February 10, 2025, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost: (IRONTON, Ohio) — A day before his jury trial was to begin, a Lawrence County man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a minor, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.
Eric Hanna, 44, of South Point, pleaded guilty today to one count of gross sexual imposition, a third-degree felony. Hanna was indicted on the charge in May 2023 and the case was scheduled to be heard by a jury beginning tomorrow, Feb. 11.
An investigation by the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office found that Hanna had sexual contact with a minor under the age of 13.
Hanna will be sentenced at 2 p.m. on March 11.
Attorneys with AG Yost’s Special Prosecutions Section are prosecuting the case.
