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Registered sex offender admits to sexual abuse of a child

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Posted at 2:53 PM, Jan 16, 2020
and last updated 2020-01-16 14:53:01-05

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WKBW) — A registered sex offender has admitted to sexually abusing a juvenile female.

According to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office, 31-year-old Lavon Dean, of Cheektowaga, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse.

Prosecutors say Dean forced the victim, who was known to him, to have sexual contact with him back in December 2018.

Dean faces up to seven years in prison when he is sentenced in April.

Dean was convicted of the rape of a 14-year-old in 2008 and became a registered sex offender.