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Falls man gets life without parole for child rape

Staff report

WARREN — A Newton Falls man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to three counts of child rape.

Terry Weekly, 56, was also declared a Tier 3 sex offender by Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Ronald J. Rice, requiring him to register as a sex offender for his lifetime.

At his plea hearing on Jan. 7, prosecutors stated that Weekly raped a young girl five times, beginning when she was 12 years old. The Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case in October 2024.

Rice described the case as “deeply disturbing,” calling Weekly’s actions “incomprehensible and abhorrent.”

The case was prosecuted by Trumbull County assistant prosecutor Gabriel Wildman.

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