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Larry Eugene Sawyer
http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20140421/NEWS01/304210023/1002/rss?nclick_check=1A 48-year-old Cedar City man currently facing charges for failing to register as a sex offender was arrested and charged
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with aggravated sexual abuse of a child after allegedly threatening to kill a 9-year-old.
Larry Eugene Sawyer was arrested
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for a first-degree felony of aggravated sex abuse of a child after the alleged victim came forward with allegations he had touched her inappropriately and then threatened to kill her with a knife if she told anyone.
According to the charging documents in the case Sawyer was interviewed
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and denied the charges the victim alleged occurred last month.
Sawyer was previously arrested last July for alleged distribution of methamphetamines.
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Sawyer allegedly sold methamphetamines to a police informant.
Initially he was charged with two second-degree felonies. In this casie, however, one felony has since been reduced to a class B misdemeanr
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At the same time Sawyer was charged with a third-degree felony for failing to register as a sex offender per court order from Michigan where he was convicted for a previous sex offense charge.
This charge was filed as a separate case than the distribution charges.
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Sawyer had reportedly not registered since October 2012.
“As required by the state of his conviction (Michigan), Sawyer is required to report quarterly. Not only has he failed to report quarterly, he has failed to report semi-annually as is the default requirement in Utah,” the charging documents read.
Sawyer was also charged in this case with a class A misdemeanor for not having a driver’s license or identification card.
Court records show a jury trial for both previous cases is scheduled July 10.
Sawyer is in the Iron County Correctional Facility on a cash-only bail of $50,000.