By Associated Press - Friday, May 30, 2014

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - A Ravenna man is on trial on charges of incest and sexually assaulting a child.

The Kearney Hub reports (https://bit.ly/1pDKSnA ) that the man’s bench trial before Buffalo County District Judge John Icenogle could wrap up Friday. The man is charged with felony first-degree sexual assault of a child and incest.

The Associated Press is not naming the man is to protect the identity of the girl.

He is accused of sexually assaulting a girl younger than 12 last year in Kearney.

The man has denied the allegations.

If convicted, the man faces 15 years in prison for the sexual assault and one to 20 years in prison for incest.

The man is being held at the Buffalo County Jail on $15,000 bond.

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Information from: Kearney Hub, https://www.kearneyhub.com/

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