NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – A registered sex offender has been accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in Lincoln County.
Twenty-two-year-old James Hobbs III was arrested on Monday and faces two counts of sexual assault.
Authorities say the girl reported that Hobbs forced her to have sex with him twice in rural Lincoln County on Oct. 22.
Hobbs has acknowledged being with the girl but has denied having sex with her.
The Nebraska Sex Offender Registry says Hobbs is on probation for sexual assault of a minor in Red Willow County. He was convicted in February 2010.
He remains in Lincoln County custody. His attorney  from the Red Willow County case didn’t immediately return a call Wednesday from The Associated Press.