Trotwood man sentenced to prison for seriously injuring woman at Vandalia hotel

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A Trotwood man has been sentenced to prison for kidnapping and seriously injuring a woman in a Vandalia hotel.

William Clarence Smith II, 48, was sentenced by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Susan Solle to a total of 10 to 15 years in prison. He was also found a violent offender, and will need to register every year for 10 years after being released from prison.

William Smith II

Credit: Montgomery County Jail

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Credit: Montgomery County Jail

Smith was charged after investigators said he attacked and sexually assaulted a woman who was his longtime girlfriend on April 10 and 11 at the Knights Inn at 7575 Poe Ave. in Vandalia, according to an affidavit filed in Vandalia Municipal Court.

Court documents said he “struck his girlfriend of eight years with whom [he] resided … several times causing severe injuries to her face.”

He originally was indicted on 10 charges including kidnapping, rape, aggravated robbery, felonious assault, abduction and domestic violence. Most of the charges were dismissed as part of a plea deal where Smith pleaded guilty to felonious assault, domestic violence and kidnapping.

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