Crime & Safety

Canton Man Found Guilty of Child Molestation

Robert Carl Kahler faces life in prison for the crime.

Canton resident Robert Carl Kahler was found guilty Tuesday by a Wayne County Circuit Court jury for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in his neighborhood, according to the Observer & Eccentric.

Kahler, 57, was arraigned on the charges back in 2011.

Kahler was found guilty of one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony punishable by up to life imprisonment, and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

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He now awaits sentencing by Judge Thomas Jackson, according to the Observer & Eccentric.

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