The defendant in a case involving the rape of a nine-year-old girl in Girard has been sentenced in court Tuesday morning.

According to prosecutors, 32-year-old Shane Newton was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on one count of Rape and two counts of Gross Sexual Imposition.

Newton must also register as a Tier 3 sex offender for life.

Newton was secretly indicted by a Trumbull County Grand Jury on two counts of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition and was arrested in August of 2022. Newton was found not guilty of the second count of Rape.

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