A Willcox man, Joshua William Scheu, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 210 months in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
In November 2004, the 37-year-old Scheu pulled his vehicle over to the side of the road where the victim was waiting for some friends on the Gila River Indian Nation. Scheu then got out of his vehicle, chased the child, pushed her into a cornfield, and forcibly raped her. The case remained “cold” until 2019 when DNA led to the identification of Scheu as the perpetrator. The victim was an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Nation.
Scheu will be placed on lifetime supervised release with stringent sex offender conditions upon release from prison. He also will be required to register as a sex offender and to complete a sex offender treatment program.