LINCOLN–(KFOR Dec. 4)–A 28-year-old man is in jail, facing a first-degree sexual assault of a child charge, after he allegedly had been sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s 10-year-old daughter recently at a rural Hickman home.

Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner says Shane Heinen was arrested Tuesday. The girl mentioned the sexual assault on Monday during a therapy session.

The mother took the girl to CHI St. Elizabeth for an examination and hospital officials contacted the Sheriff’s office.