An Iraq Marine Corps veteran who was arrested for abusing his 6-year-old stepson with a dog collar in Miami earlier this year has accepted a plea deal that will keep him out of prison.

Zachary Perez, 42, had been arrested for aggravated child abuse with great bodily harm back in May. Miami-Dade Corrections

In court Tuesday, he pleaded guilty in the case in exchange for serving two years of community control with a GPS monitor followed by 10 years of probation.

He'll also have to pay $10,430 in restitution and cannot date or live with anyone who has a juvenile child.

According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office, Perez struck the victim with a closed fist several times, kicked the child in the stomach, and at one point struck him with a tree branch.

An arrest report also said Perez t

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