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OH - Former Constitution Party candidate (Eric W. Deaton) makes plea deal in teen sex case

Original Article 03/16/2011 By Lou Grieco DAYTON - Eric W. Deaton, the former Constitution Party candidate for U.S. Senate accused of having sex with a teenage girl, pleaded no contest Wednesday to two misdemeanor counts. Deaton, 43, of New Lebanon, was indicted on one count of unlawful sex with a minor, a felony. He went to trial on that charge in January in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, but when a jury deadlocked, a visiting judge declared a mistrial on Jan. 6. On Wednesday, Deaton appeared before Judge Michael L. Tucker and pleaded no contest to child endangering, a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days in the county jail, and obstructing official business, a second-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail...continue to full post

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