JACKSON, MI - A Blackman Township man charged on multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct will serve a minimum 35 years behind bars.

Christopher Dzioba, 31, accepted a plea deal for one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor younger than 13, and was sentenced to 35 to 60 years in prison by Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wilson Thursday, Oct. 6.

"In sentencing, I've noted how young your victim was," Wilson said. "She was a little girl. You are disgusting. You are garbage."

Dzioba stood silent in court. He was accused of committing at least 48 assaults against one victim, a 3-year-old girl, over the course of two years between Jan, 1, 2012, and Dec. 31, 2014.

In that time, Dzioba was accused of grooming the victim by walking around naked in front of her for a month before moving on to touching her and later raping her regularly, Wilson said.

Dzioba originally was charged with four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor younger than 13, two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor younger than 13 and one count of aggravated indecent exposure, according to court records.

On Sept. 2, Dzioba pleaded no contest to the one count of first first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor younger than 13.