The Washoe County District Attorney’s Office has gotten a life sentence for a defendant previously convicted of First Degree Kidnapping and multiple counts of Sexual Assault. 36 year old John Anthony Wayne Degen Sr., of Reno was convicted in a September trial on 8 felony counts. At sentencing Judge David A. Hardy ordered that all sentences are to run consecutively, ensuring that Degen must serve a minimum of 73 years in prison before parole eligibility begins. Degens attacks included extreme violence, including strangulation.