A Portage County judge has sentenced a Penfield Township man to life in prison, with the possibility of parole after 20 years, for raping and molesting a 10-year-old girl more than three years ago.
Portage County Common Pleas Judge Laurie Pittman sentenced Franklin Janzso, 63, of state Route 18, on Monday at the courthouse in Ravenna, about 50 miles east of Elyria.
Janzso was found guilty of three counts of rape and four counts of gross sexual imposition, all felonies, following a three-day jury trial in Pittman’s courtroom, according to court records and the Portage County Prosecutor’s Office…