BEAUMONT, Texas — A Beaumont man has been sentenced after taking a plea deal on charges to injury to a child.
Dominick Litrell Chretien appeared before Judge John Stevens in the Criminal District Court Wednesday afternoon.
He plead guilty to one of three first degree felony charges of injury to a child and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
As part of a plea agreement, the other two charges were dismissed.
"You can't undo the harm to a child," said Judge Stevens during the court hearing. "You should never even approach the thought of harming someone who is vulnerable like a little child."
Chretien previously faced 5 to 99 years or life in prison if he had gone to trial and was found guilty by a jury.
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