The former owner of Santaniellos Restaurant in Stevensville will serve prison time for criminal sexual conduct with female employees.

 52 year-old Rafaele Santaniello, the fomer owner of the Glenlord road eatery, has been sentenced to 4 to 15 years in prison and two concurrent terms of 180 days. He was also ordered to pay more than $2,300 in fines and costs, and register as a sex offender for the next 25 years.

He had faced up to life in prison before he reached a plea deal.