Lester R. Grant, 55, of 6216 Gallia St., Sciotoville, was arraigned Tuesday morning in Portsmouth Municipal Court on a rape charge.
Portsmouth police were called in when a report was made concerning a complaint on behalf of a juvenile girl, who said she had been raped by Grant.
Portsmouth Police Detective Sgt. Jim Charles said
Grant will now be scheduled for a pre-trial hearing. Charles said Grant has served time for a previous sex offense.
Scioto County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Todd Miller said Grant was listed as a Tier 3 sex offender.
A Tier 3 sex offender is the most serious classification, because they have been convicted of an offense that is punishable by more than one year in prison.
A Tier 3 sex offender must register for life, unless he is a juvenile delinquent, in which cases, the registration period is 25 years if he maintains a clean record.
An arrest is merely an accusation. All arrestees should be presumed innocent until and unless the government proves their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in court.
FRANK LEWIS can be reached at (740) 353-3101, ext. 232 or flewis@heartlandpublications.com
Or will that get to Scioto County in 2050 or later?
Concerned mom, move out, they have not failed enough yet for the way they operate. That is, they will fail you again. Take your family anywhere but here. Wish you well.
Reading between your lines that child is still "family' to you. My grandparents thought so about me.
It's the justice system, no it's the people in the positions of the justice system, look at Mowery, a case in point.
If the people in the justice system will do nothing and the PRESS, the PDT's does nothing but retire Publishers and Editors, PTown will continue to wallow in ouR Pig pen called Socioto county. Look at the crime rates and increases, etc.
Lawyers' clients may not win every one of their cases but the lawyers do every time they get paid and some of the Judges act like they are "in the club."
http://www.p-townunderground.blogspot.com/
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
-Edmund Burke (1729-1797)