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SALT LAKE CITY — A Herriman man has been arrested for the alleged sexual abuse of an elementary school-aged girl he met on social media.
Draden Dominick Checora, 23, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail Monday and charged Wednesday in 3rd District Court with sodomy on a child and three counts of rape of a child, first-degree felonies; and two counts of child endangerment, a third-degree felony.
Police say Checora messaged a girl on Snapchat starting about November.
"(The) victim stated she told (Checora) she was 11 years old, and he initially told her he was 16 but later admitted he was 23," according to a police booking affidavit.
At least six times, Checora picked up the girl without her parent's knowledge or consent, "often from her elementary school," and then sexually assaulted the girl in his car after parking in a secluded area, the affidavit alleges.
Checora is also accused of providing a THC vape to the girl on at least two occasions, according to charging documents. The last time the girl and Checora met, she took a TRAX train to a platform where Checora picked her up and drove her to his house, but he told her "to climb through his bedroom window so she would avoid being seen," police said.
Police were called after the activity was discovered by family members. Prosecutors have requested that Checora be held in the Salt Lake County Jail without the possibility of posting bail pending trial.
