Manatee County man gets life sentence for abusing children

A Manatee County man has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing three female family members, the State Attorney’s Office announced.

Sterick Jerome Nixon was convicted by a jury of lewd or lascivious molestation by a person 18 years or older upon a child less than 12 years of age on March 17, the State Attorney’s Office said in a press release.

Nixon was sentenced to life in prison by Circuit Court Judge Frederick Mercurio on May 6 and was designated a sexual predator. The crimes were committed between 2018 and 2021…

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