{"id":29603,"date":"2021-12-13T17:17:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=29603"},"modified":"2021-12-13T17:17:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:17:26","slug":"wyoming-county-man-found-guilty-of-predatory-sexual-assault-against-a-child-and-sexual-abuse-in-jury-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/12\/13\/wyoming-county-man-found-guilty-of-predatory-sexual-assault-against-a-child-and-sexual-abuse-in-jury-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"WYOMING COUNTY\/Man found guilty of predatory sexual assault against a child and sexual abuse in jury trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"29604\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/12\/13\/wyoming-county-man-found-guilty-of-predatory-sexual-assault-against-a-child-and-sexual-abuse-in-jury-trial\/booking-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/booking-photo.jpg?fit=704%2C1056&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"704,1056\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"booking-photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/booking-photo.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/booking-photo.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/booking-photo.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/booking-photo.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/booking-photo.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/booking-photo.jpg?w=704&amp;ssl=1 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption>Provided photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, December 9, 2021, Roger L. Ballard, Jr., a 28-year former resident of Castile, was convicted following a five-day jury trial before the Honorable Michael M. Mohun of predatory sexual assault against a child, sexual abuse first degree and endangering the welfare of child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ballard, Jr. faces a minimum sentence of 10 years to life in prison and a maximum of 25 years to life in prison on his conviction of predatory sexual assault against a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was arrested by the NYSP after engaging in multiple acts of sexual conduct with a child less than 13 years of age when he was 18 years of age or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am glad that justice could be served for this victim as she endured over 10 years of sexual abuse. I commend her courage and tenacity to fight for what is right and to stay the course while alone for so long. She is alone no longer. Assistant District Attorney Chelsie Hamilton and First Assistant District Attorney Vincent Hemming did out an outstanding job prosecuting this case to bring Mr. Ballard to justice. I am very proud of their service to this community,\u201d said Wyoming County District Attorney Donald O\u2019Geen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raymond P. Sciarrino, Esq. represented the defendant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Sentencing was adjourned until February 3, 2021. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, December 9, 2021, Roger L. Ballard, Jr., a 28-year former resident of Castile, was convicted following a five-day jury trial before the Honorable Michael M. Mohun of predatory sexual assault against a child, sexual abuse first degree and endangering the welfare of child. Ballard, Jr. faces a minimum \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/12\/13\/wyoming-county-man-found-guilty-of-predatory-sexual-assault-against-a-child-and-sexual-abuse-in-jury-trial\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[2592],"class_list":["post-29603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wyoming-county","tag-roger-l-ballard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-7Ht","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25216,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/05\/11\/wyoming-county-castile-man-facing-felony-predatory-sexual-assault-and-sexual-abuse-charges-in-indictment\/","url_meta":{"origin":29603,"position":0},"title":"WYOMING COUNTY\/Castile man facing felony predatory sexual assault and sexual abuse charges in indictment","author":"aka","date":"May 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release On Thursday, May 6, 2021, Roger L. Ballard, Jr, a 27 year old resident of Castile, New York was arraigned on an indictment issued by the Wyoming Grand Jury for the following charges: PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST A CHILD (A FELONY) PREDATORY SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST A CHILD (A\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Castile&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Castile","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/castile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ballard.jpg?fit=704%2C1056&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ballard.jpg?fit=704%2C1056&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ballard.jpg?fit=704%2C1056&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ballard.jpg?fit=704%2C1056&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30887,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/02\/26\/wyoming-county-former-castile-resident-sentenced-to-18-years-to-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":29603,"position":1},"title":"WYOMING COUNTY\/Former Castile resident sentenced to 18 years to life","author":"aka","date":"February 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"On February 24, 2022, Roger L. 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