LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) – A Lima man has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for assaulting a couple while fleeing from law enforcement.
An Allen County jury found Leroy Page, 34, guilty of all eight charges he faced, including felonious assault, kidnapping and multiple weapons offenses. The charges stem from an October 2022 incident that began with a police chase. Page was being chased by Lima Police officers, when he crashed his vehicle and then fled on foot. According to the Allen County investigators, he forced his way into a home on Fraunfelter Road, where he severely assaulted the homeowners. Page then allegedly forced the couple to drive him to another location, where he fled again.
He was arrested two years later in Nevada.One of the victims spoke in court about how the night changed her life, both physically and emotionally.
Before sentencing, she addressed Page directly:
“You take no responsibility for the effect your selfish decisions had on me, and you certainly do not show any remorse for serious harm you inflicted. Cowards beat innocent, defenseless women. Cowards do not accept responsibility. Cowards are driven by selfish motives and do nothing but lie, manipulate to get what they want. You are a coward. Your life's decisions have brought you to this point. The only thing you care about is your own selfish motives. You have no concern for anyone but yourself.”
In response, Page offered a statement of his own:
“People say, I'm a coward. A coward is someone who's still living a lie. The things that people would do and the length that they will go to try to prove something different is beyond me. I don't really have much to say. I am sorry that she have to live that way, that she has a scar on her for the rest of her life, but I feel like she needed to take some type of responsibility or stand up and say something to about her situation,” said Page.
Judge Terri Kohlrieser of the Allen County Common Pleas Court responded after Page was given his time to talk.
“I don't believe for one second that these people were in their garage on some random night of a week at 12:30 in the morning and said, ‘Oh yeah, Stranger running from the police. Come on in.’ None of that makes any sense,” Kohlrieser said.
At the time of the incident, Page was on parole for a 2017 weapons conviction in Sandusky County.
