AKRON, Ohio - A Summit County judge on Tuesday sentenced a former Akron resident to life in prison for repeatedly raping two girls over a five-year period.

Judge Alison McCarty sentenced Anthony W. Long immediately after he pleaded guilty to two counts of rape of a child under age 13, a first-degree felony, in Summit County Common Pleas Court, prosecutors said.

Long, 59, of Erie, Pennsylvania will be eligible for parole in 20 years, prosecutors said.

If Long is released from prison, McCarty ordered him to register as a Tier III sex offender every 90 days for the rest of his life.

The rapes happened from 2010 to 2015 when the girls were between 8 and 13 years old, prosecutors said. The girls also told investigators that Long physically and emotionally abused them, according to court records.

Long moved to Pennsylvania in 2015. U.S. Marshals arrested him July 10, 2017 in Erie and brought him back to Akron.

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