Salesman pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges

VISTA — A door-to-door salesman pleaded not guilty in court Dec. 29 to 14 charges that allege he bound and sexually assaulted two sisters at knifepoint after being let inside their Escondido home to show a demonstration of a cleaning solution. Joshua Thomas Nitkin, 21, who is 5-feet-8-inches tall and weighs 145 pounds, was said [...]