Plea agreement reached in restaurant rape case
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REXBURG – A 25-year-old man accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl pleaded guilty to rape Tuesday as part of a plea deal.
Investigators say Jose Isaac Turcios worked in a supervisory role at a Rexburg fast food restaurant. The teenager was an employee at the restaurant. Police reports show Turcios and the teenager engaged in several sexual acts inside the restaurant in September 2015.
The Upper Valley man was arrested in mid-November as part of a joint investigation between the Rexburg Police Department and the Madison County Sheriff’s Office.
Turcios was originally charged with two felony counts of rape and one felony count of sexual battery of a child. Madison County Prosecutor Sid Brown told EastIdahoNews.com that as a part of the plea deal, one rape charge and the sexual battery charge will be dismissed.
The state plans to recommend either supervised probation or a retained jurisdiction program depending on the results of a psychosexual evaluation.
Turcios is in the Madison County Jail on a $200,000 bond. He will be sentenced April 4.
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