ARKANSAS
Press Argus-Courier
by TANIAH TUDOR, Press Argus-Courier Staff
Monday, June 18, 2012
A former Alma youth pastor was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexual assault in Crawford County Circuit Court.
Michael Brandon Lenzini, 35, of Van Buren was arrested Nov. 3 after police received reports that he had engaged in sexual conduct on multiple occasions between Oct. 1 and Nov. 3 with a girl he met through his work as a youth pastor at Crossroads Church in Alma, according to a Van Buren Police report.
Van Buren police began investigating Lenzini after receiving information from the National Child Abuse Hotline that the girl was leaving school to meet with him for sexual encounters. Police did not disclose the age of the victim.
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