Joshua Hubert, accused of throwing girl off I-290 bridge, update

WORCESTER – A man accused of kidnapping, raping and throwing a 7-year-old girl off an Interstate 290 bridge into Lake Quinsigamond in 2017 is scheduled to appear in court next week.

Joshua Hubert – who was charged with rape in December, separate from the other charges – is due to appear in Worcester Superior Court on Wednesday.

Hubert, who maintains his innocence, is accused of aggravated rape, rape of a child, two counts of attempted murder, kidnapping of a child under 16 and strangulation.

Prosecutors allege Hubert was a friend of the girl’s family and attended a barbecue at her grandparents’ house in Worcester on August 26, 2017.

They say he kidnapped the girl early the following morning, put her in his car, sexually assaulted her, strangled her and threw her off the I-290 bridge.

At around 4am on August 27, Shrewsbury Police were called to a house on Lear Street to check on the welfare of the guests.

The girl survived a fall, made it to shore and sought help at a house on the Shrewsbury side of the lake.

Hubert’s attorney, Kevin C. Larson, maintained his client’s innocence and reiterated this in a statement on Friday.

“The longer this case went on, the more outrageous the allegations became,” Larson wrote. “The actual evidence in this case does not support these allegations.”

“After the evidence has been presented to the jury at trial, we are confident that Mr. Hubert will be found not guilty. (He) is innocent.”

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