Child sex crime sends CdA man to prison

A Coeur d’Alene man will serve up to life in prison for the sexual battery of a minor. Elvin F. Nebrensky, 59, was sentenced Tuesday by 1st District Judge John T. Mitchell, who ordered that the first six years of the sentence be fixed and the remaining life sentence be indeterminate. Nebrensky pleaded guilty April 27. The charge alleged that he had oral-genital contact with a 16-year-old. The Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney’s office agreed to drop a second felony charge, sexual exploitation of a child. Mitchell considered the seriousness of the offense, the significant traumatic impact on the victim and the risk of further criminal conduct in determining that a long prison term was appropriate to protect society from future harm, the prosecuting attorney’s office said Wednesday. “The sentence was appropriate given the seriousness of the offense and Mr. Nebrensky’s unwillingness to accept responsibility for the conduct and the sexual impulses that lead to the conduct,” Prosecuting Attorney Barry McHugh said in a statement. “The fixed term guarantees that Mr. Nebrensky will be evaluated and receive treatment that might result in a change that would convince the Department of Corrections that Mr. Nebrensky can be supervised without risk that he will victimize more children,” McHugh said. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney David Robins prosecuted the case.