Evans man guilty in attempted attack of a 10-year-old girl

Mark Garza (Weld County Sheriff's Office)

An Evans man pleaded guilty Thursday to a sex crime involving a child.

Mark Garza, 39, pleaded guilty in Weld County District Court to kidnapping and attempted sexual assault on a child, prosecutors said.

Garza was arrested by Evans police on June 4 after a 10-year-old girl, who had visited his house, said that he had "forcefully touched her in a sexual manner," according to a media release from the Weld County District Attorney's Office.

The girl, according to court records, said Garza forced her into his bedroom and tried to assault her but she was able to "fight him off."

Garza is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 20.

Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822, knicholson

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