Loudonville Man Arrested After Indictment

Joe Lyons • January 17, 2023

ASHLAND COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY CHRISTOPHER R. TUNNELL ANNOUNCES INDICTMENT AGAINST LOUDONVILLE MAN FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE

Ashland County Prosecuting Attorney Christopher R. Tunnell announced a Grand Jury has issued a nine count Indictment against Robert Shane Haudenschild, age 35 of Loudonville following an extensive investigation into allegations he sexually abused two female children aged 13 and 15. Charges include endangering children, corrupting another with drugs, rape, disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, sexual battery, importuning, and gross sexual imposition. Haudenschild faces a maximum indefinite prison term of thirty-nine to forty-four and a half years (39-44.5) if convicted of all the charges.

Each count in the indictment alleges the offense occurred over a period of months and as part of a course of conduct in various Ohio counties, West Virginia and Kentucky. Prosecutor Tunnell explained, “The State alleges that the victims, the 15-year-old in particular, were subjected to multiple instances of abuse, over a period of time. The Defendant is further alleged to have travelled with his victims while continuing to abuse them. The result is offenses occurring in multiple jurisdictions. Ohio law allows, in certain circumstances, for one jurisdiction to consolidate charges which are alleged to have occurred as part of a course of conduct.”

The investigation was led by Sgt. Sean Gorrell of the Loudonville Police Department and involved multiple agencies which included the Loudonville Police Department, Ashland County Department of Job and Family Services, Ashland County Prosecutor’s Office, Ashland County Sheriff’s Office, and Ashland Police Department.

Tunnell added, “Every instance of child abuse is a tragedy and this situation is no exception. Ashland County citizens, however, should take heart that the coordination and teamwork between agencies is outstanding. We can’t always prevent these situations, but the men and women charged with protecting our children have, and will, put the work in to bring perpetrators to justice.”

Robert Shane Haudenschild is innocent until proven guilty. He has plead not guilty and is scheduled for trial in the Ashland County Court of Common Pleas on March 21, 2023

Robert Shane Haudenschild, 36, of Loudonville, Ohio was Indicted on the following charges:

Count One: Endangering Children, a felony of the second degree/Specification.

Count Two: Trafficking in Persons – Commercial Sex Acts, a felony of the first degree.

Count Three: Corrupting Another with Drugs, a felony of the fourth degree.

Count Four: Rape, a felony of the first degree.

Count Five: Disseminating Matter Harmful to Juveniles, a felony of the fifth degree.

Count Six: Sexual Battery, a felony of the third degree.

Count Seven: Sexual Battery, a felony of the third degree.

Count Eight: Sexual Battery, a felony of the third degree.

Count Nine: Importuning. a felony of the fifth degree.

Count Ten: Gross Sexual, a felony of the fourth degree.

Indictment reads as follows:

INDICTMENT

THE STATE OF OHIO ASHLAND COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Of the 2nd Partial in the year two thousand twenty-three

THE JURORS OF THE GRAND JURY OF THE State of Ohio, within and for the body of the County aforesaid, on their oaths, in the name and by the authority of the State of Ohio, do find and present that ROBERT SHANE HAUDENSCHILD (IA: Loudonville Police Department) did:

COUNT ONE: ENDANGERING CHILDREN (Section 2919.22(B)(5), 2919.22(E)(4) of the Ohio Revised code), a felony of the second degree.

In that on or about January 1, 2022 through October 31, 2022, in Ashland County, Ohio, Robert Shane Haudenschild, did entice, coerce, permit, encourage, compel, hire, employ, use, or allow “Jane Doe” (DOB: XX-XX -2007), a child under eighteen years of age, DOB: XX-XX-2007, to act, model, or in any other way participate in, or be photographed for, the production, presentation, dissemination, or advertisement of any material or performance that the offender knew or reasonably should have known was obscene, was sexually oriented matter, or was nudity-oriented matter, in violation of Ohio Revised Code Section 2919.22(B)(5), 2919.22(E)(4) ENDANGERING CHILDREN, a felony of the second degree.

