STATEN ISLAND — The man who broke into a home and sexually assaulted a 7-year-old girl in her bedroom will spend 15 years in prison for the crime, the District Attorney's office said.
Daniel Nieto, 34, was sentenced Thursday after he was convicted of a criminal sexual act and sexual abuse for the 2015 attack, prosecutors said.
On Aug. 6, 2015, Nieto broke into the then 7-year-old girl's Port Richmond home through the back door at about 2:30 a.m., authorities said.
He went into the victim's bedroom, sexually assaulted her then fled the home after she started to scream, prosecutors said. Nieto left his jacket and shirt on her bed and he was arrested a short time later when police found him naked inside an abandoned home next door, the DA's office said.
Investigators later linked him to the attack and arrested him in East Brunswick, N.J., on Aug. 18, 2015. Neito was convicted last month for the two charges after a two-week jury trial, the DA's office said.
Judge William Garnett sentenced him to 15 years for the criminal sexual act charge and five years for sexual abuse, to run concurrently.
He will also be required to register as a sex offender.
