Hearing set in child-rape case

Staff report

GIRARD

A preliminary hearing is set for Aug. 30 in the case of a man accused of raping a child.

Donald J. Bonetti, 45, is in the Trumbull County jail, charged with raping a child under 13 years old. A Girard judge ordered Bonetti to be under house arrest if he posts his $500,000 bond.

Girard police charged Bonetti on Monday after Bonetti voluntarily gave an interview at the police department, according to a police report. An employee for Trumbull County Children’s Services had contacted police about a report that Bonetti had sexually assaulted a girl, who is now 15, beginning when the girl was 7 years old.

Girard Municipal Court lists Bonetti’s address as Palmer Avenue in Campbell, though police believe the sexual assault occurred when Bonetti was living in Girard.