Campbell man gets prison term on sex charges involving children

YOUNGSTOWN — A Campbell man will spend the next six and a half years behind bars for sexually abusing two girls over a 10-year period beginning in 2001.

Carvell Cecil, 38, of Moore Avenue, appeared today before Judge Lou A. D’Apolito or Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for sentencing on charges of gross sexual imposition, importuning, disseminating information harmful to a juvenile and public indecency.

Cecil was charged with the molestation of two different girls beginning when each was 9 years old.

Cecil pleaded guilty to the charges in January. He could have been sentenced to nearly 30 years behind bars. Natasha Frenchko, an assistant county prosecutor, asked for 15 years in prison as part of the plea agreement.

Judge D’Apolito handed down a 61⁄2-year sentence. Cecil will get credit for the 140 days he has spent in Mahoning County jail waiting on the resolution of the case.

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