Man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting 11-year-old Orem girl


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PROVO — An Orem man has pleaded guilty to pulling an 11-year-old girl into a dumpster and sexually assaulting her on her way to school.

Jayson Quade Johnson, 27, pleaded guilty Sept. 29 to sodomy on a child, a first-degree felony. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors agreed to drop additional charges of child kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse of a child and witness tampering.

Johnson is facing a mandatory sentence of 25 years to life in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 16.

In court documents supporting the plea, Johnson admitted to approaching the girl as she walked alone to school on Feb. 5, 2014, grabbing her backpack and telling her she needed to take a different route.

Johnson then pulled the girl behind a nearby church, put her in a dumpster and raped her, stopping when she began to scream, according to the plea. Johnson then told the girl not to tell anyone and left her in the dumpster.

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The girl immediately told a teacher upon arriving at Cherry Hill Elementary, 250 E. 600 South in Orem. DNA evidence led police to Johnson, who lived just two blocks from the scene and was arrested in June 2014.

Johnson previously rejected a plea deal from prosecutors, who offered in September 2014 to dismiss additional charges if Johnson would plead guilty to rape of a child, also a first-degree felony carrying a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.

Utah state court records indicate Johnson pleaded guilty to several charges dating back to 2008, including attempted criminal trespassing, theft, attempted burglary, forgery, burglary and theft by deception. He had no record of sexual offenses prior to the assault.

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