A 37-year-old Baton Rouge man faces life in prison after he was convicted of multiple sex crimes, including first-degree rape of a child, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney’s Office.
A 12-person jury unanimously found Willie Burt Johnson guilty on Friday of first-degree rape of a child under 13, sexual battery of a child under 13, and indecent behavior with a juvenile under 13, District Attorney Hillar Moore said.
Johnson was a “stepfather figure” to the child when he committed the crimes and had been present in her life for 10 years before, said Assistant District Attorney Schyler Brooks, who led the prosecution…