PLAS INDICTED

Elyria – The Lorain County Grand Jury has indicted the man who kidnapped, raped and shot a woman earlier this month. Matthew Plas was served with the multiple count indictment by the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office. The indictment reads as follows:

INDICTMENT FILED. WARRANT TO ARREST W/COPY OF INDICTMENT ISSUED TO LORAIN COUNTY SHERIFF. INDICTMENT FOR KIDNAPPING, 2905.01(A)(2), F-1; SPECIFICATION; SPECIFICATION; KIDNAPPING, 2905.01(A)(3), F-1; SPECIFICATION; SPECIFICATION; KIDNAPPING, 2905,.01(A)(4), F-1; SPECIFICATION; SPECIFICATION; KIDNAPPING, 2905.01(B)(1), F-1; SPECIFICATION; SPECIFICATION; KIDNAPPING, 2905.01(B)(2), F-1; SPECIFICATION; SPECIFICATION; AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, 2911.01(A)(1), F-1; SPECIFICATION; SPECIFICATION; AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, 2911.01(A)(3), F-1; SPECIFICATION; SPECIFICATION; AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, 2911.01(A)(3), F-1; SPECITFICATION; SPECIFICATION; ATTEMPTED MURDER, 2923.02(A)/2903.02(A), F-1; SPECIFICATION; SPECIFICATION; ATTEMPTED MURDER, 2923.02(A)/2903.02(A), F-1; SPECIFICATION; SPECIFICATION; FELONIOUS ASSAULT, 2903.11(A)(1), F-2; SPECIFICATION; FELONIOUS ASSAULT, 2903.11(A)(2), F-2; SPECIFICATION; ATTEMPTED RAPE, 2923.02(A)/2907.02(A)(2), F-2; SPECITFICATION; SPECIFICATION; TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE, 2921.12(A)(1), F-3; SPECIFICATION; HAVING WEAPONS WHILE UNDER DISABILITY, 2923.13(A)(3), F-3; SPECIFICATION; SPECIFICATION; GROSS SEXUAL IMPOSITION, 2907.05(A)(1), F-4; SPECIFICATION; CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPON, 2923.12(A)(2), F-4.

Plas remains in custody at the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office. The victim is still recovering at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland.

If you would like to make a donation to help the victim as she recovers from her injuries you may do so by going to any Fifth /Third Bank and donating to the Shawn Stevens Fund.

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