A man who was charged with an attempted sexual assault during an August robbery was sentenced to up to four years in prison.

Jeffrey L. Ritter, 23, was sentenced Thursday in Hall County District Court to two to four years in prison for attempted sexual assault.

Originally, he was also charged with robbery and terroristic threats. However, those charges were dismissed on Jan. 5 in exchange for his no contest plea to the sexual assault charge.

Ritter and Adam N. Sisk, 20, were charged with robbing Heather Marker, 23, of Grand Island and David Galvan, 16, of Central City as they sat in a vehicle in the Central Nebraska Federal Credit Union's parking lot at 609 S. Locust St. on Aug. 6.

The men claimed to have guns and demanded jewelry, money and a lighter from the couple, prosecutors said. During the robbery Ritter also threatened to rape and kill Marker.

Neither man has a permanent address. At their initial appearances on Aug. 10, they told Hall County Judge David Bush they were staying at the Relax Inn, 507 W. Second St., while they sold magazines door to door. The both also said they were originally from Minnesota.

Sisk was sentenced to two years, six months to five years in prison on Jan. 23 for attempted robbery, reduced from robbery. He pleaded guilty to the reduced charge and in exchange for the plea, a charge of carrying a concealed knife was dismissed.

When Sisk was arrested, police also arrested Jeremy Ritter, Jeffrey Ritter's brother, mistaking him for the man involved in the robbery. The Ritters are identical twins with matching teardrop tattoos on their faces.

No charges were filed against Jeremy Ritter.

Sarah Schulz : sschulz@theindependent.com