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WEST JORDAN — A man who avoided being sent to prison just four months ago after pulling a gun on a woman is now accused of assaulting another woman on a first date.
Najee Eugene Christopher, 27, was arrested early Monday for investigation of aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault, unlawful detention and preventing the victim from using her phone.
The investigation began when West Jordan police responded to a report of a woman "screaming for help and telling an individual to get out of the vehicle," according to a police booking affidavit.
The officer found the woman who told him that she had met Christopher on a dating app and they were on their first date. When the woman refused to perform a sex act with Christopher and told him that she was going to call 911 if he continued to touch her, Christopher grabbed her and prevented her from getting out of the car, the affidavit alleges.
He also "told her he had a gun multiple times during the two minutes her movement was restricted," according to the affidavit. The woman says she was eventually "able to get out of the vehicle and started screaming for help."
Police noted that Christopher is currently on probation for a similar crime.
In 2022 he was charged in 3rd District Court with aggravated kidnapping, a first-degree felony; obstructing justice, a second-degree felony; and sexual battery, a class A misdemeanor. In that case, he was accused of pointing a gun at a woman who was trying to buy a pair of shoes from him and taking off her clothes, according to charging documents.
After several delays in the court proceedings, Christopher accepted a plea deal in September, pleading guilty to obstructing justice and sexual battery in exchange for the aggravated kidnapping charge being dismissed. In February, he received a suspended sentence of one to 15 years in the Utah State Prison and was instead placed on three years of probation.
