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Attorney General’s Office
Ohio Man
Sentenced to Life in Prison for Kidnapping, Rape of Child
(JACKSON, Ohio) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Jackson County
Prosecuting Attorney Justin Lovett announced today that a Jackson man
has been sentenced to serve life in prison without parole following his
conviction for the 2013 rape and kidnapping of a six-year-old child.
Zachary Dunn
Following a jury trial prosecuted jointly by the Jackson County
Prosecutor's Office and Attorney General DeWine's Special Prosecutions
Section in April, Zachary Dunn, 32, was found guilty of three counts of
kidnapping with sexual motivation specifications, one count of
abduction, one count of rape, two counts of gross sexual imposition,
and one count of felonious assault.
Judge Christopher J. Regan today sentenced Dunn to life in prison
without parole.
"This defendant committed one of the most heinous crimes imaginable,
and with today's sentence he will never have the chance to hurt another
child ever again," said Attorney General DeWine. "Those who
target children in this state will be met with the full force of the
law."
"Zachary Dunn is a callous child predator who still shows no genuine
remorse for the terrible acts he committed against a defenseless
six-year-old girl, and he is most deserving of nothing less than the
maximum possible punishment that was handed down today," said Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney Justin Lovett.
Dunn was arrested in July 2013 after kidnapping the six-year-old girl
from her Jackson home. Dunn sexually assaulted the victim and
abandoned her in a Liberty Township cemetery before she managed to
reach a nearby residence for help.
Members of Attorney General DeWine's Crimes Against Children Critical
Response Team assisted the Jackson Police Department, Jackson County
Sheriff's Office, and multiple other law enforcement and public safety
agencies in the investigation and search for the child and
suspect. The Jackson Police Department was the lead investigating
agency on the case.
As part of today's sentence, Judge Regan also classified Dunn as a Tier
III sex offender.
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