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Former Assistant Karate Instructor From Passaic County Gets 18 Years For Raping Student, 9 Former Assistant Karate Instructor From Passaic County Gets 18 Years For Raping Student, 9
Former Assistant Karate Instructor From Passaic County Gets 18 Years For Raping Student, 9 A former assistant karate instructor from Passaic County must serve at least 15 years in prison before he'll be eligible for parole for raping a 9-year-old student. Luke V. Bakula, 31, of Haskell was sentenced this past week to consecutive sentences of 12 years for aggravated sexual assault and six years for sexual assault.  Under New Jersey's No Early Release Law, he must serve a minimum of 85% of the combined 18-year sentence handed down Thursday by Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Portelli. Jurors in Paterson convicted Bakula in March of all of the charges against him. Bakula sexual…

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by Jerry DeMarco