SAGINAW, MI — A Saginaw man recorded on camera berating and beating a dementia-afflicted man he was supposed to care for has accepted a plea deal that’ll see him avoid prison.

Steven J. Reinert, 68, on Sept. 9 appeared before Saginaw County Circuit Judge Darnell Jackson and pleaded no contest to second-degree vulnerable adult abuse. The conviction is punishable by up to four years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

The prosecution agreed to dismiss a 15-year charge of first-degree vulnerable adult abuse.

Jackson indicated he would sentence Reinert to a year in the local jail and probation.

By pleading no contest rather than guilty, Reinert did not admit to having committed a crime. Jackson relied on police reports and transcripts from a June preliminary examination to enter a conviction on t

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