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Man gets 5 years on rape charges

LISBON — A 60-year-old Hanoverton man was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for sexual conduct with a 14-year-old girl.

Melvin Wayne Vollmar, Lisbon Street, had previously pleaded guilty to four counts of rape.

Assistant County Prosecutor Megan Bickerton said Vollmar used his knowledge that the girl was a “troubled child” in order to get her to do what he wanted, including making threats that if she did not she would end up in foster care.

Additionally, Bickerton said she has concerns Vollmar thinks because the girl was troubled she was in some way responsible for what happened. Bickerton said she has spoken to the girl.

“She is very mature for her age,” Bickerton said, “but that doesn’t make what happened her fault.

Before sentencing, Vollmar, who has difficulty hearing, addressed Judge Scott Washam stating he loves the girl and that they just disagree. Vollmar indicated he just wanted to get his prison time behind him so he can move forward.

In the county jail since his arrest in April 2017, Vollmar has credit for more than a year of the time already served. He will be required to register as a Tier III sexual offender, which is the most severe classification requiring him to register his address for the rest of his life and verify it every 90 days.

While the teenager and her family were not present in the courtroom, Bickerton said the girl remains angry about what happened to her.

The charges Vollmar pleaded guilty to were for having sex with the girl in the summer months of 2016 and for having various other types of sex with her beginning in the summer of 2016 and continuing until December 2016.

He was initially charged with 12 charges, including the four counts of rape. The other charges were four counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and four counts of sexual battery.

djohnson@mojonews.com

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