SPECIFICATION ONE TO COUNT ONE: (Section 2941.1422(A) of the Ohio Revised code)

The Grand Jurors further find and specify that the offense as stated in Count One was committed while the said Robert Shane Haudenschild knowingly committed the offense in furtherance of human trafficking.

Furthermore, by virtue of Section 2901.12 (H) of the Ohio Revised Code, the offense was committed in Ashland County, Ohio and/or Holmes County, Ohio and/or Knox County, Ohio and/or Brown County, Ohio and/or any other unknown county in Ohio and/or the state of Kentucky and/or the state of West Virginia

COUNT TWO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – COMMERCIAL SEX ACTS (Section 2905.32(A)(1), 2905.32(E) of the Ohio Revised Code), a felony of the first degree.

In that on or about January 1, 2022 through October 31, 2022, in Ashland County, Ohio, Robert Shane Haudenschild, did knowingly recruit, lure, entice, isolate, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, or maintain, or knowingly attempt to recruit lure, entice, isolate, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, or maintain, another person, to wit: “Jane Doe” (DOB: XX-XX -2007), when the offender knew that the other person would be compelled to engage in sexual activity for hire, engage in a performance that is obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented, or be a model or participant in the production of material that is obscene, sexually oriented or nudity oriented, in violation of Ohio Revised Code Section 2905.32(A)(1), 2905.32(E) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – COMMERCIAL SEX ACTS, a felony of the first degree.

Furthermore, by virtue of Section 2901.12 (H) of the Ohio Revised Code, the offense was committed in Ashland County, Ohio and/or Holmes County, Ohio and/or Knox County Ohio and/or Brown County, Ohio and/or any other unknown county in Ohio and/or the state of Kentucky and/or the state of West Virginia

COUNT THREE: CORRUPTING ANOTHER WITH DRUGS (Section 2925.02(A)(4)(a), 2925.02(C)(3) of the Ohio Revised Code), a felony of the fourth degree. In that on or about January 1, 2022 through October 31 , 2022, in Ashland County, Ohio, Robert Shane Haudenschild, did knowingly, by any means, furnish or administer a controlled substance to a juvenile, “Jane Doe” (DOB: XX-XX-2007), XX-XX-2007, who is at least two years Robert Shane Haudenschild’s junior, when the offender knew the age of the juvenile or was reckless in that regard and the drug involved is marihuana, I-Pentyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole, 1 -Butyl3-(1 -naphthoyl) indole, 1-2-(4-morphoIinyl)ethyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole, 5-(1 ,1-dimethylheptyl)-2-(1 R,3S)-3hydroxycyclohexyl-phenol, or 5-(1 , R,3S)-3-hydroxycyclohexyl-phenol, to wit: Marihuana, a Schedule I drug, in violation of Ohio Revised Code Section CORRUPTING ANOTHER WITH DRUGS, a felony of the fourth degree.

COUNT FOUR: RAPE (Section 2907.02(A)(1)(a), 2907.02(B) of the Ohio Revised Code), a felony of the first degree.

In that on or about January 1, 2022 through October 31 , 2022, in Ashland County, Ohio, Robert Shane Haudenschild, did engage in sexual conduct with “Jane Doe” (DOB: XX-XX-2007) who was not the spouse of the offender, and, for the purpose of preventing resistance, substantially impaired her judgment or control by administering a drug, intoxicant, or controlled substance to her surreptitiously or by force, threat of force, or deception, in violation of Ohio Revised Code Section 2907.02(A)(1)(a), 2907.02(B), RAPE, a felony of the first degree.

FURTHERMORE, the offender substantially impaired the other person’s judgment or control by administering a controlled substance, as defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code, to the other person surreptitiously or by force, threat of force, or deception.

COUNT FIVE: DISSEMINATING MATTER HARMFUL TO JUVENILES (Section 2907.31 2907.31 (F) of the Ohio Revised Code), a felony of the fifth degree.

