Man indicted in rape of child

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County grand jury has indicted Ralph Smith, 32, of Seneca Street, on one count of raping a child, who was 5 and 6 years old, between Sept. 1, 2005, and Jan. 23, 2007.

Smith faces a potential life prison term if he’s convicted of the rape charge.

Smith also was indicted Thursday on 22 counts of child endangering in the same time frame, pertaining to that child and to another child, who was then between 7 and 9 years old.

Each child endangering count carries a potential two-to-eight-year prison term upon conviction.