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.

The now 17-year-old girl took the stand Monday, testifying that Parker systematically molested her between the ages of 14 and 16 — abuse which she said eventually escalated to rape.

On Tuesday, a 16-year-old girl, who identifies as a boy, testified that he was the victim's close friend, and helped her report the incidents to school officials, which touched off the investigation.

A counselor at that school previously testified Monday that she reported the incident to ChildLine, the state's child abuse hot line.

Jamie Scherer, intake caseworker with Butler County Children and Youth, testified that once the report was made, she and Penn Township police officer Alyssa Mathews responded to the school and spoke with the guidance counselor before speaking with the girl.

Later, CYS and police responded to the girl's home, and while there, Scherer said she was informed of a previous CYS investigation. On Monday, the girl testified regarding that previous investigation reported in 2014, when she was 8 or 9 years old, saying that Parker told her that he “wanted to have sex with me.” CYS determined that those allegations were unfounded.

“The response was these allegations were already looked into and were deemed unfounded,” Scherer said. “They presented me with a letter stating as much.”

She explained that CYS has three classifications in investigation — founded, where evidence of abuse exists; indicated, where there may be evidence of abuse; and unfounded, which means there is not evidence present, but “that doesn't necessarily mean an incident didn't happen, just that it didn't meet the criteria of the Child Protection Services Law.”

A forensic interview with the girl was then conducted on Nov. 7, 2016, Scherer said, where the teenager reported that the sexual assaults did not just occur in the township. The teen told investigators that Parker fondled her at a Mercer County campground and during a trip to Florida in 2016.

Dr. Mary Carrasco, director of A Child's Place, who works with sexual abuse victims, testified that she reviewed the medical examination reports that were conducted on the girl and determined that there was no physical evidence of sexual abuse.

However, she testified that this was not uncommon, given the time frame regarding the report, which was two months after the incidents were alleged to have occurred.

Mathews testified Tuesday that when interviewed, the girl reported that the two rape allegations occurred on the same day, rather than the weeks apart that the girl testified to Monday.

The defense put on only one witness, private investigator Ray Melder, president of Advanced Investigations Group, who was hired by the defense to investigate the incidents independently. Melder testified that he spoke to the victim's 16-year-old friend, who said she was afraid of Parker's advances, but made no mention of any molestation or rape.

In his closing argument, Parker's attorney, Leland Clark, argued that many of the witnesses put on by the prosecution either called aspects of the case into question, or added no value to the evidence.

He argued that if the abuse had occurred, which the girl testified was happening 20 to 30 times a month for several years — that someone else in the home would have surely seen something.

“Not once did anyone see or hear anything,” he said.

He said the prior allegations, which he said CYS deemed unfounded, were an indication of the girl's anger with Parker. Clark argued that the teen could have made up the incidents because of the girl's anger toward Parker, which included the monitoring of her online activities.

“The question becomes did they fabricate this, did (the girl) fabricate this entire story,” he asked the jury.

He also argued that Mathews' testimony and that of the girl's on Monday was inconsistent, with Mathews charging that the rapes occurred on the same day, and the girl testifying Monday that they occurred weeks apart.

First Assistant District Attorney Patricia McLean argued during her closing statement that the fact that other people didn't witness the abuse doesn't mean it didn't occur.

“This was not some sinister plot,” she said. “This is the result of months and months of repeated abuse, almost every single day.”

McLean cited a letter which was entered into evidence, reading the girl's statements regarding what occurred to her and how it made her feel. She also cited admissions Parker made to other witnesses who testified during the trial including the girl's mother.

“On Nov. 4, he tells (the mother) he feels guilty because he has feelings for (the girl) and that he would never act on that,” McLean said. “But he did.”

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.

Clark declined to comment on the outcome.

Eagle Staff Writer Joe Genco contributed to this report.