Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins is opposing the parole of a man convicted on numerous child sex charges back in 1992.

Watkins penned a letter to the Ohio Adult Parole Authority opposing parole for Martin Petersime, who is currently serving a 12-to-40-year prison sentence on 20 counts including rape, pandering obscenity involving minors, minor in nudity material, pandering sex materials involving minors, corrupting minors and disseminating sexual material to minors.

He is up for parole in July of 2024.

In his letter, Watkins notes that Petersime was clinically diagnosed as a pedophile in 1999 and is classified as a sexual predator. 

"The bottom line is that the court found at a hearing that 'there is clear and convincing evidence that [Petersime] is likely to engage in the future on one or more sexually-oriented offenses,'" Watkins wrote.

"Even Petersime in an interview with a forensic psychologist stated he was a 'sexual addict' and 'openly and readily admits to his sexual attraction to young males,'" Watkins continued.

According to the letter, Petersime had more than six victims in Trumbull County alone with other known victims outside of the county. Watkins noted previous convictions from across Ohio as well involving sex crimes against children.

"From the Petersime criminal history, he has been the 'traveling pedophile' going from Piqua, Ohio to Cleveland and Warren practicing his trade," Watkins wrote.

According to the prosecutor's office, some of the victims were taking music lessons at Petersime's Warren Music Center, while others were enticed there with marijuana that Petersime admitted to keeping handy for that reason..

Prosecutors say one of the victims went to the Warren Police Department with a pornographic video tape made by Petersime.

Watkins's letter details the content of the video, which included Petersime filming himself instructing a child how to dance to a song while nude and performing a sex act.

"This man's personality disorder is in our opinion a lifetime condition with [Petersime] and that is why the evidence, law, good judgment and discretion should require his continued incarceration. He cannot control himself and being 70 years old does not mean he is less dangerous to children once released from prison," Watkins wrote.