AKRON, Ohio - An Akron man was found guilty Tuesday of sexually abusing three young children and giving them sexually transmitted diseases.

A Summit County jury found Delacey Walters, 27, guilty of nine counts of rape of a child under 10 years old and five counts of gross sexual imposition, the Summit County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.

Walters faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole at his sentencing Feb. 16 in Summit County Common Pleas Court, prosecutors said.

Walters raped and sexually assaulted three children from Oct. 8 to Dec. 25, 2016, police said. One of the victim was 2 years old. The two other victims were both 8 years old. Walters abused them while their mother was at work, prosecutors said.

The children told their father, who reported the abuse to police. Doctors later determined all three children contracted a STDs from Walters, prosecutors said.

Walters lied to investigators and attempted to hide the results of his medical tests to keep that information from police, prosecutors said.

Walters' criminal history includes two previous felony convictions.

He spent two years in prison after nearly hitting an Akron police cruiser and another car during a 2012 police chase. Officers later found two open bottles of E&J liquor in Walters' car, records show.

Walters also was convicted in 2007 of aggravated assault. He paid someone $2 to punch a 21-year-old robbery victim in order to keep her from testifying in a criminal case, records show.

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