Ohio Man Sentenced To 70 Years In Child-Sex Case

MARIETTA, Ohio —An Ohio man is vowing to appeal his 70-year prison sentence for rape and other charges linked to computer images involving young boys.
   
Forty-three-year-old Daniel Keck II of Marietta was sentenced Monday by a judge in the southeast Ohio city. A jury had found Keck guilty on 29 charges, which also included counts of gross sexual imposition, kidnapping and illegally using a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance.
   
Keck maintained his innocence, saying during a rambling statement in court that he would never harm children and that he’d been crucified by police and prosecutors.
   
Washington County Common Pleas Judge described Keck’s home as “worse than the cottage in Hansel and Gretel” and ordered that it be forfeited.

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