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Kearney Hub
By KIM SCHMIDT Hub Staff Writer
KEARNEY — A third victim has come forward alleging a former church youth leader sexually assaulted him as a teenager.
Thomas Anthony Jones, 37, of Kearney was arrested Friday on a Buffalo County warrant charging him with two counts of felony third-degree sexual assault of a child. State law defines third-degree sexual assault of a child as a crime against someone 14 years of age or younger who is subjected to sexual contact and the perpetrator is at least 19 years old.
The alleged incidents involve one victim on two occasions between Sept. 1, 1999, and Nov. 25, 1999.
Jones faces a total of six felony counts of allegedly sexually assaulting boys between 1999 and 2006. The four earlier counts are pending in Buffalo County District Court. Jones has denied the allegations.
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