An American air force sergeant faces 25 years in military prison after he pleaded guilty to charges that he sexually molested girls in Germany and the US.
Officials at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne announced on Thursday that Tech. Sgt. Michael L. Merritt was sentenced earlier this week. He pleaded guilty to military charges including sexual assault and kidnapping involving four girls from 2003 through 2013.
Merritt transferred to F.E. Warren last northern summer and was arrested in October. Authorities say he committed most of the offences against military dependent children at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
An air force spokeswoman at F.E. Warren says Merritt was a facility manager before his arrest and didn't have direct contact with nuclear missiles at the base.
