An Austin man convicted of engaging in sexual activities with a young girl over a period of 10 or so years has been sentenced.

Bryan Allen Eaker, now 26, of Austin was sentenced Thursday to a stayed 16-year prison term. He will serve 30 years of supervised probation and must register as a predatory offender, along with following many other conditions.

Should he violate the terms, he’d serve 16 years in prison.

In one case, Eaker was convicted of felony first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person younger than 13. A second count of the same charge was dropped in a plea agreement.

In another case, he was convicted of felony second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a victim younger than 13 . A charge of felony first-degree criminal sexual conduct was dropped in a plea agreement.

The alleged victim, who is almost two years younger than Eaker, reported the several incidents to the Austin Police Department on Sept. 18, 2009.

The woman said the sexual assaults began when she was about eight-years-old and that Eaker would touch her in “inappropriate places,” which led to sexual intercourse on several occasions.

When Eaker spoke with police, he admitted to “sexual experimentation” with the girl and said she was five or six years old and he was seven or eight years old when it began. He said the experimentation continued until about the age of 17.

Eaker characterized his interactions with the girl as “playing a game of house” and “having sex.”