Man Indicted on 9 Counts Including Rape of Child Under 13

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 7, 2023

Clermont County Prosecuting Attorney Mark J. Tekulve announces the indictment of Nelson Smith. Smith was indicted today for 6 Counts of Rape of a child under the age of 13, 1 Count of Gross Sexual Imposition and 2 Counts of Sexual Battery. If convicted, Smith faces 40 years to life in prison.

Nelson Smith admitted to engaging in vaginal intercourse, digital penetration and cunnilingus with the child and making her perform fellatio on him. The child was 12 and 13 years old at the time of the various offenses that Smith admitted to committing. There is an additional Count for when she was even younger. Smith was asking family members for money to purchase a plane ticket to travel to Florida. He was apprehended by Clermont County Sheriff’s Deputies, at a rest stop on Interstate 75 (I-75) North of Interstate 275 (I-275). The Ohio State Highway Patrol then transported Smith to the Butler County Jail where he awaited transportation to Clermont County. Smith will be arraigned tomorrow morning at the Clermont County Common Pleas Court.

“Together with Law Enforcement, my office is dedicated to stopping both sexual and physical abuse against children, especially at the hands of those who are in their lives to protect them.”

-Mark J. Tekulve, Clermont County Prosecutor

Nelson Smith DOB: 2/22/1991

*Mugshot courtesy of the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office*