SALT LAKE CITY-Wednesday night, a registered sex offender who allegedly told police he was looking for “beautiful women” was arrested, following accusations that he peeped into numerous windows in homes on the Avenues.
39-year-old Donald Royce Willard of Salt Lake City was booked into the Salt Lake County jail for investigation of two counts of failing to register as a sex offender, six counts of lewdness by a sex offender, 10 counts of voyeurism and two counts of stalking.
On “multiple occasions,” Willard was looking into “apartments and houses” per an affidavit.
The affidavit states he went back to two locations multiple time, observing the same females.
Salt Lake City Police Department Detective Greg Wilking reported his office has received numerous calls over the course of the past month concerning a man looking through windows in neighborhoods on the Avenues.
Since that time, officers have employed extra patrols in the area.
Wednesday night, one of Willard’s victims called the police. Officers then found Willard, who had been discharged from prison after serving his full sentence in February and was living in the Avenues.
He was then taken to the Salt Lake City Police Department for questioning.
At a couple of the houses, Willard exposed himself and tapped on the windows to get the attention of the females in question, per the affidavit.
Willard has a lengthy criminal history.
This includes convictions of three counts of lewdness involving a child in 2009, two counts of lewdness in 2009, three counts of lewdness involving a child in 2010, lewdness by a sex offender in 2012 and lewdness with a prior offense involving a child in 2019.
