LOGAN — A 33-year-old Logan man has confessed to sexually abusing a young girl in Lewiston several years ago. Omar Vega-Perez has been in the Cache County Jail since being arrested in April.
Vega-Perez appeared June 23 in Logan’s 1st District Court. He accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to an amended count of attempted sexual abuse of a child, a third-degree felony. A second charge was dismissed.
According prosecutors, the Cache County Sheriff’s Office received a report of child sex abuse in October 2024. The victim’s father said the incident allegedly occurred in the early months of 2021.
The girl was interviewed at the Cache Children’s Justice Center. She explained how Vega-Perez had inappropriately touched her during her sixth grade summer.
Deputies noted, the defendant was in a relationship with the girl’s mother at the time of the crime. He would be left alone on some nights while the mother was at work.
The victim told investigators how she was lying in bed pretending to be asleep on the evening of the incident. Vega-Perez entered her room and began inappropriately touching her. The actions continued until the girl pretended to wake up.
During the investigation, deputies confronted Vega-Perez about the allegations. He denied the incident ever took place, claiming the girl and her mother were just trying to get him in trouble.
Vega-Perez remains in jail, being held without bail. He is scheduled to be sentenced June 27, where he could face up to five year in prison, before likely being deported.