COLUMBUS: A central Ohio man who admitted he raped an 81-year-old woman two years ago is headed to prison.
The Columbus Dispatch reports that Shawn Malone Jr. received a 25-year prison sentence Monday in Columbus after pleading guilty as part of a plea deal to rape and burglary.
Prosecutors say the 24-year-old Columbus man broke into the woman’s home on the morning of Jan. 20, 2014. They say he fled after she flashed a light outside and called police.
Prosecutors say Malone then returned to her Columbus home when officers left, confronted her and then raped her.
Defense attorneys say Malone has a history of mental illness and was using drugs at the time.
Malone declined to make a statement during his sentencing.