Joshua Pewitte Found Guilty of 3 Counts of Rape of a Child
On Wednesday, March 15, and after a two-day jury trial, a Gibson County Circuit Court at Humboldt jury found Joshua Pewitte guilty of three counts of rape of a child. Pewitte was indicted in 2019 for sexually assaulting a child under 13 years old on at least three occasions from August 2017 to May 2018.
“We want to thank the jury for their public service and for seeing the case how we did. Also, we want to thank the Humboldt Police Department, the Department of Children Services, the Carl Perkins Center, and Dr. Lisa Piercey for their work on this case. Lastly, we want to thank the Child for having the courage to report these heinous acts and seeing this matter through until the end.”
Our prosecution team consisted of Assistant District Attorneys Scott Kirk and Nina Seiler, victim witness coordinator, Carol Oliver, and criminal investigator, Xochilt Joyner.
Pewitte will be sentenced by Circuit Judge Clayburn Peeples on June 6, at 9:00 a.m. He is facing a maximum sentence of 120 years.
Frederick H. Agee, District Attorney General.
