been by no means filed in that case as a result of an absence of proof.
St. George police say the alleged incident this previous weekend is an effective reminder for fogeys to speak to their youngsters about stranger hazard, and in the event that they see one thing suspicious contact police.