WARREN — A 65-year-old Warren man will spend 19 to 24.5 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of kidnapping and attacking a 70-year-old woman in her home.

John Baker was sentenced Monday by Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Sarah Thomas Kovoor. The same jury convicted him on Sept. 4 after a three-day trial. Jurors cleared him of one count of first-degree rape after deliberating for almost two hours.

The attack happened Feb. 20, inside a house on Summerdale Avenue in Champion. The victim told the court Baker threw her onto a bed and hurt her with something sharp.

She locked herself in the bathroom and called 911. She said Baker stabbed the door about 11 times with a knife while threatening to kill her.

Prosecutors showed body-camera videos, played 911 recordings, showed photos

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