Homeless man gets 14-year prison term for raping women

YOUNGSTOWN — A 50-year-old homeless man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for raping or attempting to rape four women on four separate occasions.

The attacks took place in the vacant former Salvation Army building on Mahoning Avenue, which has since been demolished.

Anthony M. Carr received the prison time today from Judge James C. Evans of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court after he pleaded guilty Friday to five counts of kidnapping, four counts of rape and one count of attempted rape.

Natasha K. Frenchko, an assistant county prosecutor, had recommended a 17-year prison term, but that didn’t satisfy one of Carr’s victims.

“I don’t think 17 years is long enough for what he did. Nobody deserves to go through that,” the victim told Judge Evans before he imposed sentence. That victim said Carr kidnapped, raped and punched her.

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