LAS VEGAS -- After more than eight years of delays, a sex offender who worked as a nurse is going to prison for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old patient.

The nursing board gave Paul Santiago a license knowing he was a convicted sex offender.

His victim, a 10-year-old child in foster care, became an adult before seeing justice.

The prosecutor negotiated a plea deal for probation after charging him for the sexual assault of two additional victims.

On Wednesday, Judge Kathleen Delaney sentenced Santiago to the maximum penalty, a minimum of 16 years in prison.

He pleaded guilty in February to two counts of attempted sexual assault.

According to police, Santiago forced the 10-year-old girl in his care at Montevista Hospital to perform oral sex on him.

Santiago declined to say anything before the judge imposed his sentence.

The judge, however, read from a letter sent by the victim.

LAS VEGAS - Wet ‘n' Wild is opening its doors just in time for Memorial Day weekend. The opening marks the first time in nine years a large scale water park will call Las Vegas home.

The old Wet 'n Wild shut down in 2004 after nearly 20 years in operation on the Strip. The revamped park is in a new location near Fort Apache Road and Warm Springs Road.

Workers have spent months building the new park. Wet ‘n' Wild representatives say they wanted to bring a family-friendly attraction back to the valley. The new water park is not owned by the same company that owned the former park on the Strip.

The new water park features more than 25 slides – many of which can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike.

"The Rattler" is a family attraction. Four people ride it on an inner tube. They enter via two "rattles" which oscillate. Wet ‘n' Wild includes two "Rattlers".

UNLV's standout fresman from last year is a riser despite shoulder surgery, while a local product who spurned the Rebels reportedly is falling.

Stock market fluctuations on Wall Street can be more volatile, but the rise and fall of prospects in the months preceding the NBA Draft are sometimes just as pronounced.

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