SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - A Sheboygan teenager was sentenced on sexual assault charges involving a teenage girl this past summer.
Judge Timothy Van Akkeren ordered 18 year old Kenneth Burnette-York last week to serve six months in jail, and register as a sex offender for 15 years, after he pleaded no contest to charges of second-degree sexual assault of a child and two counts of exposing intimate parts to a child.
The charges stem from his interactions with a 13 year old girl in July. The original criminal complaint filed against Burnette-York states the two met at North Beach on July 4th, interacted with each other on Facebook, and eventually had sex twice within a 24 hour period later in the month.
Sheboygan Police began investigating after the girl reportedly told her older brother, and he informed law enforcement.
As part of the sentence, Burnette-York was given a four year probation sentence that was withheld. Also, the sexual assault change will be dropped if he can avoid future criminal troubles over the next five years.