Parker convicted of sexual assault of teen girl
After two days of testimony and four hours of deliberation, a former Penn Township man was found guilty Tuesday of several felony sexual assault charges in Butler County Court.
Matthew S. Parker, 38, of Minneola, Fla., was convicted of two felony counts of rape and one charge each of felony aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors and child endangerment, and three counts of misdemeanor indecent assault, by the jury of nine men and three women.
Parker was charged by Penn Township police following an investigation in November 2016, after a then 16-year-old girl reported that she had been sexually assaulted for several years.
After hearing the verdict, Judge William Shaffer revoked Parker's $200,000 bail and ordered him to be committed to the Butler County Prison until sentencing.
Shaffer also granted the prosecution's request for Parker to be evaluated by Sexual Offenders Assessment Board within the next 90 days. The assessment board will assist the court in determining if Parker should be classified as a sexual predator.
A full story appears in the Butler Eagle.
