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(KSL News) -- Saint George police say a father beat up a burglary suspect who's accused of molesting his three-year old girl.
Eugenio Vichi Tapia was booked into Washington County's jail on suspicion of aggravated sex abuse, burglary and intoxication.
Police say he walked into an unlocked home on Saturday, intending to burglarize it. Officers suspect he then saw the three-year old girl and decided to molest her.
The girl's mother found her daughter in the bathroom with the man hiding in the shower.
She ran to find her husband, who hit the man until police arrived.
The father does not face charges.
