Jury finds Providence Forge man not guilty for alleged sex crimes against a minor

A Providence Forge man has been found not guilty on sex crimes against a minor after a jury’s findings in a two-day trial held in Charles City Circuit Court.

Ethan White-Cook had been charged with two counts of sexual penetration with an object against a minor, and one count each of aggravated sexual battery against a minor and sodomy against a minor.

Three of the allegations stemmed from July 3, 2020, while the fourth stemmed from May 20, 2011. The allegations said that White-Cook had committed the acts against the minor, but prosecution was unable to prove those facts to a jury.