Former carnival worker gets 17 years for sex assaults

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (Great Falls Tribune) — A former carnival worker convicted of sexually assaulting four people during the Montana State Fair in Great Falls, including a 13-year-old girl and an off-duty special victims unit detective, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison.

The Great Falls Tribune reports 43-year-old Roberto Salaman-Garcia was sentenced Thursday on four counts of sexual assault.

The detective reported Salaman-Garcia groped her while tightening her seat belt on a ride in the summer of 2018.

Three more people reported similar interactions.