Expenses: Salt Lake man, 78, kidnapped, sexually assaulted teen strolling dwelling from college

SALT LAKE CITY — A 78-year-old Salt Lake man is dealing with seven felony prices accusing him of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenage lady who was strolling dwelling from college.

Tevita Hoihoi Mounga was charged Tuesday in third District Courtroom with aggravated kidnapping, two counts of forcible sodomy, three counts of object rape and aggravated sexual assault, all first-degree felonies; and damaging a cellphone, a category B misdemeanor.

On March 6, a 16-year-old lady was strolling dwelling from college whereas carrying cupcakes close to 500 North and 1000 West when police say Mounga, whom the teenager didn’t know, pulled up subsequent to her in his truck.

Mounga apparently pointed on the cupcakes. The teenager couldn’t hear what he was saying, “so she opened the door to the automobile.” That is when “Mounga grabbed (her) and drove away,” in accordance with charging paperwork.

When the lady’s cellphone started to ring, Mounga took it and threw the cellphone out the window, police say. He then drove the lady to a parking zone close to the airport and sexually assaulted her, the costs state.

The teenager was ultimately capable of struggle off Mounga, get out of his truck and run, in accordance with investigators.

Utilizing surveillance video, Salt Lake police detectives have been capable of establish Mounga as a attainable suspect and arrested him on Friday. Of their arrest affidavit, police additionally famous that on Might 10 and Might 22, officers obtained further reviews of a person in a truck attempting to “entice younger women.”

“In each instances, witnesses have been capable of gather pictures of the suspect automobile and license plate. The license plate returned to a white Ford F-150 registered by … Tevita Mounga,” a police reserving affidavit says.