Why would liberals excuse this behavior?
In 2015, Soberanis was permanently banned from a Utah County recreation center, exposing himself sexually to others in the locker room, court documents show. He pleaded no contest to one count of lewdness in June 2014, and received 11 months of probation.
He had "contact" with law enforcement in October 2015, September 2016, and December 2016, prosecutors wrote in a 2023 court filing.
In May 2018, witnesses say he exposed himself to a child at the South Towne Mall in Sandy. The child's mother took pictures of Soberanis, before he "knocked the phone out of her hand and pushed her down," according to the initial police booking affidavit. The photos were released to local media, and multiple tipsters reached out to identify Soberanis, the affidavit says.
He was charged with a number of misdemeanors for the alleged incident, was found not competent in June 2019, released from Salt Lake County Jail, and charges were dismissed.
In December 2018, Soberanis crawled under a dressing room stall at the same Utah County recreation center he was previously banned from, to watch an 8-year-old boy undress, before exposing himself to the child, charging documents allege. After being found not competent in June 2019, those charges and charges from another case were dismissed.
In May 2021, the man broke into a house and lied to police about his identity, according to charges. The next month he was charged with touching a 5-year-old boy at the same recreation center he was banned from in 2015, court documents say, exposing himself to the child who crawled under the stall door to escape. After being confronted, he allegedly assaulted two officers.
The charges in those case were dismissed in July and August 2021, after he was found not competent.
He was put in the custody of the Department of Services for People with Disabilities in August 2021, and was supposed to be on 24-hour watch.
In January 2022, however, Soberanis was charged with multiple voyeurism misdemeanors after police say he was peeking into neighbors' bedrooms wearing a robe, mask and beanie, the police booking affidavit says. Following those charges, "law enforcement discovered approximately 30 gigabytes of (child sexual abuse material), comprised of thousands of images and videos," on Soberanis' devices, court documents state.
He was found not competent in November 2022 and the charges were dismissed in March 2023.
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