LOGAN — A 37-year-old Logan man has admitted to molesting a young girl for years. Cesar Orozco-Rubio was arrested in May 2022 after the victim had gone to law enforcement.
Orozco-Rubio appeared April 28 in Logan’s 1st District Court. He accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to two counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, amended to a second-degree felony. In exchanged for plea, eight remaining charges were dismissed.
According to prosecutors, a woman contacted Logan City Police officers in January 2022, reporting years of sexual abuse by Orozco-Rubio, who was a close family member. The abuse occurred for around six years after the defendant moved to Logan from Mexico.
The then 27-year-old victim told police that the abuse started slowly when she was around 9-years-old. It progressed to around several times a week for several years until she was 15. The defendant, who would have been between 16 and 20-years-old at the time, was charged with groping and sexually abusing the girl regularly.
At the time of the investigation, officers interviewed a witness of some of the incidents. The family member corroborated the victim’s statements.
The case against Orozco-Rubio had been set for trial several times.
According to jail records, Orozco-Rubio is currently out of jail on $100,000 bond. He is scheduled to be sentenced June 23 and could face more than 15 years in prison.