Jury finds Dayton man guilty of sexually abusing 3 young girls

A jury convicted a Dayton man Thursday afternoon on more than a dozen charges for sexually abusing three young girls.

Ezra Bansobeza was found guilty as charged by a Montgomery County Common Pleas Court jury following a trial that began Monday in Judge Mary Wiseman’s courtroom. He was convicted of three counts of rape involving a child younger than 10; three counts of attempted rape, including one involving a child younger than 10 and one involving a child younger than 13; two counts of kidnapping; and six counts of gross sexual imposition, including five involving a child younger than 13.

He is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 9.

Credit: Montgomery County Jail

Credit: Montgomery County Jail

The Dayton Police Department began an investigation Aug. 14, 2023, when a woman to her 9-year-old daughter to Dayton Children’s Hospital because she had concerns the girl had been sexually assaulted, according to an affidavit filed in Dayton Municipal Court.

In a forensic interview, the girl described multiple assaults by Bansobeza and said that they had occurred during the spring of that year, the affidavit stated.

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While investigating, detectives also became aware of an 8-year-old girl who described multiple similar incidents, court documents read.

Bansobeza was indicted in January for a second time after a third girl came forward who made similar allegations against him.

He remains held in the Montgomery County Jail.

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