A Taylorsville man convicted of sex offenses against a child was arrested Friday in Hawaii.
A warrant had been issued Sept. 27 for Michael Gary Nielsen, 51, after the Utah Department of Corrections said he violated parole. He was arrested by a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and handed over to the Kauai Police Department until he can be extradited to Utah.
Nielsen was reportedly living under the alias Russell Pearsen on Haleilio Road in Kapaa, Hawaii, according to police.
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Nielsen was convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony, as well as misdemeanor counts of violating a protective order and tampering with a witness following his September 2002 arrest. The victim at the time was an 8-year-old girl.
