Man found guilty on all charges in child molestation case

A jury on Friday found Tyson Benavidez Usana guilty of all counts of molesting and raping a girl he had known for years.

Usana was 29 years old when a 16-year-old girl told police in 2019 that he had been touching her private parts since she was about 8 years old.

His case went to trial this week.

The girl testified that she was about 8 years old when it started, 12 or 13 years old when it stopped, and 16 years old when Usana was arrested and charged with several felonies related to criminal sexual conduct.

Court documents say that when she was younger, the abuse happened almost every day. She fought him off as she got older, and it happened less often, according to the documents.

In 2019, Usana was charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct as a first-degree felony, two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct as a first-degree felony, and one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.

The trial resumed Friday in the Guam Supreme Court courtroom with closing arguments. The jury reached a verdict within a few hours.

Assistant Attorney General Cristina Tenorio is the state prosecutor assigned to prosecute the case. Usana is represented by attorney Joseph Razzano.