Accused child molester to get mental evaluation
WARREN — An mental health evaluation will be performed on Paul E. Tomczak, 60, of Browns Court, Girard, to determine whether he is competent to stand trial on charges that he raped a 7-year-old girl in June.
Tomczak was indicted by a Trumbull County grand jury on two counts of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition. If convicted of the rape charges, he could be sentenced to life in prison.
The gross sexual imposition charges carry a penalty of up to five years in prison each.
Tomczak’s indictment accuses him of committing all four offenses against the girl on June 24.
His next hearing will be held at 9 a.m. Oct. 27 before Judge Andrew Logan of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.
He is being held in Trumbull County Jail in lieu of $300,000 bond.