A 36-year-old man who had worked as a day care teacher in Orange County was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting a 3-year-old female relative.
Thomas Burke Pulver, who had faced eight felony counts of lewd acts on a child, pleaded no contest to two counts of oral copulation with a child 10 years old or younger.
Norwalk Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza immediately sentenced Pulver, who’s been jailed on $2.4 million bail since his arrest Aug. 15.
The judge ordered Pulver to return to court tomorrow, when members of the victim’s family are expected to make a statement.
Pulver worked at Cal State Fullerton’s Children’s Center from early 2005 through early 2009 and was employed as a day care teacher at several Orange County locations, according to police.
— City News Service