Convicted sex offender gets 39-year prison sentence for kidnapping, touching 11-year-old Sandusky girl Darius Knight (Source: Erie County Jail) By Julia Bingel | May 13, 2021 at 10:44 AM EDT - Updated May 13 at 2:59 PM
ERIE COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A convicted sex offender found guilty of kidnapping, importuning, gross sexual imposition and unlawful restraint for touching an 11-year-old girl was sentenced Thursday to 39 years in prison.
A jury found Darius Knight guilty in April.
Knight touched the girl when she showed up at his Barker Street home in August 2019 collecting money for charity.
Knight was released from prison in the summer of 2018 after being convicted of attempted rape.
Convicted sex offender found guilty of touching 11-year-old Sandusky girl Darius Knight (Source: Erie County Jail) By Julia Bingel | April 20, 2021 at 10:23 AM EDT - Updated April 20 at 10:23 AM
ERIE COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A jury found a convicted sex offender guilty of kidnapping, importuning, gross sexual imposition and unlawful restraint for touching an 11-year-old girl.
The trial for Darius Knight started on April 6 in front of Erie County Common Pleas Judge Roger Binette.
Knight touched the girl when she showed up at his Barker Street home in August 2019 collecting money for charity.
Knight was released from prison in the summer of 2018 after being convicted of attempted rape.
Closing arguments in trial for convicted sex offender accused of touching 11-year-old girl Darius Knight (Source: Erie County Jail) By Julia Bingel | April 14, 2021 at 10:56 AM EDT - Updated April 14 at 10:56 AM
ERIE COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - Closing arguments will be heard Wednesday afternoon in the jury trial for a convicted sex offender facing charges of inappropriately touching an 11-year-old girl.
The trial for Darius Knight started on April 6 in front of Erie County Common Pleas Judge Roger Binette.
Knight is charged with kidnapping, importuning, gross sexual imposition and unlawful restraint.
Sandusky police said Knight touched an 11-year-old girl who showed up at his Barker Street home in August 2019 collecting money for charity.