CANTON ‒ A 58-year-old man from Nimishillen Township has been sentenced to eight years in prison for raping a girl when she was under age 13.

The sentence given by Stark County Common Pleas Judge Chryssa N. Hartnett to Evert L. Steed covers three counts of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition. The crimes occurred between Jan. 1, 2004, and Aug. 31, 2009.

Steed was represented by the Stark County Public Defender's Office, which does not comment on clients' cases outside of court.

His Sept. 3 guilty pleas and sentence were recorded in a judgment entry filed Sept. 17.

Steed will be required to register his address with the local sheriff every 90 days for the rest of his life.

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