Man Gets 13 Years in Prison for Child Sexual Assault
Posted/updated on: December 9, 2015 at 4:37 pm
GILMER — An Upshur County judge has sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child. According to KETK, District Attorney Billy Byrd said Dennis Eugene Burton, 40, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault of a child on Monday. The defendant changed his plea following jury selection earlier in the day. Burton is eligible for parole after half his sentence is served, with that eligibility due to no prior convictions. The defendant had faced up to 20 years behind bars. Byrd said Burton was a family friend of the victim and the crime occurred once while the parents were home, one day short of the victim turning 16, when the victim’s mother found Burton touching the girl.
