KELSO — A Cowlitz County Superior Court judge Tuesday found a 20-year-old Vancouver man guilty of first-degree child rape and possession of child porn.
Jordan Wayne Pittman was arrested in May 2015, after he was accused of raping and taking nude photos of a then-7-year-old female family member at a Woodland home. His bench trial, meaning there was no jury, was March 2.
According to court documents, Pittman denied raping the girl when he was arrested in May. Superior Court Judge Michael Evans said Pittman’s excuse was suspect and said he trusted the testimony given by a school nurse, to whom the little girl confided.
Evans did not feel that there was enough evidence to convict Pittman of a second count of rape and decided not to convict him of first-degree child molestation.
He will be sentenced 9 a.m. May 3.