COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A man who said he has had sex with 800 to 900 women over the past seven years was sentenced Thursday.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.
Edwin “Gene” Zimmerman, 47, was sentenced to 20 years in prison without the chance for parole.
He was sentenced in Franklin County Common Pleas Court on two first-degree felony rape charges and one attempted rape charge.
Judge Richard Frye also fined him $35,000 and labeled him as a sexual predator.
He pleaded guilty to those charges Monday, June 22.
He originally was charged with one count of rape and one count of abduction.
Zimmerman, 46, was arrested Thursday, July 3, 2008, after two women said they were abducted for sex.
When he was arrested, Zimmerman told investigators he had slept with 800 to 900 women during the past seven years.
Investigators said Zimmerman claimed to have targeted homeless women and prostitutes on the city’s West Side.
Zimmerman’s criminal record is long and violent, according to authorities. In 1985, Zimmerman was charged with sexual battery. He also has been charged with numerous counts of domestic violence, although many were dismissed because his victims refused to testify. Zimmerman was convicted in 2005 for aggravated assault.
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