An Omaha man was sent to prison today for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in a child prostitution case.
Alex Rahe, 30, was sentenced to two to 12 years in prison for felony first-degree sexual assault of the girl between April 21 and April 22, 2012, in Kearney. He received two days credit for time already served in jail.
Rahe could be eligible for parole in one year and could possibly be discharged in six years. He had earlier pleaded no contest to the charge and faces one to 50 years in prison.
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Before issuing his sentence, Judge John Icenogle referred to a report from Rahe’s therapist who said Rahe failed to complete a group therapy program. The therapist also recommended Rahe receive a higher level of care and complete an in-patient treatment program.
“And there is only one place that I know of that can provide that kind of treatment,” Icenogle said.
The therapist’s reports aren’t public.
Although Rahe will be eligible for parole in one year, Icenogle said Rahe wouldn’t be considered until he completes the state Department of Corrections’ sex offender program.
“Although you have support within the community and a clean record, despite your driving, you chose to get yourself into the criminal justice system in the most worse way,” Icenogle added.
Before Icenogle issued his sentence, Rahe’s public defender, Charles Brewster of Kearney, argued for probation for his client, saying Rahe made a “stupid choice” and “engaged in horrible behavior.”
But Buffalo County Attorney Shawn Eatherton said Rahe had plenty of chances to walk away from the situation and didn’t.
“I don’t think we as a society, we can’t send the message that this kind of behavior can be tolerated,” he said. “Otherwise, it’s just a roll of the dice.”
Rahe had online conversations with an adult woman, later identified as Michelle Randall, 36, now of Lincoln. Rahe met Randall and the girl at a Kearney home where Rahe had sex with Randall and sexually assaulted the girl.
Randall is serving 92 to 120 years in prison for convictions in Buffalo, Franklin and Furnas counties for prostituting the girl and a 7-year-old girl to six men. Randall would be eligible for parole in 45 years.
Three of the men have been sentenced, while two other men’s cases are pending in Buffalo, Franklin and Lancaster counties. Those sentences are:
– Brian McCarthy of Lincoln is serving a six- to 10-year prison sentence for four counts of felony possession of child porn for having inappropriate pictures of the girl.
– Shad Chandler of Lincoln is serving 15 to 45 years in prison for felony first-degree sexual assault of the 14-year-old girl.
– Logan Roepke of McCook was placed on five years probation for felony first-degree sexual assault of the girl and ordered to serve six months in jail.
– Donald Grafe of Monroe is charged in Lancaster County District Court with one count of felony first-degree sexual assault. His case is pending.
– Zachary Schmidt of North Platte has been convicted of felony first-degree sexual assault in Buffalo County District Court and is awaiting sentencing. He also faces a charge of first-degree sexual assault of the girl in Franklin County District Court. That case is pending.
