36-year sentence for convicted Lima rapist, drug dealer
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Lima resident Terrez Carter was sentenced to 36 years in prison Monday after being convicted by an Allen County jury in March of six counts of rape, along with kidnapping and drug-related charges.
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Terrez Carter, 48, dabbed tears from his eyes Monday as supporters asked Judge Jeffrey Reed for leniency for the Lima man.
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LIMA A Lima man convicted in March by an Allen County jury of raping two women and dealing cocaine was sentenced Monday to 36 years in prison.
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Alleged victim in Lima rape trial takes the stand
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Sara Tipton, a forensic scientist with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, testified that evidence taken from the home of Terrez Carter and submitted to BCI for analysis consisted of nearly 45 grams of cocaine.
Detective Steve Stechschulte of the Lima Police Department will return to the witness stand when testimony resumes Friday morning.
Terrez Carter, right, showed little emotion Thursday in an Allen Countyc ourtroom as the second of two women who claimed to have been raped by the Lima man took the witness stand. Testimony in Carter’s trial will continue on Friday.
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Lima drug dealer gets 6-year prison sentence
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Dontez Laws, 25, of Lima, left, was sentenced Monday to a minimum of six years in prison on several drug-related counts, the most serious of which involved trafficking in heroin and a fentanyl-related substance.
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Dontez Laws left an Allen County courtroom in handcuffs Monday to begin serving a six-year prison sentence for dealing narcotics in Lima.
J Swygart | The Lima News
LIMA A Lima man will spend the next six years in prison for trafficking in heroin and a fentanyl-related compound and other related charges.