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Former Walmart eye doctor Diego Posada sentenced, avoids sex assault trial

Article author: 
Kyle Clark
Article publisher: 
9 News
Article date: 
August 16, 2012
Article category: 
Colorado News
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Diego Posada, the former Walmart eye doctor accused of molesting children in his office, has been sentenced in a plea deal that avoids a trial on felony charges that could have stripped him of his professional license..

District Court Judge John E. Popovich, Jr sentenced Posada to one year in the Adams County Jail, the maximum for a Class 2 misdemeanor. Posada will be required to register as a sex offender.

Posada's defense attorney ... noted that Posada plans to leave the country for his native Colombia upon his release.