A man was recently convicted in Lancaster County Court of all counts regarding the rape of a pre-teen child about 15 years ago.

Pablo Cotto-Martinez, 47 of Guayama, Puerto Rico, was found guilty of all six counts including rape of a child, statutory sexual assault, sexual assault, unlawful contact with minors, corruption of minors and incest on February 17.

The incident occurred in the 600 block of South Prince Street when the defendant was approximately 32 years old and the victim was approximately five.

Charges were filed February 5, 2020 and Cotto-Martinez was arrested in Puerto Rico on February 10, 2020 before being brought to Lancaster for trial.

Lancaster City Bureau of Police Detective Heather Halstead filed charges after conducting an interview in January of 2020 with the juvenile victim, who reported the offense.

The jury deliberated for about 40 minutes after hearing evidence and testimony presented by Assistant District Attorney Karen Mansfield and defense counsel across the two-day trial.

Lancaster County Judge Jeffery Wright presided over the trial and will determine sentence.

MEDIA CONTACT: Sean McBryan, semcbryan@co.lancaster.pa.us; Twitter: @SeanMcBryanLanc.