Evans man gets 16 years in prison for sexually assaulting girl
3 girls told police Michael Kassel touched them
(Photo courtesy: Weld County District Attorney's Office)
Posted: 10/12/2012
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GREELEY, Colo. - An Evans man was given a minimum of 16 years in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage girl, authorities said Friday.
Michael Leroy Kassel, 37, was arrested in December 2011 after three girls told police he had repeatedly touched them in a sexual manner, said Heath Montgomery of the Weld County District Attorney's Office.
He was found guilty of one count of sex assault on a child and sex assault on a child as a pattern of abuse, Montgomery said.
Kassel's sentence was to a minimum of 16 years up to life in prison.
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