Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BENNINGTON â A Bennington man was convicted Monday of sexually assaulting a teenage girl but acquitted of two related charges, the culmination of the countyâs first jury trial during the pandemic. The man, Joshua Boyer, was found guilty of sexual assault of a child following a jury deliberation that lasted about six hours Monday. The felony offense carries a mandatory minimum of three years in prison and a mandatory maximum of life. Boyer, 34, will be sentenced in Bennington Superior Criminal Court at a later date. He has been held without bail since April 2018.