Sexual offender William Shamblin was arraigned this morning on 25 counts of rape, kidnapping and intimidation. Prosecutors say the 34-year-old Cleveland man anally raped a 6-year-old boy repeatedly in 2002 and 2003.
He knew the boy's mother and raped the first-grader when he got home from school, prosecutor's spokesman Ryan Miday said. "Shamblin told the victim if he told anyone about it he would burn him with his cigarette lighter," Miday said.
The boy talked to a social worker. He's living in a group home now, Miday said. The case was assigned to Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John Russo. Shamblin was ordered to submit to an HIV test.
Shamblin, of Storer Avenue, was convicted of sexual assault in 1995 in Texas. His criminal history here includes drunken driving and aggravated vehicular assault in 2004. He was sentenced in January 2005 to two years in prison. His license was suspended until Jan. 13, 2008.
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