MARYSVILLE, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio National Guardsman convicted of sexually abusing his three adopted daughters was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The Marysville man, 42, had been charged with 35 crimes, including rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, intimidation and tampering with evidence. The charges were brought several years after he’d told a military publication that he wanted to adopt a girl from Africa to protect her from rape.
The guardsman was convicted last month of 15 counts, including rape and sexual battery, and acquitted on eight other counts – including charges of sexually abusing his stepdaughter – with the remaining charges dropped before the case went to the jury.
The Associated Press isn’t naming the man to protect the children’s identities.
Wednesday’s sentence was announced by Judge David Faulkner, a retired Hardin County judge appointed to hear the case. Faulkner said the man must also register as a sex offender.