(10-10-25) The Mercer County Sheriff’s Office has booked Jonathan Adkins (20) on a 1st degree felony charge of rape.

He is being held in the Mercer County Adult Detention Center with no bail and is awaiting a Mercer County Common Pleas Court hearing.

In Ohio, “1st degree rape” refers to the crime of rape as defined in Ohio Revised Code § 2907.02, which is a first-degree felony. Penalties for a conviction can include a mandatory minimum sentence of five years to life in prison, up to a maximum of life without parole, and fines up to $20,000. The offense involves non-consensual sexual conduct where the victim is unable to consent due to force, threat of force, mental impairment, or being under a specific age.