Sep 13, 2019

Colorado man imprisoned in Nebraska child sex case

Posted Sep 13, 2019 11:45 AM

GERING, Neb. (AP) - A Colorado resident has been imprisoned for sexually assaulting one of his art students in western Nebraska.


Scotts Bluff County District Court records say 45-year-old Steven Barraza, of Englewood, Colorado, was sentenced Thursday to 10 to 20 years in prison. He'd pleaded no contest to attempted sexual assault of a child and to child abuse. Prosecutors had lowered the charges in exchange.


Barraza was credited for 266 days already served.


The court records say a woman told authorities she and Barraza had sex twice in 2014, when she was 15.