A Norwich man has been charged with raping a person he knew in Willet between 2019 and this year, Cortland County sheriff’s officers said.
Joshua A. Marshall, 31, of Norwich, was charged Friday with first-degree rape, a felony, and third-degree assault, a misdemeanor. Police said an investigation revealed he subjected a person to inappropriate sexual contact over five years, but gave no other details of the incident or incidents.
State penal code states that first-degree rape, punishable by up to 25 years in prison occurs in one of four instances:
•By forcible compulsion.
•When the victim cannot consent because of being physically helpless.
•When the victim is younger than 11.
•When the victim is younger than 13 and the suspect is 18 or older.
Marshall was arraigned via Cortland County central arraignment and send to the Cortland County Jail on $10,000 bail or $20,000 bond pending an appearance Oct. 3 in Town of Willet Court.
