All Crawford County rape charges last year involved juvenile victims
In all eight cases, the victim was a juvenile. Crawford County Prosecutor Matt Crall theorized the trend may be an offshoot of the pandemic. "People have more anxiety and more anger toward each another," he said. "You see it in our politics — politics now are two people screaming at each other instead of arguing ideas." Domestic violence also has increased over the last year, Crall noted. In one of the two most recent cases, Fred Hatfield, 73, Galion, was indicted on seven counts of rape, a...
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