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Ohio attorney general says new rape-case charges chance for community to begin healing process

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    Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announces indictments against four additional people in relation to the 2012 rape of a high school student, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. The charges against Superintendent Mike McVey include felony counts of obstructing justice, DeWine said. An elementary school principal, Lynnett Gorman, 40, and a strength coach, Seth Fluharty, 26, are charged with failing to report possible child abuse. A former volunteer coach, Matthew Bellardine, 26, faces several misdemeanor charges, including making false statements and contributing to underage alcohol consumption. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) (The Associated Press)

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    Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine answers questions at a news conference where he announced indictments against four additional people in relation to the 2012 rape of a high school student on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. The charges against Superintendent Mike McVey include felony counts of obstructing justice, DeWine said. An elementary school principal, Lynnett Gorman, 40, and a strength coach, Seth Fluharty, 26, are charged with failing to report possible child abuse. A former volunteer coach, Matthew Bellardine, 26, faces several misdemeanor charges, including making false statements and contributing to underage alcohol consumption. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) (The Associated Press)

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    Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine takes a question at a news conference where he announced indictments against four additional people in relation to the 2012 rape of a high school student on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. The charges against Superintendent Mike McVey include felony counts of obstructing justice, DeWine said. An elementary school principal, Lynnett Gorman, 40, and a strength coach, Seth Fluharty, 26, are charged with failing to report possible child abuse. A former volunteer coach, Matthew Bellardine, 26, faces several misdemeanor charges, including making false statements and contributing to underage alcohol consumption. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) (The Associated Press)

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio – Ohio's attorney general says long-anticipated charges against adults implicated in the aftermath of a 16-year-old girl's rape offer the community a chance to begin putting the case behind it.

A grand jury on Monday charged a school superintendent and three others with lying or failing to report possible child abuse after an investigation prompted by the rape of the West Virginia girl by two high school football players.

Attorney General Mike DeWine says the message of the grand jury, which consists of local county residents, is that the community is rectifying the problem and holding people accountable.

The investigation included crimes committed in connection with the case against two members of the celebrated Steubenville High School football team as well as a separate alleged rape that happened in April 2012.
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