By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
SOURCE: Lima News
LIMA — A Lima man has been indicted by an Allen County grand jury on 83 counts related to the rape and sexual abuse of three young girls over a span of nearly two years.
Matthew Smith, 33, of Lima, was indicted on 69 counts of rape, first-degree felonies, in addition to four counts of gross sexual imposition and 10 counts of sexual battery, felonies of the third degree, in connection with incidents that allegedly took place from March 2019 to September 2020.
The victims were ages 13, 10 and 8 at the time of the alleged sexual assaults, according to the indictments.