A suspended Pennsylvania state trooper has reached a plea agreement that will spare him a felony conviction on sex assault charges.
Forty-six-year-old Patrick Finn agreed Friday to a deal with Luzerne County prosecutors in which he will plead guilty to a charge of corruption of minors.
In exchange, prosecutors reduced the charge to a misdemeanor and dropped indecent assault counts that would have labeled Finn a sex offender if he was convicted.
Finn, a corporal with the state police barracks in Carlisle, was accused of molesting a 9-year-old in December. He was suspended without pay after the charges were filed in February.
Defense attorney Demetrius Fannick said he hopes the plea agreement will "lead to a conclusion in this case.''
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