Trial date set for police officer accused of rapes

YOUNGSTOWN

A city police officer on leave accused of raping high-schoolers while coaching track at Ursuline High School is set for trial Oct. 21.

Attorneys for Arthur J. Carter III, 45, of Youngstown, appeared Monday morning before Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony D’Apolito and set the trial date, the judge said Monday.

Carter, a 10-year police officer, faces 23 total counts of sex crimes involving juvenile victims. He was initially indicted in 2017 for offenses involving one victim, then again in April 2018 to include two additional victims.

All the victims were between 15 and 18 years old when the crimes allegedly took place in 2009, prosecutors said.

Carter was placed on leave from the Youngstown Police Department pending the outcome of the case. He remains free on a $50,000 bond.