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LISBON A 27-year-old East Palestine man could spend his life in prison after pleading guilty to rape and gross sexual imposition involving a young girl.
Kasey L. Helisek, East Clark Street, requested immediate sentencing following guilty pleas in Common Pleas Court on Friday afternoon.
Helisek declined to give a statement and Judge Megan Bickerton pointed out that maybe it was better he did not make a statement because maybe there is nothing he could say about what he did.
Bickerton called what happened the worst offense someone can do and talked about the level of harm that can be caused to a child as he subjected her to things she should have never known about.
LISBON A 27-year-old East Palestine man could spend his life in prison after pleading guilty to rape and gross sexual imposition involving a young girl. K