LOGAN — A 31-year-old Utah County man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for driving to Logan to try and rape a 9-year-old girl. Victor Dionicio-Narcizo has been in the Cache County Jail since July 29, 2024, after travelling to a prearranged location and finding police waiting for him.
Dionicio-Narcizo was sentenced Mar. 3 in Logan’s 1st District Court. He previously accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to attempted sodomy on a child, a first-degree felony; and enticing a minor, a second-degree felony.
According to prosecutors, Dionicio-Narcizo began chatting with an undercover officer from the Logan City Police Department last summer. The officer was pretending to be the father of a young girl.
Dionicio-Narcizo messaged the officer and expressed a desire to meet in person for the purpose of sexually abusing the 9-year-old child. He continued to send messages describing in graphic detail how he wanted to rape the girl.
The undercover officer replied to the messages and offered to meet in person at a designated spot in Logan. He also requested that the defendant bring sour candy for the child as a gift.
On July 29, Dionicio-Narcizo was observed arriving at the appointed location in a vehicle registered in his name. He then sent a text to the undercover officer that he arrived.
Law enforcement immediately surrounded the car and took Dionicio-Narcizo into custody without incident. Inside the vehicle they found two bags of sour candy, a bottle of baby oil, and two cell phones.
While being questioned at the police department, Dionicio-Narcizo admitted to chatting with the undercover officer for the purpose of meeting up and raping the 9-year-old girl. He also confessed to viewing child pornography on his phone.
During Monday’s sentencing, defense attorney Scott Wilding said his client’s actions were completely unacceptable. He stated that pornography was like a drug and had desensitized the Utah County man.
Dionicio-Narcizo said his arrest had been a “hard pill to swallow” and he wished that he’d sought help sooner. He promised the court that he would never do it again.
Judge Spencer Walsh said the case was evidence of how destructive pornography was. He told Dionicio-Narcizo, “You are a danger to children, wherever you are.”
As part of the previously arranged plea agreement, attorneys for both sides recommended a prison sentence of six years to life.
However, Judge Walsh said that due to the gravity of the case and number of victims Dionicio-Narcizo had been viewing, he sentenced the defendant to a total of 11 years to life at the Utah State Correctional Facility, giving credit for time already served. It will be more than 10 years before he is eligible to be released.