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Ex-con charged with sex crime
By John W. GOODWIN Jr.
YOUNGSTOWN
John E. Scott already has served 25 years in prison for raping a boy and now is back behind bars for trying to entice a 13-year-old boy to have sex.
Scott, 44, of Millet Avenue, appeared before Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court and ultimately entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors that called for Scott to plead guilty to the felony charge of importuning, or enticing a juvenile of the same sex to engage in sexual activity, which he did in June.
Scott could have been sentenced to five years on the third-degree felony, but in exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors recommended an 18-month sentence.
Judge Krichbaum adopted the 18-month prison recommendation along with a five-year period of monitored parole upon his release from prison.
Scott did receive credit for the 67 days he was incarcerated in the county jail before sentencing.
As part of his sentence, Scott will be placed into a sexual-offender program.
According to police reports, Scott became the subject of a police investigation after a 13-year-old West Side boy told a friend’s parents that Scott had exposed himself to the boy.
The boy told police he first became aware of Scott while playing basketball with a friend with no shirt on. The boy said he noticed Scott staring in their direction as they played the game.
According to police, the boy said Scott eventually walked over and offered him $1, then asked if the boy would return to his house later that evening.
The teenager told police he did not go to Scott’s house that evening but was approached by Scott a few days later when visiting the same friend.
The boy said Scott gave him another $1 and asked the youngster to come to the back of his home saying, “Take your shirt off, and show me your body.”
The boy told police Scott eventually lured him to the rear of the house, lifted his own shorts and exposed his genitals. The boy then told an adult, who in turn contacted police.
Scott was released from prison last year after serving 25 years in prison for the rape of a 7-year-old boy. Reports say he was arrested on the crime in 1984 in Cleveland.
The Mahoning County Sheriff’s department website had listed Scott as a sex offender living at the Millet Avenue address.