COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s attorney general says the latest indictment issued by a grand jury in Steubenville has nothing to do with the rape case the panel is investigating.
The grand jury indicted Hannah Rhinaman, 20, of Mingo Junction yesterday on two counts of receiving stolen property, a fifth degree felony and one count of grand theft, a fifth degree felony, according to a release from Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office.
DeWine says Rhinaman is accused of stealing equipment from the Steubenville city schools and selling it.
If convicted on all counts, Hannah Rhinaman could be sentenced to up to three years in prison.
Rhinaman is the daughter of indicted Steubenville schools technology director William Rhinaman, who is accused of helping cover up a rape committed by two Steubenville High School football players.
William Rhinaman has pleaded not guilty to tampering with evidence and other charges related to the rape case.
The Steubenville grand jury is looking into allegations other crimes were committed in the rape of a 16-year-old girl last year. Two 17-year-olds were sentenced to at least a year in juvenile prison sand one of them was ordered to serve an additional year for photographing the underage girl naked.