By Associated Press - Wednesday, July 5, 2017

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - A former mental health practitioner at the state youth treatment center in Kearney has pleaded no contest to second-degree sexual abuse.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports (https://bit.ly/2tpZvnl ) 27-year-old Samantha Halstead of Pleasanton will be sentenced in August.

Halstead was charged last summer with sexual assault of an 18-year-old male being treated at the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center.

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The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services says Halstead quit before her arrest.

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Information from: Lincoln Journal Star, https://www.journalstar.com

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