ROSS COUNTY, Ohio — A Hocking County man will spend the next several years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of rape.
Scott A. Sanford, 40, was indicted in October of last year.
Sanford, at the time, was taken into custody and transported to the Ross County Jail, where he remained incarcerated on a $1 million bond.
On Friday, April 22, Sanford pled guilty to both first degree felony counts of rape. Judge Matthew Schmidt sentenced him to 8 years in prison on the first count of rape, and 7 years on the second. According to court records, both sentences will run consecutively.
Scott Sanford upon release from prison will have to register as a Tier III sex offender every 90 days for the rest of his life.
