LEHI — A 7-Eleven clerk in Lehi was arrested Thursday and accused of following a woman into the restroom and sexually abusing her.
Dhiraj Sah, 23, of Saratoga Springs, was booked into the Utah County Jail for investigation of forcible sexual abuse, obstruction of justice and unlawful detention.
About 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, a woman entered a 7-Eleven, 2261 W. Main, and asked the store clerk, Sah, if she could use the restroom.
"He then led her to the restroom and opened the door for her. Upon opening the door, he followed her inside, closing and locking the door behind him," a police booking affidavit states.
Sah then exposed himself and pulled down the woman's blouse while telling her, "This will only take a minute," according to the affidavit.
"She began screaming and saying, 'No.' (Sah) then left the restroom. She stayed in the restroom for a moment and called her boyfriend to tell him what happened. She said that she was scared and frozen in the restroom. After a few minutes, she left. She then got in her car and locked the door," the affidavit says.
Police were called to the store and the woman told officers that the clerk was wearing a name tag with "Dee" on it. Police then asked Sah if he was Dee.
"He then turned away from me and removed his name tag, dropping it on the ground," police wrote.
After he was arrested and asked what happened, Sah told officers that he thought the woman "had been making advances toward him" because she would talk to him when she entered the store, sometimes for minutes at a time, according to the affidavit.
