Truck driver gets life in prison for rape of 11-year-old girl

CLEVELAND — A Youngstown truck driver was sentenced to life in prison after a jury convicted him of crossing state lines to rape an 11-year-old girl.

Iraephraim Underwood, 59, drew the sentence today from U.S. District Court Judge Patricia A. Gaughan.

Underwood was convicted in February of one count of crossing a state line to engage in a sex act with someone under age 12 and one count of transporting someone under 18 in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in an illegal sex act.

The case was investigated by the FBI and Youngstown and Boardman police.