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Timothy Depatrick Luna sentenced for rape of boys he babysat

Timothy Depatrick Luna (Summit County Prosecutor

Timothy Depatrick Luna (Summit County Prosecutor’s Office)

A 26-year-old man in Ohio who worked as a babysitter through Care.com will spend more than a decade behind bars for sexually assaulting at least three children, at least one of whom was as young as 6.

Summit County Court of Common Pleas Judge Joy Malek Oldfield ordered Timothy Depatrick Luna on Wednesday to serve a sentence of 15 to 20 1/2 years in a state correctional facility, authorities confirmed to Law&Crime.

According to court records, Luna reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty on Friday to two counts of first-degree felony rape and two counts of third-degree felony gross sexual imposition. As part of the plea agreement, Luna was designated as a Tier III sexual offender, the “most severe” designation. After his release from prison, and for the rest of his life, he will be required to register as a sex offender with the local sheriff’s office every 90 days, prosecutors said in an email to Law&Crime.

Luna was charged with six counts of rape accompanied by sexually violent predator specifications, three counts of gross sexual imposition, and one count of importuning following his arrest last year. The remaining charges and the sexually violent predator specifications were dropped in exchange for Luna’s guilty plea.

As previously reported by Law&Crime, Luna held himself out as a babysitter on Care.com.

“Investigators determined Luna was hired after posting his information on www.care.com, a website where families can search for people to assist in babysitting, senior care, tutoring, and pet care,” prosecutors said.

The investigation into the one-time babysitter began when the parents of a 9-year-old boy in Parma Heights filed a complaint against Luna, accusing him of inappropriately touching their child, police said.

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