Judge blasts ex-Des Plaines man for 'reign of terror' against girl while sentencing him to 14 years for sex assault

Saying a former Des Plaines man subjected a young girl to a “reign of terror,” a Cook County judge sentenced him Tuesday to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting her.

Douglas Nicholas, 46, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual assault for an attack on the girl in 2012. The girl reported...