Greensburg woman sentenced for rape of 5-year-old boy

A Greensburg woman was ordered to serve up to 110 years in prison for the repeated rapes of a 5-year-old boy.

Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Feliciani imposed a series of consecutive sentences against Corby Jo Kinzey on Thursday, but fell short of the maximum penalty of 534 years behind bars requested by the prosecutor.

Kinzey, 29, pleaded guilty to 35 criminal charges in June including rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and child endangerment. Police said Kinzey and her former boyfriend forced the child to have sex with the woman and recorded four assaults on video in August 2018.

“Ms. Kinzey cannot be trusted in society ever again,” Assistant District Attorney Jim Lazar said. “There is no amount of time you can give her that is enough for what she has done.”

Kinzey’s sentence will require her to serve at least 55 years in prison before she is eligible for parole.

Lazar argued he promised jurors during Charles Jason Hunter’s trial that he would ask the judge to sentence Kinzey to the maximum sentence allowed under the law. She testified for the prosecution without a plea bargain deal in place.

Hunter, 36, of Greensburg was convicted by a Westmoreland County jury of 22 charges following a trial in April. Feliciani sentenced Hunter in July to serve 84 to 168 years in prison.

Prosecutors said the pair planned the assault months in advance. One text message between Kinzey and Hunter said Kinzey was concerned about going to jail if anyone found out about the plan.

Defense attorney Michael DeMatt called Hunter the “ring leader” of the sexual assault. He said Kinzey struggles with mental health issues and was a victim of sexual assault as a child.

He later argued for a sentence considerably shorter than what was requested by the prosecution.

“Ms. Kinzey was used by Hunter to do despicable, horrible things,” DeMatt said.

She was also ordered to serve an additional three years on probation and have a lifetime requirement to register as a convicted sex offender. The judge said the state’s sexual offenders assessment board did not find Kinzey to be a “sexually violent predator.”

Kinzey, in a brief address to the judge, said she was “really deeply sorry.”