LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — A 41-year-old Lincoln man accused of molesting a girl and beating a pregnant woman was sentenced to prison on Tuesday.

According to court records, Hugo Zepeda was sentenced to five years in prison, and 1.5 years of post-release supervision, for third-degree sexual assault of a child and attempt of a class 3A felony.

Zepeda has already served 349 days of his five years sentence.

Officers were called to a home in the North Bottoms around 3 a.m. on Dec. 25, 2024. They spoke with a 12-year-old girl, a pregnant 23-year-old woman and a man from the home.

The woman told officers that the 12-year-old had gone to bed about 30 minutes before Zepeda entered her room and laid down next to her. Officers think Zepeda then inappropriately touched the girl before the woman and m

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