The Wood County prosecuting attorney in a statement said the sentence for Gregory Kamer Jr., 38, “is far less than we wanted and far less than he deserves.”
WOOD COUNTY, Ohio — A Bowling Green man was convicted of raping a 5-year-old girl and sentenced to eight years in prison, according to a press release on Thursday from the Wood County Prosecuting Attorney.
Gregory Kamer Jr., 38, avoided the possibility of four consecutive life sentences on the charges, however, when his prior conviction was thrown out by the 6th District Court of Appeals, which found that testimony from the victim should not have been admitted at trial. Prosecutor Paul Dobson, in the news release, expressed his displeasure at the outcome, given what his office believed to be the severity of the crime.
“The result of this case is far less than we wanted and far less than he deserves. Unfortunately, between the …