Cardenas-Meza gets jail time, probation for child abuse charge

LEXINGTON - A Lexington man who allegedly sexually assaulted and impregnated a teenage girl was sentenced to jail and probation in Dawson County District Court last week.

According to court records, Luis Fernando Cardenas-Meza, 21, was sentenced to three days in jail and one year of probation on a child abuse charge, a Class IIIA felony. The charge was amended in a plea deal from a first-degree sexual assault, a Class II felony.

Court records say that in October 2016 Cardenas-Meza allegedly began a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl who allegedly later became pregnant with his baby.