Tilden man faces additional charges of child sexual assault

A 78-year-old Tilden man was arrested Saturday, on allegations of sexual contact with five under-aged females.

Tilden Police Chief, Robert Peterson, and Officer Randall Arrison, arrested Roger Stuckwisch, 78, at his residence in Tilden.

Stuckwisch appeared in Antelope County Court, Feb. 5, for arraignment. Wednesday, he was charged with five counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child, Class IB felonies and seven counts of third-degree sexual assault of a child, Class IIIA felonies.

A Class 1B felony is punishable by a sentence of 20 years to life imprisonment.

A Class IIIA felony carries...