James Daniel trial

James Daniel III, shown here in an April 21 photo, was convicted of three "early morning" attacks over Labor Day weekend of 2014 as well as a rape in 2000.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio - James Daniel III, the man known as the "early morning" rapist, is scheduled to be sentenced today for a series of robberies and rapes last summer as well as a rape in 2000.

Northeast Ohio Media Group reporter Ida Lieszkovszky will coverage the sentencing live in the comments section of this story. The session is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m.

On April 29, a jury found Daniel guilty of all 19 counts in connection with what became known as the "early morning" rapes on the city's West Side and in Lakewood over Labor Day weekend of 2014.

Those charges included five counts of rape, four counts of aggravated robbery and six counts of kidnapping stemming from three separate incidents:

Aug. 30, Daniel raped a woman on Warren Road in Lakewood.

Sept. 1, he robbed two women at gunpoint.

Sept. 2, he raped a woman while she was jogging in Cleveland's Edgewater neighborhood. That rape was

During his trial, prosecutors said the incidents all began as robberies, but in two of the three cases Daniel raped the women because didn't have anything to give him. He left DNA evidence on their clothing.

Daniel also faced charges that he raped a woman in her East Side apartment 15 years ago. The woman said her attacker's face was covered, but a rape kit was collected at the time was recently tested and indicated a DNA match to Daniel. He pleaded guilty to that crime on June 5.

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