*** MEDIA ADVISORY***May 6, 2009CHILD MOLESTER HAD TAKEN NUDE PHOTOS OF HIS VICTIM IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CHILD’S MOTHERMedia Contact:  Curtis T. Hill, Jr. - 296-1888 It took a jury only 45 minutes to convict Alric P. Bolt, 42, of Nappanee, of Child Molesting, a Class A Felony in Elkhart Superior Court No. 3.  Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Susan Snyder presented evidence that the child, who is now 13, was about 11 when the various acts of child molestation occurred in July of 2006.  The child first told her cousin about the incidents, who in turn notified the child’s aunt.  The aunt alerted Nappanee police.  Bolt was the boyfriend of the child’s mother, and evidence showed that he molested the girl during a visitation.  The girl testified that Bolt pressured her into entering a shower with him.  Once in the shower he washed her body, touched her genitals and caused her to wash his penis.The child’s mother testified on behalf of Bolt, telling the jury that Bolt admitted physical contact with the child but argued that it was benevolent, as he was assisting her in “washing her hair.”  The defense also presented evidence through the mother’s testimony that the child had passed up numerous opportunities to disclose her sexual abuse and had sought to be alone with the defendant after the events in question.To explain the one-week delay in disclosure and the child’s lack of fear of Bolt, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Snyder showed the mother several photos of the child taken by Bolt a year earlier in the mother’s presence.  The photos, admitted into evidence, showed that the child had been posed nude such that her genitals were indiscernible beneath opaque clothing or strategically placed roses.At Deputy Prosecutor Snyder’s insistence, the mother circled several photos taken in her presence, as well as the photos of which she approved.  During closing arguments, Snyder argued that it was just as illogical to believe that this 11-year-old child misinterpreted an innocent event of “washing her hair” as sexual in nature as it was to believe that the child could immediately fully comprehend the abusive nature of the defendant’s behavior.  The jury verdict would suggest they agreed.Alric P. Bolt will be sentenced on May 28, 2009, in Superior Court No. 3 by the Honorable George W. Biddlecome, and faces up to 50 years in prison.                                                *  *  *