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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 years later, after which a grand jury indicted him.
At that point, he stopped being a student assistant instructor.
He also had his elementary teaching certificate suspended last June pending the outcome of the trial.
Months before his arrest, Bakula took a job as a paraprofessional in the Ringwood public schools system.
Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Portelli scheduled sentencing for June 7.
Bakula remained held in the Passaic County Jail until then.
He will have to serve 85% of his sentence, under the No Early Release Act, and, following his release, must register as a Megan's Law offender and remain under parole supervision for life.
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