Man indicted in child-rape case
STAFF report
WARREN — A Trumbull County grand jury indicted a 35-year-old Leavittsburg man on a charge of raping a 5-year-old girl who lived in the home where he was staying. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.
Guy B. McFarland will be arraigned on the rape charge at 11 a.m. next Friday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.
A grand jury handed up the rape indictment earlier this week.
Lt. Don Bishop of the Warren Township Police Department said McFarland was watching the girl March 9 for her father while the father left to work on another house.
The father returned home unexpectedly and saw McFarland sexually assaulting the girl, Bishop said.
Rape of a child under 13 carries a life imprisonment term.
McFarland is being held in the county jail without eligibility to make bond.