MESSAGE FROM PROSECUTOR SHERRI BEVAN WALSH

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Martin Convicted of Multiple Counts of Rape

(September 7, 2011… Akron) … Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced today that a jury found Earl Martin, 43, of Ripley Avenue in Akron, guilty of four counts of Rape, first-degree felonies, and seven counts of Gross Sexual Imposition, third-degree felonies.

Martin molested young female relatives and some of their female friends over a 20-year span. There were six victims, whose ages ranged from three to 11 when the abuse occurred.

Judge Alison McCarty will sentence Martin on October 25 at 9 a.m. He could spend the rest of his life in prison.

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