SUPERIOR, Wis. — A Superior man was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison Friday after he was found guilty by a jury of several felony child sexual assault charges.
Peter Alan Diehl, 33, was sentenced for repeated sexual assault of a child, abduction of a child and using a computer to arrange a child sex crime.
Diehl was sentenced to 35 years of confinement and 25 years of extended supervision, according to the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office.
In August 2015, Diehl drove to the state of Virginia and picked up a 14-year-old girl he met on the internet and brought her to Hermantown, Minn., and later to Wisconsin. Her parents immediately reported her missing. The girl wasn’t found until late September 2015 when she called her mother; she was recovered that same day.
A search of Diehl’s home, which had no functioning utilities, showed evidence of sexual abuse and child pornography. The girl reported Diehl sexually assaulted her at least 50 times.
Diehl previously was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of felony possession of child pornography. Friday’s sentence will run consecutive to the federal sentence.