Convicted Trumbull Co. man gets new sentencing date hearing

WARREN — Timothy M. Gaut, 36, the former Hubbard man sent to prison for 15 years to life on 21 sex charges, including nine counts of rape of a small child, will get a new sentencing hearing to correct a “clerical error.”

The 11th District Court of Appeals ruled today that Judge W. Wyatt McKay of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court erred in the part of Gaut’s sentencing hearing in September 2008 in which he said Gaut would spend “up to a maximum of five years” on probation at the point that he would be granted parole.

The actual probationary term for Gaut, if or when he is released from prison, is five years. No new sentencing date has been set.