Crime & Safety
Omaha Day Care Molestation: Ex-Worker Gets Prison
Police believe Mark Mays molested at least eight toddlers and had worked at two child day care centers in Omaha since May 2015.
OMAHA, NE — An Omaha man has been imprisoned for sexually assaulting girls under 3 at day cares where he worked.
A judge sentenced 25-year-old Mark Mays to 26 to 60 years in prison Thursday in Omaha.
Omaha police say investigators found photos of the genitals of toddler girls on Mays' phone. Police believe Mays molested at least eight toddlers and had worked at two child day care centers in Omaha since May 2015. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
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Mays had pleaded no contest to two counts of sexual assault after prosecutors lowered the charge and no contest to two pornography production counts. Prosecutors also dropped three porn counts in exchange for Mays' pleas.
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