Monday, April 18, 2016
WARREN
Jonathan R. Emerine, 24, of North Road in Howland, was sentenced to 31 1/2 years to life in prison this morning after being convicted at trial last week of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition involving two young girls.
The girls, age 11 and 13 testified during the three-day trial in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court that Emerine groped each one.
The touching became rape when it involved penetration of the younger girl’s privates, an assistant county prosecutor said.