LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A judge sentenced a Lincoln man on Monday to more than 70 years in prison for sexual abusing two young girls.
Austin Mariscal, 26, pleaded no contest to two counts of first-degree sexual assault in a deal with prosecutors that spared him a possible life sentence, the Lincoln Journal-Star reported.
Lancaster County District Judge John Colborn sentenced him to 35 to 45 years in prison for each of those charges, with the sentences to be served back to back.
The abuse came to light in February 2019 after a counselor at a Lincoln elementary school contacted police about a 5-year-old girl who had disclosed that she and her 4-year-old sister had been inappropriately touched by Mariscal multiple times.
Mariscal has been in hail since his arrest in March 2019.
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