Jury convicts Whitehall man of sexual offenses

A Whitehall man employed by the state Child and Family Services Division at the time of his arrest was convicted Thursday of sexual crimes against a teenage girl.

Andrew T. Lewis, 53, was found guilty of solicitation of incest, multiple counts of incest and witness tampering after a two and a half day trial in Jefferson County district court. The four-woman, eight-man jury took less than an hour to reach the verdict.

Judge Luke Berger ordered a psychosexual evaluation and a pre-sentence investigation prior to sentencing. Lewis was immediately taken into custody pending a bond hearing set for March 14.