A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the U.S. to evade rape charges​ was found guilty of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials.

A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials.

Nicholas Rossi lived for years as a fugitive before being extradited. A jury in Utah found him guilty of a 2008 sexual assault.