David Paul
Diamond Lovato, AKA “MJ3000”, was sentenced to an
indefinite sentence of 156 years to life in the penitentiary by
the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court for raping two women on
January 16, 2006 in the City of Dayton. On November 15, 2006,
this defendant was found guilty as charged by a jury on four
counts of Rape by Force, two counts of Kidnapping, two counts of
Felonious Assault, all with sexual motivation specifications, and
one count of Intimidation of a Crime Victim.
The jury also found the defendant
guilty of sexual predator specifications and repeat violent
offender specifications.
During the trial, the jury heard
evidence of the defendant’s lengthy criminal history. In 1985, as
a 15 year old, this defendant was
convicted of Rape of a 5
year old girl. He was incarcerated for that crime until 1988.
Within months of his release, he committed a robbery, and was
sentenced, as an adult, to 3-15 years incarceration. He was
released early by the Parole Board in December 1990. In August
1991 the defendant raped an 11 year old child, and in February
1992 he was sentenced to 8-25 years incarceration and was labeled
a sexual predator. In October 2005 the Parole Board, against our
repeated objections, again released him after serving just 13
years. In January 2006, less than three months after being
released from prison, he committed the rapes in this case.
Prosecutor Mat Heck, Jr. said,
“It’s interesting to note that this defendant, at age 37, has
been out of prison for a total of only about 14 months since he
was 15 years old. Now, he will be imprisoned for the rest of his
life, and not a threat to our community. Violent, repeat offenders
must be incarcerated for the maximum time under the law.”
