Two North Platte residents are in jail after they allegedly sexually assaulted a child over a period of several years.

According to the North Platte Police Department, an officer responded to a disturbance in the 2300 block of East Philip at around 5:28 p.m., on October 12.

As the officer was speaking with the family involved in the disturbance, a male minor child told the officer that he had had sexual contact with an adult male.

Soon thereafter, the child was interviewed at the Bridge of Hope Child Advocacy Center.

During the interview, police say the child disclosed that he had been “subjected to sexual penetration” over a period of five years, from 2012 to 2017, by 32-year-old Jeremiah Kisner. Additionally, the child told authorities that he had been sexually penetrated in 2012 by 53-year-old Janet Dewey.

On October 29, 2018, investigators interviewed both Kisner and Dewey.

It was determined that there was probable cause to arrest both Kisner and Dewey and charge them with 1st-degree sexual assault of a minor.

Both were jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center.