A Utah County man was arrested Saturday after police say he took nude pictures of a girl while she was sleeping and sexually assaulted her, then fled to Payson Canyon after he was confronted about what had allegedly happened, FOX 13 reports.
A probable cause statement released by the Utah County jail said that on Saturday, officers were called to a report of a sexual assault of a girl by Nicolas Oram, 40.
Police say witnesses found explicit photos of the girl on Oram’s phone.
After the confrontation, the statement said, Oram became emotionally distraught and fled up Payson Canyon.
Officers found Oram and took him into custody. He was booked into the Utah County jail for one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony; one count of forcible sexual abuse, also a second-degree felony; one count of object rape, a first-degree felony; and a class-C misdemeanor charge of driving on a suspended or revoked license.
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