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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
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Ex-Karate Assistant Instructor From Haskell Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting 9-Year-Old Student Ex-Karate Assistant Instructor From Haskell Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting 9-Year-Old Student
Ex-Karate Assistant Instructor From Haskell Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting 9-Year-Old Student A former assistant karate instructor from Haskell faces a maximum of 40 in state prison after jurors in Paterson convicted him of raping a 9-year-old girl at the Pompton Lakes dojo where he worked and at her Bloomingdale home, authorities said. Luke V. Bakula, 31, was found guilty last week of two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and two counts each of sexual assault and child endangerment. Bakula sexually assaulted the girl at Porta’s Karate Dojo Academy and at her home between November 2005 and July 2006, prosecutors said. The girl eventually went to authorities nearly 10…

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by Jerry DeMarco