A Big Rapids man will be spending the next year in jail for assaulting a teenage girl in Mecosta County.

Twenty-one-year-old William Nathan Clemons is pleading guilty to assault with intent to commit sexual penetration after police say he assaulted a girl between the ages of 13 and 15 in February of 2014.

He had originally been charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct, but had that charged dismissed as part of the plea deal.

Clemons was also sentenced for a separate drug case. In addition to jail time, he will be on probation for the next five years.