BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Broome County District Attorney Paul Battisti says a career criminal could spend the rest of his life in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl.
Willis Bickham Jr. of Binghamton was sentenced yesterday to 20 years to life after a Broome County jury convicted him of rape.
On June 24 of last year, Bickham coerced the girl into an apartment at 2 Green Street in the city, claimed to have a knife, and forced the girl to have sexual intercourse with him. He was also found guilty of forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child…