An Erie man was sentenced Thursday to at least 48 years in prison after telling police he sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl at least four times in 2021 and 2022.
Justin Boyd Medford, 70, pleaded guilty in a Weld County plea deal to two counts of sexual assault on a child from a position of trust, online court records show. Five counts of the same charge were dismissed as part of the deal.
Medord was sentenced to an indeterminate 48-year term in the Department of Corrections, according to Weld County District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Kaitlynn Spratte. He has 181 days of credit for time served, court records show
Medford went to the Erie Police Department on July 7 and told officers he molested an 11-year-old girl four times between August 2021 and January 2022, according to an arrest affidavit. He turned himself in to Erie officers on July 25.
The girl told police that Medford inappropriately touched her at least six times, the affidavit says. Medford assaulted her almost every day for a period of one to three weeks, she told officers.
Police looked at a text Medford sent in which he apologized for a sexual assault, according to the affidavit. Medford said he knew what he did was inappropriate, according to the affidavit.
Medford told police he never raped the girl, the affidavit says.