A jury convicted a Gary man Thursday evening of molesting two preteen girls. Joshua Hansen, 32, of Gary, was convicted of all 21 felonies he faced after a four-day trial, including three counts of …
Joshua Hansen, 32, of Gary, was convicted of all 21 felonies he faced after a four-day trial, including three counts of Level 1 felony child molesting. He is facing decades behind bars.
Hansen testified for about two hours Thursday where he categorically denied the victims’ accusations. During the testimony, his lawyer Marc Laterzo asked Hansen if he fondled one victim, or in another incident, had the other child perform a sex act.He denied several other incidents from years later on the stand, including inappropriate behavior the victims later disclosed to a relative, who told their mother. The woman called Hansen “hysterical,” he said.
When police executed a search warrant at his trailer on the 4700 block of Marshall Court in Gary, they found sex toys and paraphernalia, and pornography web searches. They removed a tablet for evidence. The victims’ mother testified Tuesday she confronted Hansen years earlier when one child asked if a sex act was normal. Hansen claimed the child must have seen adults by mistake.
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