Carmichaels man gets up to 20 years for child sexual assault
A Greene County judge sentenced a Carmichaels man to up to 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting a boy repeatedly over the course of four years.
John Lohr, 57, pleaded guilty in February to involuntary deviate sexual assault of a person under 16, corruption of minors and indecent assault, and no contest to sexual assault before President Judge William R. Nalitz.
Lohr was sentenced Friday to 10 to 20 years in prison for the involuntary deviate sexual assault charge. The sentences for the other charges were ordered to run concurrently.
Lohr is a former member of the advisory board for Greene County Children and Youth Services.
The victim, now in his early teens, testified at a preliminary hearing last fall that Lohr gave him energy drinks to keep him awake during the assaults, which occurred at various places in Carmichaels and West Virginia. He testified that he was sexually assaulted hundreds of times between October 2009, and Aug. 14.
The Herald-Standard does not identify victims in sexual assault cases.
The teen testified he always told Lohr no, and on many occasions tried to physically fight off the abuse. He told the court he was afraid that he or another family member would be killed by Lohr. He testified that Lohr routinely threatened to kill him or his family if he disclosed the assaults.
Nalitz ordered an evaluation for Lohr by the state Sexual Offenders Assessment Board. A hearing on the board’s determination and Lohr’s classification as a sexual offender will take place at 1:30 today before Nalitz.