Crime & Safety

Salem Walmart Sex Crime Suspect Pleads Guilty

He was convicted of a similar incident at the Plaistow Walmart last year.

A Massachusetts sex offender pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he exposed himself to a young girl at the Salem Walmart three years ago, according to The Eagle-Tribune.

Ronald Beausoleil, 33, of Haverhill pleaded guilty on the day his trial was slated to get underway to keep the victim from having to testify. Under the terms of the plea deal, he will receive a suspended 3-1/2- to 7-year prison sentence.

Beausoleil, a Level 3 sex offender, allegedly exposed himself to an an 8-year-old girl at the Salem Walmart on Sept. 19, 2011. He was convicted in November of a similar incident involving a 9-year-old girl at the Plaistow Walmart.

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