No jail or sex offender registry for California man accused of raping 5-year-old girl
A California businessman accused of raping a 5-year-old girl doesn't have to spend a day behind bars — or register as a sex offender.
Lyle Burgess, a 79-year-old from Stockton, pleaded no contest Wednesday to felony statutory rape of the young child as a part of a negotiated plea deal, according to The Stockton Record. He now faces 90 days of house arrest or an alternative-work program and informal probation for five years.
Ken Meleyco, the attorney for the girl's family, told Fox40 that "future victims are not protected" after the punishment was handed down to Burgess, who founded an automotive parts manufacturer called Rare Parts Inc. in 1981.
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