YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - A Campbell man will have to register as a Tier 3 sex offender for the rest of his life, following an Alford plea in the rape of a 9-year-old girl. 

65-year-old Edwin Molina was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for one charge of gross sexual imposition and two counts of sexual battery. 

According to court records, Molina will get credit for the time he has already served behind bars. 

Molina was arrested in May of 2017 by the U.S. Marshal and Campbell police 

Edwin Molina was arrested in Campbell just hours after the Mahoning County Grand Jury indicted him on four counts of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition.

Assistant Mahoning County Prosecutor Jennifer McLaughlin originally told 21 News that Molina is accused of engaging in sexual conduct and having sexual contact with the girl several times starting back in 2013 up until April 2017.

Molina entered an Alford plea in the case- a special plea that allows the suspect to accept the charges without admitting guilt.