WPRO News and the Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former Rhode Island resident has been found guilty of molesting a young girl multiple times over the course of three years.
Forty-one-year-old Joshua Rathbun of Providence, Utah, was convicted of two counts of first-degree child molestation Wednesday by Superior Court Justice Melanie Wilk Thunberg, following an eight-day trial. Rathbun waived his right to a jury trial.
Prosecutors say Rathbun, formerly of Westerly, molested a young girl multiple times in Rhode Island between 2003 and 2006. Prosecutors say the girl was 4 years old when the abuse began.
The girl reported the abuse to her mother when she was 13 years old.
Rathbun’s attorney did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
Sentencing has not been scheduled yet.
