A Washington County man who faced charges of child rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child and child endangerment received his punishment. After a three day jury trial, Jerome Stewart, 40 of Elco was convicted on 11 of 12 counts that he faced. Stewart was accused of sexual assault of an 8 year old that over the course of 10 years miscarried a pregnancy at age 13 and delivered a baby at age 15. DNA evidence presented at the end of the trial showed that the probability that Jerome Stewart was the father of the victims child was 99.9999998%. The jury took just 90 minutes to find Stewart guilty of the child rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, child endangerment and 8 other assault related felonies and misdemeanors. The jury did find Stewart not guilty on a tampering with evidence charge. Stewart was accused of taking the fetus of the victim’s miscarriage and sealing it in a glass jar and carrying it with them every time they moved residences. This conviction is not the end of the line for Stewart. He still faces 5 other criminal cases for sexual assault of minors and 30 counts of child pornography. Stewart was offered a plea deal on all 6 cases of 30-60 years in prison. According to prosecutors, on the conviction of child rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, Stewart faces 10 to 20 years in prison at minimum on both counts. Stewart will be sentenced on February 9, 2024.