Sheriff Jeffrey D. Paden announced Friday October 9th that his Investigators have charged Mark Allen Anthony Lehner, age 22 of New Concord with one count of Rape, a felony of the first degree. Sheriff Paden said that an investigation was launched on Monday morning shortly after 8 am after a woman had reported that she had just been sexually assaulted by a male acquaintance at his Western Guernsey County home. Investigators worked throughout the week conducting interviews, gathering evidence and following an interview with Lehner on Thursday morning , Investigators developed enough probable cause to charge Lehner with Rape.
Lehner is currently being held in the county jail and will be arraigned at the Cambridge Municipal Court on a bond hearing October 9th at 2pm.
