Woodland – Brett Pedroia, the brother of Boston Red Sox All-Star Dustin, was sentenced to one year in county jail and eight years probation for having oral sex with a nine-year-old boy.
The sentence was handed down Thursday evening in a Yolo County courtroom.
In April, Pedroia pleaded guilty to one count of oral copulation with a minor. Because of the plea, the judge dropped other counts against Pedroia.
The Woodland native was ordered to continue drug rehabilitation and sex offender counseling. He will also have to register as a sex offender. If Pedroia violates his probation, he will have to spend six years in jail.
The judge said he believed Pedroia’s crime was an isolated incident and that the risk of him re-offending was low. Pedroia testified that he had been addicted to meth at the time of the incident, which happened five or six years ago.
Pedroia is expected to turn himself in on Friday.
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