Man Pleads Not Guilty to Molesting Child More Than 90 Times Over Seven Years

FROM LOCAL SOURCES


BEDFORD -- Not Guilty.  That plea entered this week in a Lawrence County courtroom in the case against 35-year-old Joshua Stevens of Bedford.

The Bedford Times-Mail reports Stevens is charged with five counts of child molestation.  Prosecutors believe the suspect molested a child around 90 times over the past seven years.

He’s being held in the Lawrence County jail on a $20,000 cash bond.

His trial is scheduled for July.