In that on or about January 1, 2022 through October 31, 2022, in Ashland County, Ohio, Robert Shane Haudenschild, did recklessly sell, deliver, furnish, disseminate, provide, exhibit, rent, or present to “Jane Doe” (DOB: XX-XX–2007), a juvenile, material or performance that is obscene with Robert Shane Haudenschild having knowledge of the character or content of said material or performance, in violation of Ohio Revised Code Section 2907.31 (A)(l ), 2907.31 (F), DISSEMINATING MATTER HARMFUL TO JUVENILES a felony of the fifth degree.

COUNT SIX: SEXUAL BATTERY (Section 2907.03(A)(5), 2907.03(B) of the Ohio Revised Code), a felony of the third degree.

In that on or about December 1, 2020 through October 31, 2022, in Ashland County, Ohio, Robert Shane Haudenschild, did engage in sexual conduct, to wit: vaginal intercourse, with “Jane Doe” (DOB: XX-XX-2007), not his spouse, Robert Shane Haudenschild being the father of “Jane Doe”, in violation of Ohio Revised Code Section 2907.03 (A)(5), 2907.03(B), SEXUAL BATTERY, a felony of the third degree.

COUNT SEVEN: SEXUAL BATTERY (Section 2907.03(A)(5), 2907.03(B) of the Ohio Revised Code), a felony of the third degree.

In that on or about December 1, 2020 through October 31, 2022, in Ashland County, Ohio, Robert Shane Haudenschild, did engage in sexual conduct, to wit: fellatio, with “Jane Doe” (DOB: XX-XX-2007), not his spouse, Robert Shane Haudenschild being the father of “Jane Doe”, in violation of Ohio Revised Code Section 2907.03(A)(5), 2907.03 (B), SEXUAL BATTERY, a felony of the third degree.

COUNT EIGHT: SEXUAL BATTERY (Section 2907.03(A)(5), 2907.03(B) of the Ohio Revised code), a felony of the third degree.

In that on or about December 1, 2020 through October 31, 2022, in Ashland County, Ohio, Robert Shane Haudenschild, did engage in sexual conduct, to wit: cunnilingus, with “Jane Doe” (DOB: XX-XX-2007), not his spouse, Robert Shane Haudenschild being the father of “Jane Doe”, in violation of Ohio Revised Code Section 2907.03 (A)(5), 2907.03(B), SEXUAL BATTERY, a felony of the third degree.

COUNT NINE: IMPORTUNING (Section 2907.07(D)(1), 2907.07(F)(3) of the Ohio Revised Code), a felony of the fifth degree.

In that on or about December 1, 2020 through October 31, 2022, in Ashland County, Ohio, Robert Shane Haudenschild, did recklessly solicit “Jane Doe” (DOB: XX-XX-2007) by means of a telecommunications device, as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, to engage in sexual activity with Robert Shane Haudenschild who was eighteen years of age or older and “Jane Doe” was thirteen years of age or older but less than sixteen years of age, to wit: DOB: XX-XX-2007, and Robert Shane Haudenschild knew that the victim was thirteen years of age or older but less than sixteen years of age or was reckless in that regard, and Robert Shane Haudenschild was four or more years older than the victim, in violation of Ohio Revised Code Section 2907.07(D)(1), 2907.07(F)(3) IMPORTUNING, a felony of the fifth degree.

COUNT TEN: GROSS SEXUAL IMPOSITION (Section 2907.05(A)(1), 2907.05(C)(1) of the Ohio Revised code), a felony of the fourth degree.

In that on or about January 1, 2022 through October 31 , 2022, in Ashland County, Ohio, Robert Shane Haudenschild, did have sexual contact with “Mary Doe” (DOB: XX-XX-2009), not his spouse, when Robert Shane Haudenschild purposely compelled such person(s) to submit by force or threat of force, in violation of Ohio Revised Code Section 2907.05(A)(1), 2907.05(C)(1) GROSS SEXUAL IMPOSITION, a felony of the fourth degree.

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