UPDATE @ 11:55 p.m. (Sept. 1)
One of two local sex offenders nabbed by the U.S. Marshals was indicted.
Kendrick Robinson, 24, of Dayton, was indicted Thursday on two counts of kidnapping, one count of rape and two counts of felonious assault, all felonies and all with a specification as a repeat violent offender. He also faces a misdemeanor aggravated menacing charge, according to the Montgomery County grand jury report.
The charges stem from an Aug. 21 sexual assault and kidnapping case reported in Dayton, online court records show. Robinson is being held on $500,000 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.
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FIRST REPORT (Aug. 26)
U.S. Marshals made two arrests of rape suspects in southwest Ohio within 48 hours of each other.
Edgar F. Barrientos, 66, is in Clark County Jail on multiple felony charges including rape, gross sexual imposition, complicity and disseminate matter harmful to juveniles, according to jail records.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office had issued an arrest warrant for Barrientos for several counts. Barrientos was found and arrested Aug. 23 on a Greyhound bus in Trotwood.
Investigators believe that Barrientos initially fled the state when the warrant was issued.
Less than 48 hours later, U.S. Marshals arrested Kendrick Robinson, 24, for warrants out of Dayton on charges of rape, aggravated assault and kidnapping from August.
Robinson is in Montgomery County Jail on charges of aggravated assault, aggravated menacing, kidnapping and rape.
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