Cedar City jury convicts man of raping co-worker at Paragonah dairy farm

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CEDAR CITY — A man accused of sexually assaulting a co-worker at a Paragonah dairy farm on Halloween morning of 2021 has been found guilty on all counts.

After deliberating for more than six hours on April 19, an eight-member jury in Cedar City found Miguel Angel Leon Gomez, 28, guilty of four separate charges: one count each of rape, forcible sodomy and object rape, all of which are first-degree felonies; and one count of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony.

After polling each of the jurors individually to confirm their decision, 5th District Court Judge Jeffrey C. Wilcox thanked them for their service and set Gomez's sentencing for June 4 at 8:30 a.m.

The verdict wrapped up an emotional three-day trial that included testimony from different perspectives regarding what transpired inside a shed at the dairy farm on the morning of Oct. 31, 2021.

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