U.S. Marshals have arrested a former Utah corrections officer who was convicted of forcible sexual abuse in 2007 but fled before he was sentenced.
On April 16, 2006, he brought the woman to his apartment and handcuffed her to his bed against her will, court documents state. He threatened to take the woman to jail and call child protection authorities if she didn’t provide him with sexual favors, charges state.
Lawrence was originally charged with forcible sodomy, a first-degree felony, but later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of forcible sexual abuse, a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison.