A Lehigh County jury Thursday convicted a 43-year-old man in a 2024 rape, prosecutors said.
Erik Contes, of Whitehall Township, is guilty of rape by forcible compulsion, kidnapping to facilitate a felony and sexual assault, all felonies, in addition to misdemeanor indecent assault, according to a news release from the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office.
District Attorney Gavin Holihan announced the verdict following Contes’ trial that began Tuesday before Lehigh County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Steinberg…