Former UCI, CSUF, and Hoag Child-Care Worker Sentence for Sexually Assaulting 3-Year-Old Girl

A former child-care worker at Hoag Hospital as well as daycares in Costa Mesa, UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Monday for sexually assaulting a three-year-old girl.

Thomas Burke Pulver, who had faced eight felony counts of lewd acts on a child - a female relative - 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 daycare teacher at several Orange County locations, according to police.

According to OC Weekly, Pulver worked at Hoag from 2013 until his arrest last year. Prior to that, he worked at UC Irvine from 2008 to 2013, the magazine reported.

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City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.

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