Crime & Safety
Trial For Man Charged With Throwing Child Off Bridge Set For April
A Worcester man accused of raping a seven-year-old girl and throwing her off a bridge is set to stand trial in Worcester Superior Court.
WORCESTER, MA - Joshua Hubert, who was accused in 2017 of kidnapping and raping a seven-year-old girl before throwing her off the I-290 bridge in Lake Quinsigamond, is set to go to trial April 7 in Worcester Superior Court, according to court records.
Rape charges were filed in December 2023. In two separate indictments in 2018, Hubert was charged with two counts of attempted murder, one count of kidnapping a child under the age of 16 and strangulation or suffocation. He was held on $2 million bond at the time.
Hubert was allegedly at a cookout with the victim's family the day before the time. He is accused of putting the girl in his car where he strangled her and then threw her off the I-290 bridge over Lake Quinsigamond. The girl swam to shore and sought help at a home on the Shrewsbury side of the lake.
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According to the Telegram & Gazette, Hubert has maintained his innocence since 2017. His lawyer said in a statement to the Telegram on Friday that the wrong person has been charged.
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