{"id":302492,"date":"2026-10-08T18:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/302492\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T18:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:10:07","slug":"jury-convicts-man-of-sexually-abusing-minor-in-bethlehem-bethlehem-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/302492\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury convicts man of sexually abusing minor in Bethlehem | Bethlehem Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; A jury found a man guilty of sexually abusing a girl over a period of years in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>The jury convicted Jose Andres Torres, 32, of statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and corruption of minors, according to a news release from the Northampton County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The victim told police Torres sexually abused her on multiple occasions from 2016 to 2025, the release said.<\/p>\n<p>Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 24, 2027, the release said.<\/p>\n<p>After the verdict, his bail was revoked and he was remanded to Northampton County Prison, the release said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; A jury found a man guilty of sexually abusing a girl over a period of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,2675,14445,22462,434,2493,33395],"class_list":["post-302492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-child-abuse","tag-corruption-of-minors","tag-indecent-assault","tag-northampton-county","tag-sexual-abuse","tag-statutory-sexual-assault"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}