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ST. GEORGE — A local man was sentenced to prison for raping a teenage girl last summer.
On June 7, 25-year-old Juan Grijalva-Chavez of St. George appeared in 5th District Court for sentencing on first-degree felony rape. The defendant was originally charged with three first-degree felonies – two counts of forcible sodomy and one count of rape, but the sodomy charges were dismissed in exchange for a guilty plea.
District Judge Jeffery Wilcox sentenced the defendant to serve five years to life in Utah State Prison, the maximum sentence allowed under Utah law.
The case was filed by the Washington County Attorney's Office on July 9, 2021, following an investigation by St. George police detectives involving the possible sexual assault of a teenage girl. The incident came to light after the girl disclosed to her father that she had been raped by a family member of one of her friends.
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