A 13-year-old girl broke down in tears Monday, testifying in Carbon County court that a Kunkletown man raped her twice in July 2015 in her Albrightsville area home.

The trial of Stephen E. Hogg Jr., 35, started in the courtroom of Judge Steven R. Serfass on Monday morning.Hogg is facing 12 criminal counts including two each of rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor in a sexual manner, aggravated indecent assault, corruption of a minor with the defendant older than 18 and indecent assault on a person less than 13.The girl, who was 12 when the alleged incidents occurred, testified that the assaults occurred in a guest bedroom of her home where Hogg was staying at the time.Holding back tears and at times sobbing, she said the assaults occurred in July 2015. She said the first assault occurred when Hogg said he would try to fix her cellular phone, which she said had been damaged by water.She went into the bedroom with him. She said he then pushed her down on the bed. She said, “He had sex with me.”She said she tried to fight him off but could not and that at one time he placed his hand over her mouth so she couldn’t yell.She told the jury that Hogg threatened her and her family if she told anyone.The girl said she didn’t tell anyone because she was scared.She said the second assault occurred a few days later, also in the bedroom Hogg was using. She said he again pushed her down on the bed by grabbing her arm and neck.She said she was at the doorway of the room while other family members were playing video games with Hogg. When they went downstairs, the assault occurred.She said he again threatened her and her family if she told anyone.She said she never told anyone until March 2016 when she was at a girlfriend’s house. She told the girlfriend what happened and the girl’s mother heard it. She said the mother called her father and told him what happened.She said Hogg moved out of the house sometime later, but she wasn’t sure of the date.She said he lived at the house for about five or six weeks.She also said she was examined by a doctor at the Child’s Advocacy Center in Scranton and spoke with a person from Carbon County Office of Children and Youth. She added that her father called police to report the incident.Defense attorney Paul Levy, of the public defender’s office, pressed the girl on the time frame of when the alleged assaults occurred.He repeatedly asked if she was sure it was in July. Court filings indicate that Hogg is planning an alibi defense in the case.Other witnessesTestimony was also heard from the girl’s father. He said he knew Hogg through another person and let him stay at his home because he was told that Hogg was homeless. He also said, “I thought he was a friend.”He said Hogg was going to stay for a period of time before making arrangements to move in with a relative. He said Hogg stayed about five or six weeks. He said he left one day, late in the evening, without notice.The father said when he was told about the assaults in March 2016 by the mother of his daughter’s girlfriend, he immediately called state police at Fern Ridge. A trooper came to the home and took preliminary information and said a detective would contact him later.Levy questioned the father extensively about when Hogg resided at the home. The father said Hogg moved in late in July, which was different from the girl’s testimony, that he moved in early in July.Dr. Marla Farrell, of the advocacy center, testified she interviewed the girl after a forensic doctor had examined her. She explained in detail what type of examination is done at the center and the questions asked of the victim.Jill Geissinger, supervisor of the county children and youth office, testified she became involved in the investigation in March 2016, when she was a caseworker. She said she spoke with the girl at her home.She said the girl would not come downstairs to meet with her but said she would talk with her in her bedroom. Geissinger said when she entered the bedroom the girl pointed to the bedroom across the hall and said, “Don’t go in there, that’s where it happened.”She said she also went to Hogg’s residence and gave him paperwork indicating he was being investigated for possible sexual assault.She said Hogg became upset and acted very surprised. When told what the allegations were, Geissinger said Hogg told her the that girl had “come on to him” but he didn’t respond.He did not say any more.The jury was picked on March 6, but the start was delayed until April 3 due to legal matters that arose.The trial resumed today with the commonwealth expected to conclude its part of the case.Assistant District Attorney Cynthia Ann Dyrda Hatton is the prosecutor.