A former police officer and school board member charged with raping several underage boys will be released from prison. Mike Taylor, 63, is set to be released from custody on Friday, December 6 after serving nine years in prison for his sex crimes against numerous underage boys.
According to court records, Taylor was indicted on eleven counts of rape in 2002, nine counts of gross sexual imposition, and one count of attempted rape after numerous pre-teen and teenage boys from Washington Court House came forward claiming sexual abuse. In 2006, instead of going to trial he reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual battery.
He was sentenced to nine years behind bars. After his release he will be on parole for five years. Attempts to reach Taylor’s attorney weren’t successful. It’s unknown if Taylor will return to Washington Court House. In 2010 during an early-release hearing Taylor said he would file a motion to live with his then-wife at 101 Taylor Lane. Shortly after his early release was denied his now ex-wife later sought a divorce and sold the house on the street named after him in Storybrook. Taylor was a Washington Court House School Board member, local general contractor, real estate agent, and former city police officer at the time of his arrest. -