CARROLLTON, Ohio — A Carroll County man has been indicted on multiple felony charges involving alleged sexual offenses against children.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced that a Carroll County grand jury returned an eight-count indictment against 46-year-old Shawn Batty of Carrollton on charges of gross sexual imposition.
According to the indictment, two of the charges allege the victims were under the age of 13 at the time of the alleged offenses.
Batty was arrested Thursday morning by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.
The investigation was conducted by the Carrollton Police Department, while the Ohio Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Section is handling the prosecution in Carroll County Common Pleas Court.
Court proceedings will continue in the coming weeks.
An indictment is a formal accusation and is not a finding of guilt. Batty is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
