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SALT LAKE CITY — A man who dressed as a clown and playfully delivered banana bread to the woman who holds a protective order against him was charged in 3rd District Court on Tuesday for violation of that order.

According to court documents, the 45-year-old Salt Lake City man had been sending the woman multiple text messages between April 18 and April 25. When she arrived home on April 25, she and her son found the man on the sidewalk, "wearing face paint, dressed as a clown, and carrying a red and white umbrella," court documents state.

The two then observed the man "skip" up the stairs to the door of the apartment building and when he left, she found some banana bread in a bag hanging on the door.

The man was charged with nine counts of violating the protective order, all third-degree felonies. He has previously been convicted of domestic violence, however a search of court records did not produce any details of that 2009 conviction.

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