Five life prison terms plus 20 years for rapist

YOUNGSTOWN — A man who was convicted by a jury last week of raping two young boys is sentenced to five consecutive life prison terms plus 20 years.

Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court imposed the prison time Monday on Michael Kaufman, 40, of Berkshire Drive, who was convicted Thursday of four counts each of rape and gross sexual imposition and one count of felonious sexual penetration.

“You disgust me,” Judge Krichbaum told Kaufman, who showed no emotion. “The beauty of what the jury has done is they’ve put an end to you raping little boys. It’s just never going to happen again,” the judge added.

The crimes occurred in Mahoning County between 1995 and 2003, and the victims were both male relatives of Kaufman, who were between the ages of 8 and 11 when the offenses occurred.

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