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Attorney General Mike DeWine
Wapakoneta
Woman Sentenced For Sexual Battery of a Juvenile
Husband serving four life sentences plus 145 years
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that
an Auglaize County woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on
three charges of sexual battery. Lori Anderson, 51, who was an
elementary school teacher in Auglaize County at the time of her arrest,
pleaded guilty last month to the sexual battery charges.
Anderson and Charles Wycuff, 54, both of Wapakoneta and formerly
husband and wife, were arrested last year after an investigation by the
Attorney General's Crimes Against Children Unit, which is a division of
the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), uncovered evidence
that a child had been sexually abused. The victim is now an adult.
“The acts of this defendant were unconscionable,” said Attorney General
DeWine. “We will continue to pursue those who prey on the vulnerable,
especially when they target children.”
Anderson was also classified as a sexual predator and upon release from
prison will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life.
Wycuff was sentenced last month to four life sentences and an
additional 145 years in prison following his conviction at trial on 43
charges of rape, sexual battery, and gross sexual imposition. The abuse
occurred from 1997 to 2003.
The crimes committed by both defendants occurred in Auglaize County,
but both cases were transferred to Franklin County due to pre-trial
publicity. Prosecutors with Attorney General DeWine's Special
Prosecutions Section prosecuted the case. Visiting Judge Dale Crawford
sentenced both defendants.
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