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KEARNEY — A Kearney man was placed on five years of intensive supervised probation for sexually assaulting a child 14 years old or younger.

Jose Lopez, 63, was placed on probation Wednesday in Buffalo County District Court for felony third-degree sexual assault of the child. The charge involves sexual contact.

He had faced up to three years in prison.

In November, Lopez originally was charged with felony first-degree sexual assault of a child 12 years old or younger. In May he pleaded no contest to the charge.

Under the standard conditions of his probation Judge John Marsh ordered Lopez to complete a cognitive group therapy treatment program, sex offender counseling and complete classes in workforce services. Marsh gave him 90 days credit for time already served in jail, and forbid him from having contact with his victim.

Records detailing the incident are sealed because it involves a minor.

Lopez must now register with the Nebraska State Patrol as a convicted sex offender.

@HubChic