Photo: Sarpy County Jail
(Sarpy County, NE) -- A former Nebraska State Patrol trooper is sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting a child.
On Monday, 25 year old Brandon Dolezal was sentenced in Sarpy County to 20-40 years in prison for first-degree sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in Bellevue. He was arrested in July and later pled no contest to the Class II felony charge, which carries a maximum sentence of 50 years in prison.
Dolezal, a former Nebraska State Trooper, will receive credit for 64 days already served.
“It would not have been possible to prosecute this case without the courage of the victim to come forward and the investigation by the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office,” said Bonnie Moore, Chief Deputy Sarpy County Attorney. "Dolezal is a predator, and this sentence is representative of his pattern of behavior and likelihood to reoffend."
Dolezal is currently awaiting sentencing in Scotts Bluff County on two counts of Attempted Child Enticement and four counts of Possession of Child Pornography. Sentencing in Scotts Bluff County is set for April 3. He is also facing charges in Douglas County, including six counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child. That case is scheduled for a pretrial hearing on April 13.