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NT man gets 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting 4-year-old

A North Tonawanda man who admitted to sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison, followed by 15 years of post-release supervision.

Angemar Garcia, 31, learned his fate in State Supreme Court in Lockport Thursday. He pleaded guilty in February to a first degree criminal sexual act, from an incident that occurred on June 15, 2019.

Garcia was originally indicted on five counts of predatory sexual assault against a child and could have received five life sentences if convicted. He was arrested in August of last year and underwent a psychiatric examination that determined he was competent to stand trial before the indictment was handed down in December.

Mark Wozniak, WBFO's local All Things Considered host, has been at WBFO since mid-1978.