Superior Court Associate Judge Teresa K. Kim-Tenorio yesterday found probable cause to charge retired U.S. Army reservist Michael Barry Murphy over the alleged sexual abuse of a 4-year-old girl. <\/p>\n
As this developed, assistant attorney general Betsy Weintraub said the government is going to file separate charges against Murphy for allegedly also sexually abusing the 4-year-old girl\u2019s 20-year-old mother, who disclosed that the defendant also sexually abused her when she was 9 to 12 years old between 2005 and 2008.<\/p>\n
At a preliminary hearing, Kim-Tenorio found probable cause to believe that the crimes of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree were committed and that Murphy may have committed such offenses.<\/p>\n
Kim-Tenorio ordered the 54-year-old Murphy to answer the charges.<\/p>\n
Arraignment will be on Aug. 29 at 9am.<\/p>\n
The judge granted Weintraub\u2019s motion to dismiss the charge of assault and battery as it is already a lesser included offense of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree.<\/p>\n
At the hearing, Weintraub called to the witness stand Police Detective Catherine B. Pangelinan, who narrated to the court about their investigation that led to Murphy\u2019s arrest last Aug. 15.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor stated in the information that Murphy sexually abused the 4-year-old girl last Aug. 6.<\/p>\n
Attorney Janet H. King is private counsel for the defendant. <\/p>\n
According to Pangelinan\u2019s report, the 20-year-old woman stated that when she came back home last Aug. 5 at 2am, she was shocked and scared upon seeing Murphy sexually abusing her 4-year-old daughter in the room.<\/p>\n
Another woman, 26, also told police that the defendant sexually abused her when she was 9 to 14 years old at a house on Capital Hill and in a jungle in Obyan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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