Man pleads not guilty to sex assault

Published 10:31 am Saturday, July 22, 2017

A 31-year-old Austin man has pleaded not guilty to three counts of sexual assault with a young child.

Mario Antonio Burciaga appeared in Mower County District Court Thursday on three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

According to court records, Austin police and Mower County Human Services received a report in 2014 that a child under age 5 had been sexually assaulted.

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While the child was only able to disclose some information at the time, the child was later able to tell more of what had happened in summer 2016.

Burciaga is scheduled for an Oct. 23 trial.