A Nebraska man was sentenced to 15 years to life on March 28 for the sexual assault of a juvenile, according to a post on X from Weld County Sheriff’s Office. The Weld County Sheriff’s Office investigated Micah Rojas, 25, for the reported October 2023 sexual assault of a juvenile, according to t he post. Detectives were able to connect the assault to a similar child sexual assault case in Nebraska. Rojas was already in custody in Nebraska when Weld County detectives interviewed him, according to the post. Rojas reportedly admitted to the acts he was accused of in the Weld County case. The post did not include identifying details about the victim, including their age and gender, or more details about the accusations. Related Articles Missing, endangered Western Slope teen may be in Denver Group accused in burglaries of 21 Aurora homes charged with attempted burglary, conspiracy 2 dead in apparent murder-suicide at Lakewood apartment Colorado ski coach charged with sexually assaulting preteen skier Sheridan man sentenced to 192 years for girlfriend’s murder Rojas was sentenced to 10 to 15 years for attempted first-degree sexual assault in April 2024 in the Nebraska case, according to the Weld County Sheriff’s Office and the Nebraska Sex Offender Registry. He was then tried in the Weld County case and found guilty. Rojas was sentenced in that case to 15 years to life in prison on Friday on two counts of sexual assault of a child with a pattern of abuse, according to the post. His Weld County sentence will run consecutive to his Nebraska sentence. Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day. ...read more read less