State v. Tharp, 2007ca00050 (10-20-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} On December 8, 2006, the Fairfield County Grand Jury indicted appellant, Randall Tharp, on two counts of kidnapping in violation of R.C. 2905.01, one count of abduction in violation of R.C. 2905.02, one count of attempt to commit rape in violation of R.C. 2907.02, and one count of gross sexual imposition in violation of R.C. 2907.05. Said charges arose from an incident wherein appellant took a child into a bathroom in a church, and attempted to remove the child's panties.

{¶ 2} On August 10, 2007, appellant pled guilty to one of the kidnapping counts and the gross sexual…