71-year-old from Judsonia officially facing charge of sexually assaulting juvenile employee

The alleged sexual assault was reported last Oct. 25. The juvenile reportedly said that he went to work at Osborne Hydraulics in Judsonia and while he was there, Osborne had him “go upstairs” and “pull his pants down.” He then reportedly grabbed the juvenile’s sexual organ and “made” the juvenile grab his.

Detective Cpl. Andrew Palmer of the White County Sheriff’s Office wrote in the affidavit that a screen shot of a message to the juvenile’s family after the incident was found on Osborne’s phone after it was acquired through a search warrant served Nov. 14.

The juvenile’s family had provided messages it had received from Osborne “in the days following” the alleged incident, according to Palmer, that indicated “he was ‘very sorry for what happened,’ wanted to speak to the juvenile’s mother to ‘work something out,’ and that this would ‘destroy my family and my work.’”

Also collected when the search warrant was executed at Osborne Hydraulics were “multiple DNA swabs,” Palmer wrote, “and the evidence [at the business] was consistent with the juvenile’s disclosure.”

An plea entry of not guilty and waiver of formal arraignment were filed for Osborne in White County Circuit Court by his attorney Tuesday. However, arcourts.gov shows that plea and arraignment is set for April 4.