RIQUELME, NEFTALI | Booking Photo Iron County Sherriff, St. George News
IRON COUNTY – A Newcastle man was arrested yesterday on 12 counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and 12 counts of rape of a child, all first degree felonies.
Neftali Riquelme, 33, was arrested* late last night by the Iron County Sheriff’s Office. No further details are available at this time.
The state of Utah defines a child as a person under the age of 14.
* Persons arrested are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.
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Joyce Kuzmanic has been editor in chief of St. George News since 2012, having contributed as a reporter and assistant editor since the publication's inception in 2010. Before St. George News, Joyce has been a private business owner and enjoyed a long career as a paralegal in real estate, business and tax law transactions.
She enjoys hospitality, thinking, reading and adventuring in the great outdoors. Joyce currently resides in St. George with her husband and her dog, Scratch.
Already losing track of the number of pedophiles arrested in the last couple of weeks in the Southern Utah area. Starting to near the number of drug users and dealers being arrested…not to mention the DUI’s. The courts are just going to have to increase the penalties against these sick individuals.