Man found not guilty of child rape, sexual abuse in Kettering

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

Credit: JIM NOELKER

Credit: JIM NOELKER

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

A jury found a 24-year-old man accused of sexually abusing a child younger than 13 in Kettering not guilty.

Mitchell Anthony Birchmeier of Kettering went to trial for rape, gross sexual imposition and attempt to commit gross sexual imposition in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.

The trial was scheduled to be begin on April 29. The Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed Monday a jury found Birchmeier not guilty on all charges.

Kettering police opened an investigation after they were called to Dayton Children’s Hospital to speak to a child who was younger than 13 and the child’s parents, said officer Cynthia James, Kettering Police Department public information officer.

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