Utah man arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing 3 young girls

CEDAR CITY, Utah (KSTU) -- A 36-year-old St. George man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl and her two sisters when they were younger.

Jared Duain Beasley faces 15 felony charges, including sodomy on a child, sexual exploitation of a child and sexual abuse of a child. He also faces three misdemeanor charges of sexual abuse of a minor.

According to a probable cause statement, Beasley was alone in a room with the youngest girl on Feb. 3. The girl told her mother Beasley had placed his hand on her private parts.

The parents spoke with the girl and her two older sisters and both of them recounted similar experiences with Beasley.

Officers went to Beasley's home, where police say he admitted to several crimes: Beasley admitted he had touched the 10-year-old's private parts 10 to 12 times within the last year. He also admitted to touching the private parts of the 15-year-old sister several times when she was between the ages of 9 and 13. Beasley also told investigators he had touched the buttocks and breasts of a 16-year-old sister against her will at least three times over the last two years.

All of the alleged incidents took place at the girls' home in Cedar City.