A man that has spent the majority of his adult life in prison will soon reintegrate into the penal system for another multi-year stint.

The 21 year-old man began his incarceration record six years ago in Coshocton, at the age of 16, when he was arrested in connection to a 2013 rape case.

After awaiting court proceedings for about a year, his attorney said, Daniel Bender was convicted of two counts of rape by force and two counts of gross sexual imposition, Judge Kelly Cottrill read from his pre-sentence investigation.

Chris Brigdon, Bender’s defense attorney, said Bender served about a year and a half as a result of that juvenile conviction.

When he was released from incarceration, Bender began using illegal drugs and again came into contact with law enforcement in 2016 when he was convicted of felony charges of failure to comply and abduction. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison in 2017, according to court records.

Following his release from prison in February 2019, Bender moved into his father and step-mother’s home in Coshocton where he began reporting as a tier III sex offender.

Bender started looking for employment, and during his search, he met a woman that he became romantically involved with, Brigdon said.

The woman helped Bender secure full-time employment, and he started staying with her at her home in Muskingum County.

In October, Bender pleaded guilty to one first-degree felony count of failure to register as a sex offender stemming from his failure to register his new address to local law enforcement as he was staying with his girlfriend.

Wednesday morning, he was sentenced to four years in prison.

Bender’s defense attorney requested that he be placed on community control referencing his client’s full-time job and enrollment in drug rehabilitation which helped him along the path of being a contributing member of society.

Echoing his attorney, Bender said he enrolled himself in Cedar Ridge and never missed a day of work.

Despite their efforts, Cottrill sentenced Bender to four year in prison after reviewing his incarceration record from his last stint in prison which consisted of a prison transfer after Bender received 21 write-ups for fighting, missing appointments and work, as well as using drugs.

Bender’s remaining post release control time from his previous crime will be added as consecutive time to his four-year sentence.