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WEST VALLEY CITY — A third woman has been identified by police as being a victim of a Sandy man already accused in two others cases of sexually abusing women he met on dating apps.
Samuel Faber, 42, was charged Wednesday in 3rd District Court with three counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony.
Faber is now charged in three cases with a total of three counts of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping, eight counts of forcible sexual abuse and aggravated assault.
In his latest charging documents, a woman says she met Faber on the Mutual dating app in September and agreed to meet at his residence for dinner. Once there, Faber is accused of inappropriately touching the woman.
Last week, Faber was charged with sexually abusing a woman in June 2022. In December, he was charged in a more violent sexual assault case.
"In all three cases, (Faber) met his victims on various dating apps and lured them to his residence, where he sexually assaulted them," charging documents allege.
Prosecutors have requested that Faber remain in the Salt Lake County Jail without bail.
The Mutual app is designed as a dating platform for single men and women who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but is not affiliated with the church. Some worry, however, that dating apps aimed at religious groups can provide a false sense of security to victims.
