LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a child. The trial for Steve Serrato IV, 35, was set to begin on Tuesday. However, he submitted a guilty plea to Lubbock County Judge William R Eichman II in the 364th District Court. According to court documents, Serrato abused a child younger than 17 years old in May 2019. He pleaded guilty to a second degree felony sexual assault of a child.