Competency test set for man charged with rape of 7-year-old girl

WARREN — A 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.

A Trumbull County grand jury indicted Tomczak 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 charges of gross sexual imposition carry a penalty of up to five years in prison each.

Tomczak’s indictment accuses him of committing all four offenses against the girl June 24. His next hearing will be at 9 a.m. Oct. 27 before Judge Andrew Logan of common pleas court. He is in the county jail in lieu of $300,000 bond.