A North Platte man has been charged after he allegedly sexually assaulted a female juvenile.

On July 30, officers with the North Platte Police Department responded to the 2200 block of West 17th Street on the report of a prior sexual assault.

Officers met with a female juvenile and her mother.

It was reported that the mother’s boyfriend, Christopher Taylor, had sexually penetrated the victim on July 29, 2014.

According to Investigator John Deal, the victim is under the age of 16, the age of consent in Nebraska, and did not consent to the sex act.

The victim was then interviewed at the Bridge of Hope Child Advocacy Center, and police determined that there was probable cause to arrest Taylor and charge him with 1st degree sexual assault of a child.

Taylor was contacted on July 31 and placed under arrest.

He was jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center.