SEXUAL ABUSE -- An illegal immigrant was arrested Sunday in Springville on charges of sexual abuse of a child. According to police affidavits, a 7-year-old boy told his mother he had been sodomized several times by Jose de la Cruz-Diaz, who was a friend of the family. The boy allegedly told police the abuse occurred when he was 6 years old, and the man offered the boy $5, then $20, then $100 when the boy refused to let Cruz-Diaz abuse him. Cruz-Diaz was interviewed by detectives and denied the allegations. The boy's parents allegedly were told by some of Cruz-Diaz's friends that the man had mentioned returning to Mexico as soon as possible. Cruz-Diaz was booked into the Utah County Jail with a $50,000 cash bail on charges of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and sodomy on a child.




DE LA CRUZ-DIAZ, JOSE HECTOR

Arrested: 02/22/2009
Booked: 2/22/2009 3:18:09 AM
Released:

Desc: INS Hold
Desc: Sexual Abuse of a child-Aggravated
Desc: SODOMY ON A CHILD X2 #437248

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